Nigerian startup Gloo.ng is dropping consumer online retail and pivoting to B2B e-procurement with Gloopro as its new name. The Lagos based venture has called it quits on e-commerce grocery services, shifting to a product that supplies large and medium corporates with everything from desks to toilet paper. Gloopro’s new platform will generate revenues on […]
View More Nigeria’s Gloo.ng drops consumer e-commerce, pivots to e-procurementCategory: unilever
Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in Africa
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service over WeChat Africa’s agtech wave gets $10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital Nigerian trucking logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $6 million […]
View More Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $6M, expands in AfricaNigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge, Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies Tarform debuted new e-motorcycles but is there a U.S. market? Nigerian consumer data analytics firm Terragon Group has acquired Asian […]
View More Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm BizenseWith a new deal for customers and a fresh $23 million, Mayvenn extends its hair care business
Pitching customers a new, all-inclusive service for buying and installing hair, Mayvenn is looking to significantly expand its haircare business and just raised $23 million in a new round of funding to do it. The new financing was led by Essence Ventures — and it represents the first outside investment by the holding company owned […]
View More With a new deal for customers and a fresh $23 million, Mayvenn extends its hair care businessMallforAfrica goes global, Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC, France explains its $76M fund
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Harley-Davidson to expand EV lineup, may include scooters, bicycles Update: EV startups Alta, Energica, and Zero could reboot the motorcycle industry B2B e-commerce company Sokowatch closed a $2 million seed investment […]
View More MallforAfrica goes global, Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC, France explains its $76M fundSokowatch closes $2 million seed round to modernize Africa’s B2B retail
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Update: EV startups Alta, Energica, and Zero could reboot the motorcycle industry Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 million Kenya based Sokowatch aims to shake up the supply […]
View More Sokowatch closes $2 million seed round to modernize Africa’s B2B retailNigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 million
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season When Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 interviewed for Y-Combinator’s 2018 cohort a question […]
View More Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 millionSingapore sovereign fund Temasek snaps up tech events firm Unbound in $12M deal
Media exits happen, but typically you don’t hear of tech events companies being sold. Well, that’s the case in Singapore where SingEx — a subsidiary of the country’s Temasek sovereign wealth fund — has forked out to buy a majority share in Unbound Innovations, a five-year-old UK-based business that runs technology events worldwide. Details of the transaction […]
View More Singapore sovereign fund Temasek snaps up tech events firm Unbound in $12M dealThe many twists and turns of hardware
I don’t think anyone would disagree that building a successful hardware business has quite literally many more moving parts than software.
View More The many twists and turns of hardwareAfrican VC TLcom Capital invests $5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon Group
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Africa Roundup: Uber says it’s staying, Konga could be epic startup fail Harley Davidson’s EV debut could electrify the motorcycle industry The African venture firm TLcom Capital is betting […]
View More African VC TLcom Capital invests $5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon GroupUnilever warns social media to clean up “toxic” content
Consumer goods giant Unilever, a maker of branded soaps, foodstuffs and personal care items and also one of the world’s biggest online advertisers, has fired a warning shot across the bows of social media giants by threatening to pull ads from digital platforms if they don’t do more to mitigate the spread of what it dubs “toxic” online content — be it fake news… Read More