startups

CcHUB Re-launches T-Shirt Design Competition

CcHUB is again calling on social entrepreneurs, technologist, hackers and anyone interested in the application of technology for social change in Nigeria to submit…

And the nominees are… #Top10NigerianStartups 2011

It all started from a tweet. “Top 10 Startups for the year 2011? –  according to @TheNextWeb. Only to get replies from @BukkieSho and @etcho3 that they had expected…

Business Schools And Early Stage Entrepreneurship by Sramana Mitra

I have written about this before on my Forbes column, but want to raise the question again: Are Business Schools Setting Up Entrepreneurs To…

How To Bootstrap a Business While Holding a Job

Have a job? If you do, it’s awesome. You can use the paychecks to bootstrap a company. Here is how.  Join 1M/1M premium program today. Spend…

Nairaland Owner launches a Web Application Development Contest

Earlier in the year, we wrote about the need for developers and why you need to jump into wagon if you are  not yet…

Mobile Monday Get Techie 1.0 recap

If you missed the Mobile Monday Get Techie 1.0 event last week (24 October 2011), here is a chance to re-live the event. The venue…

MTN Nigeria Ideas Forum Recap

MTN is definitely up to something big. This is the feedback from most stakeholders who attended the MTN’s Ideas Forum held on Friday, 21…

Indigo Announces Additional Grant to Co-creation Hub Nigeria

Indigo, today, announced an additional £10,000 grant to Co-creation Hub Nigeria to cover salary costs for a business adviser to provide support to several…

How Do You Reduce Infant Entrepreneur Mortality rate

Over the past year, we have been talking to various investors – VCs and angels, and incubators and accelerators. What we discovered that the…

How Incubators Partner with 1M/1M

The 1M/1M philosophy is to strengthen the entire entrepreneurial eco-system.  Because of the scale of our efforts we use technology extensively to manage our…