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5 simple things to do on your business website to achieve more sales
Making massive sales on your website shouldn’t be a rocket science and should be able to be done easily. Here are 5 simple strategies to drive sales from your website. Add your business and your website to Google mybusiness: Google myBusiness is business directory own by Google that makes your business come up on Google […]
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How to start a business without running into debt
Starting a business no matter how small or big needs a startup capital. Many ideas remain in the head or on paper because there is no fund to startup. This post is simply a strategy of how to run for debt, read and practice. In the quest for startup capital, many startups have run into […]
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Insight to how most tech startups spend their raised funds
According to TechPoint the Nigerian Startup Funding Report publication on the funding activities within the local internet startup space, 37 startups have raised a whooping sum of $35,552,585 in the Q3 of year 2018 mostly from foreign investors. There are seven startups in the energy sector that got funding. Now, the question is how does these […]
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Flutterwave now worth $3 Billion as it raises $250M in Series D
Flutterwave, a Nigeria-based fintech giant recently raised $250 Million in its Series D funding which is the highest investment they have been able to raise after the $170 million of Series C funding, which brings their total valuation to over $3 billion. According to the company, this new funds would be used to expand the […]
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Duplo, a Nigeria fintech startup raises $1.3M pre-seed, to build payments infrastructure for B2B businesses
Duplo Inc, backed by yCombinator (YC W22) has raised $1.3M in pre-seed funding, to build payments operating system for B2B businesses in Nigeria. The round was led by early-stage pan-African VC firm Oui Capital with other local investors participating. The friction Duplo is fixing in a nutshell, is payments in the FMCG sector — which […]
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Mecho, a Nigeria’s autotech startup secures $2.15M seed funding, backed by Future Africa, Tekedia Capital and others
Owning to the poor state of highways and incessant road rage in Nigeria, vehicle maintenance has become the inevitable phenomenon that every motorist cannot but look attentively at and consider. That is necessary because the majority of cars on our highways are fairly-used. Yet, even in instances where car owners visit mechanic workshops for checks, […]
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AltSchool raises $1m Pre-seed to address Africa’s shortage of Junior level Tech talents
Unlike in the past years, there is currently a significant focus on tech talent development. The focus has completely shifted from the entry-level training talent that it used to be to training senior talent. Undoubtedly, one of the significant reasons that necessitated this shift is the inability of the local education system to produce qualified […]
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Bamboo raises $15M in Series A, to build Tech API Infrastruture
Buying a share on Amazon is perhaps one of the luxuries only a few individuals can afford. Despite the prospects of the multi-millionaire firm or return from its shares, it is somewhat difficult to pay for shares in total. You may have to defray the cost of almost $3,000 to get one. But through the […]
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Nigerian restaurant management startup, Orda securess $1.1m pre-seed
Orda, a Nigerian restaurant management startup, has raised a pre-seed fundraising round of US$1.1 million to accelerate its growth and extend throughout the continent. Orda is a cloud-based restaurant management system that was launched in 2020 with the goal of providing a single operating system to run African eateries. The Lagos-based firm has partnered with […]
