Co-founders of Nigerian digital logistics company Kobo360, Obi Ozor and Ife Oyedele II, have been accepted into the global Endeavor network, gaining access to various support services to help the company scale. The Endeavor initiative works to catalyse long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs worldwide, and has accepted a […]
Read MoreStartup, Wedding Registry NG has launched its web platform that allows users to more easily give and receive wedding gifts. An e-commerce website with a focus on wedding gifts, Wedding Registry helps couples communicate their gift preferences to guests, while guests can easily select and pay for certain items. Founded by Prince Iwendi and Daisy […]
Read MoreAgri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has ventured into the e-commerce space with the launch of Farmcrowdy Foods, a one-stop digital marketplace that allows consumers to conveniently purchase highly affordable fresh food products from the comfort of their homes. Formed in 2016, the Farmcrowdy platform connects small scale farmers across Nigeria with access to finance sourced from individuals […]
Read MoreLatest statistics has revealed that eCommerce merchant losses to online payment fraud will exceed $25 billion in 2024, from just of $17 billion in 2020, despite the ongoing implementation of SCA (Secure Customer Authentication) in Europe. The new research, Online Payment Fraud: Emerging Threats, Segment Analysis & Market Forecasts 2020-2024, found that the popularity of […]
Read MoreBusinesses in eCommerce, airline ticketing, money transfer and banking services, will cumulatively lose over $200 billion to online payment fraud between 2020 and 2024, driven by the increased sophistication of fraud attempts and the rising number of attack vectors. The new research from Juniper Research on: Online Payment Fraud: Emerging Threats, Segment Analysis & Market […]
Read MoreIn order to continue to provide top-notch savings and investment solutions, AXA Mansard Investments, a leading multi-expert asset manager in Nigeria has partnered with Nigeria’s foremost all-in-one lifestyle, Jumia One to bring AXA Mansard’s Money Market Fund closer to the public and to make it easier to invest. In addition to AXA Mansard’s MyAXA app, […]
Read MoreGhanaian startup KudiGO, which builds solutions for the consumer retail industry, is opening its Nigerian office this month, while it is also making inroads in East African markets. Launched in November 2018, KudiGO provides an integrated, mobile-based retail, payments, accounting and analytics engine for the consumer retail industry in Ghana and Nigeria, helping over 1,000 […]
Read MoreVerve, a payments technology and card business in Africa, and Discover Global Network, the payments brand of Discover, has launched the Verve Global Card. Cardholders will now have the ability to use their Verve Global Cards on the Discover Global Network which provides acceptance in more than 190 countries and territories. This will expand Verve’s […]
Read MoreIn a move geared at providing car dealers with best-in-class services and empowering them to have as many avenues as possible to buy and sell inventory, Nigeria’s technology-driven automotive platform, Cars45, has set up the Daily Dealer Live Auctions (DDLA) through its retail partner, Carsbazr. This initiative will ensure that dealers have offline access to […]
Read MoreLagos base ed-Tech Simbi has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that uses interactive tools to help students learn and evaluate themselves. The multi-subject SimbiBot aims to make learning fun, personalised and convenient, and does this using an interactive question and answer format. Co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) AbdulAzeez Ogunjobi told Disrupt Africa even […]
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