In a bid to tackle drought and an economic crisis that has left millions needing food aid in Zimbabwe, a 50-year-old mother of two, Venencia Mukarati is using hydroponics to grow vegetables which she supplies to restaurants in Harare. Mukarati, who is also an accountant, always had a passion for farming.
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For the second year running, the UK government is looking to select startups from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa for its Go Global Africa programme as part of its efforts to help them improve their business skills and capability. The programme which was instituted last year is aimed
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Two months after, financial inclusion agents under the network of Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility, SANEF are yet to enjoy interoperability promised them, checks reveals. It would be recalled that Ronke Kuye, managing director, Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility, SANEF, disclosed in October last year at Inlaks
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Financial technology, (fintech) start-ups are helping a generation of young Nigerians to invest in American stocks and assets easier than ever before. These fintech platforms, according to a report by Quartz Africa Weekly Brief, are the rave across African technology ecosystems but the sector has become increasingly defined by payments specialists.
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I started Vouch three years ago, leaving a comfortable government job to become an entrepreneur with the added pressures of a young family. Coming from an elite school and having done really well in my time in government, I was confident of success, even cocky. Dreams of becoming the next Facebook,
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Founders with amazing ideas paired with amazing vision can make a real impact. But getting that seed of an idea off the ground requires a tremendous amount of planning and working capital — capital to market your concept, pay legal fees, finance production, and manufacturing, fund developers, hire employees and get
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To borrow or not to borrow. That’s a question only you will know the answer to. When setting up a new business, it can be hard to know where the money will come from in those tricky early days, or how much cash you’ll have to kick off your operations. Luckily, there
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The central banking monetary regime is the dominant form of economic exchange. The world runs on fiat currency; this is a fact of life. Although the last decade has seen an exponential increase in digital and cryptocurrency adoption, we are at the very beginning of the process of building a global
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You are a visionary. Eyes set on top of the hill. Seeing your startup as the next big thing. And five years down the line— you have a huge customer base, money flooding in and your startup scaled into a huge organisation. It feels good. But the thing is — to get
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Five development-focused women entrepreneurs that won UK-Nigeria Tech Hub competition will be leaving for United Kingdom for African Investment Summit, this month. The winners emerged from the 10 finalists at a keenly contested pitch programme in Lagos recently. The winning tech women include: an EduFinTech company, ScholarX by Damilola Emuze; a
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