Author name: Techie

Launched in February 2021 by Kelvin Umechukwu and Adetunji Opayele, Bumpa helps merchants move their businesses online without the need for programming skills.  The platform allows them to set up an e-commerce store using their smartphone, accept online and offline payments, manage inventory, handle bookkeeping, fulfill orders, track sales, request dispatch riders, and engage customers. […]

Launched in 2020 as a spinoff of Rensource, an African energy company offering power-as-a-service to customers, Sabi provides merchants and resellers with business tools and services that help them reach new customers, improve cash flow, and streamline logistics.  The startup targeted the over 41 million MSMEs in Nigeria that need efficient platforms that can connect

In 1990, Peter Scott was traveling through Zaire when he witnessed the deforestation caused by charcoal production for household cooking. At that moment, he committed his life to saving forests in Sub-Saharan Africa through the design and manufacture of fuel-efficient cookstoves.  In 2010, after spending 13 years as a cookstove consultant in Central America and

Founded in 2017 by Abiodun Adereni, a student at the University of Ibadan at the time, the health startup uses technology and low-cost birth kits to tackle maternal and infant mortality. While taking a course, he realized that pregnant women in rural areas who keep animals around them expose their unborn children to toxoplasmosis.   This

Babban Gona delivers low-cost agriculture inputs, financial services, and training to a franchise network of smallholder maize and rice farmers. Babban Gona is working to revitalize Nigeria’s agricultural sector by serving networks of smallholder farmers. Babban Gona delivers training, credit, agricultural inputs, marketing support, and other key services to farmers’ doorsteps.  Babban Gona’s model is

Launched in 2020 by Tunji Andrews, Tina Ajishebiyawo, and Gboyega Olatunde, Awabah is a digital platform providing pension access to Africa’s self-employed. The startup is dedicated to making micro-pension services available to those in the informal sector and those whose employers are not legally required to deduct and remit pensions.  Tunji Andrews co-piloted a project

The company was founded in 2014 by two brothers, JP van der Spuy and Thomas van der Spuy, and it has since evolved, growing its product offering and capacity.  This came after the company supplied a white-labeled telephonic payment mechanism at first. Callpay is a Payment Solution Partner to Merchants and the digital payment industry.

Treepz was founded in 2019 by Akumah, Johnny Ena, Afolabi Oluseyi, and John Shuaibu as a bus-hailing platform in Nigeria.  At the time, the startup, which was named, Plentywaka, provided a convenient way for users in the bustling city of Lagos to book bus trips. Only a few months before its launch, Opera-backed OBus had

Gamr is a brand that is tech-savvy and progressive, they utilize these qualities and the tools that come with them to create a thriving and lucrative gaming ecosystem in Africa and are primed to break into the global tournament scene. Their mission is to nurture and advance gaming culture and eSports in Africa and the

Co-founded in 2019 by venture builder The Delta and a private investor, Revio is a SaaS company that powers growing or scaling e-commerce and subscription-based businesses.  In its simplest form, Revio provides recurring billing automation, sending electronic invoices, accepting any payment method, and reconciling with ease.  With its three core products, Payment Orchestration, Billing Automation,