After over a decade-long experience in the marketing and banking sector, Ghanaian international Marie-Reine Seshie set out to address the critical challenges faced by wholesalers, retailers, and distributors in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector with the establishment of Kola Market in 2021. Born and raised by an entrepreneur, Seshie understood the struggles of […]
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Maad, a fast-growing Francophone B2B e-commerce startup headquartered in Senegal, has successfully secured $3.2 million in debt-equity funding. This infusion of capital aims to fortify Maad’s expansion efforts within Senegal and pave the way for new ventures across the broader Africa’s Francophone region. The seed round, led by Ventures Platform, saw significant participation […]
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Google has opened applications for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Sub-Saharan Africa for the 2024 Hustle Academy Cohort where Artificial Intelligence (AI) training will be integrated directly into the curriculum. Launched in 2022, the Hustle Academy—a free, five-day virtual bootcamp—seeks to bridge the gap between skill acquisition, funding, and business execution by offering […]
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On Tuesday, May 7, Richard Teng, the Chief Executive Officer of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, made a startling revelation by accusing certain Nigerian officials of attempting bribery with the firm’s representatives in Abuja. What happened? Over 70 days ago, the Nigerian government during a probe into an alleged market manipulation […]
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Some never-before-seen incidents happened in the African NFT sector this year. From Ghana’s popular dancing Pallbearers auctioning their viral video for a mouth-watering sum to Nigeria’s Adisa Olashile selling a piece of his photograph as an NFT, 2022 was good for NFT in the continent. In case you missed it In 2020, […]
The Nigerian nightclub scene is relaxing, yet oppressive. In the blue-hued scenery of Cubana and the smoke clouded rooms of Club DNA, music and money are kings. A new entrant in the Nightclub scene may be taken aback at first encounter, as music is stopped at intervals to hail the latest big spender. The hypemen […]
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