Nigeria’s Venture capital deals now five times of FDI
Venture capital investment into Nigeria is now five times the amount of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa's biggest economy.
Venture capital investment in the country has ballooned from…
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Cruxstone, LSDPC joint venture opens homeownership window at Iconic Tower
Iconic Towers, a new residential development in a highbrow neighbourhood in Lagos, is about the latest homeownership and investment destination in town for home seekers and savvy investors,…
Olumide Soyombo: from selling mail accounts to funding startups
It started in 1996, Yahoo was just incorporated and went on to become the most popular starting point for web users and the top search engine receiving 95 million page views per day.
That…
With $663.2m, Nigeria again tops startup investments in Africa
The year 2019 was a good year for Nigerian ventures as the country raked in $663.24 million, the highest amount of venture capital money secured by an African country in the year, according…
African tech hubs get least funding from venture capital, university
Venture Capital and Universities are the least sources of funding for the majority of technology hubs across Africa, according to a report by Afrilabs and Briter Bridges.
The report which…
Chinese VC spending on US biotech hit by security reviews
Chinese venture capital investment in US biotech companies fell by more than half in the first half of the year as Washington tightened scrutiny of funding from overseas, raising fears that…
Newcomer investors flood Nigeria venture capital market
OlubunmiAbayomi-Olukunleand AdekunleAdewale, partners at Nigeria-based venture capital and private equity advisory law firm, Balogun Harold, have observed a steady increase in the number of…