Startup

Startup Stories: Njorku Founder Shares Lessons from First Startup, NaijaBorn.com

In 2009, amidst great publicity and fanfare, NaijaBorn was launched. It was described as a social network that wanted to create a searchable, detailed,…

Nokia/Co-Creation Hub Growth Academy: Meet The Participants

Is the Growth Academy trending yet? This is our 5th post on the Nokia/Co-Creation Hub initiative. For every season, (that’s a sports metaphor) 10 startups…

Nokia & Co-Creation Hub Nigeria launch ‘Nokia/CCHub Growth Academy’

Editor’s Note: I suppose this would be the 4th post on the Growth Academy. We’ve covered the first training on User Experience/User Interface design for…

Storify: Official Launch of The Nokia – Co-Creation Hub Growth Academy

Tweets and Photos from the Official launch of Growth Academy, an initiative by Nokia (Futurice) and the Co-Creation Hub to accelerate 10 companies in a period of 3 months. See more http://bit.ly/GANokiaCCHub

Startup Stories: Dear Spinlet, Are You Sure You Have Got It Figured Out?

Spinlet, a music streaming service some people are refering to as the iTunes of Africa finally launched after months of media hype. Our very…

How Failing Fast And Smart Can Grow Your Business

This is a post I wrote last year. It has some striking lessons for me and I believe that anyone working on a startup…

Thinking Startup? How About Creating An Inspiring Office Space

Editor’s Note: The office space is often taken for granted, but contributes a lot to the success of a startup. How interesting is your…

Why Nairaland Remains Nigeria’s Number One

I have been observing the Nigerian Startup scene for a long while and I’ve seen it all. Various Startups with various propositions: local search, directories,…

Nokia and Co-Creation Hub Team Up For Growth Academy Program

Editor Note: It’s good to have start-ups spring up, but more important to make them grow and become sustainable. Perhaps, why some effort should…

Inspiring Tech Stories: Young App Developer- Thomas Suarez

Thomas Suarez is a twelve year old app developer. Yep! you read right, he is just twelve years old and has developed Apps for…