Lagos has emerged as the best startup’s ecosystem in Africa. It ranked ahead of Nairobi (Kenya), and Cape Town (South Africa).

Four technology startups in Nigeria have received the sum of N11 million as grant at the just-concluded, 25th National Economic Summit (NES) Startups Pitch Competition, in Abuja.

N48 million is a decent sum, in any currency. That was the price tag for NigeriaAir.ng, as stated by a business-savvy Nigerian who registered the domain name on July 18, 2018, a day after the national airline was unveiled.

EZFarming, a Nigerian-US agritech startup pioneering the expansion of smallholder farms to commercial sizes through micro-lending and easy access to produce buyers worldwide, is the only Nigerian startup selected for Batch 25 of the 500 Startups accelerator programme in San Francisco, California.

Refundit, an Israeli startup, has been declared the winner in the final phase of the 1st Global Tourism Startup Competition, organised by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Globalia, and held within the framework of the FITUR International Tourism Fair, topping 3,000 entries from around the world. The Competition, launched in June 2018 by the…

Now make no mistake, motives can be a slippery thing. Unless the proposed venture is clearly illegal, I wouldn’t go so far as to declare anyone’s motives to be good or bad.