Good morning 👋
Did you miss the latest edition of Hub One’s Insider Series? It was an insightful webinar that saw the speaker, Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes [Founder of Aruwa Capital] share on how founders can raise investment amid the VC funding crunch.
You can watch the webinar by clicking this link!
In this week’s edition
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200, MarkHack3.0, and other opportunities.
Sim Shagaya launches fund, Mono partners Mastercard, plus other noteworthy Naija tech news.
Events, and more.
Opportunities you should not miss!
— MarkHack3.0
This initiative invites innovators, entrepreneurs, and marketing professionals to collaborate and develop groundbreaking solutions for real-time challenges in the marketing and media landscape. Finalists will join EIC’s accelerator program with up to $50K equity investment and a chance to be mentored by industry experts for 3 months.
— TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200
This initiative seeks to provide 200 early-stage founders with access to exclusive workshops, investor office hours, mentorship, training, perks, and free exhibition space. 20 founders will then be selected for the Startup Battlefield competition, for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup.
— Africa’s Business Heroes 2024
This program aims to identify, support, and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs who are making an impact in their local communities, working to solve the most pressing problems, and building a more sustainable and inclusive economy for the future.
Selected participant will receive grant funding, training programs, and broader support for the broad African entrepreneurial ecosystem.
— Norrsken Accelerator
This is an initiative for early-stage founders with a vision for a better future. The selected founders will receive upfront investment of $125,000 and get access to mentors, top investors and a global network.
— Unicorn Kingdom: Pathfinder Awards
This is an initiative of the UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to unearth and showcase the most promising scale up companies in the tech industry. Winners will receive a tailor-made programme in the UK, including meetings with leading industry and government sector specialists and invitations to VIP events and receptions.
Snapshot of noteworthy events in Naija’s tech ecosystem last week:
— Sim Shagaya, founder of uLesson, has launched The Honey Badger Fund (HBF) to support extraordinary African entrepreneurs in building globally impactful technology-based companies. Read more
— The World Economic Forum has named Money Africa’s founder, Oluwatosin Olaseinde, and Wemimo Abbey, co-founder & CEO of Esusu, as Young Global Leaders. Read more
— GFA Technologies has been selected by The Atlantic Council and the United States Department of State to join the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Connect II Program. Read more
— Fintech startup, Mono has launched its DirectPay Pay with Bank on the Mastercard Payment Gateway System (MPGS). This will help Mono expand its Pay with Bank solution to more businesses. Read more
— Thepeer has shutdown due to a myriad of challenges including compliance issues and slow growth. Read more
— LemFi has received approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to operate remittances into Kenya. Read more
— The Chancellor of Ekiti State University unveiled a 1 billion Naira fund to empower agro-tech startups. Read more
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Events you should attend!
— 20th Annual AVCA Conference & VC Summit
— Invest in Africa Summit 2024
— Google Women Techmakers Yaba Chapter: International Women's Day Event 2024
What we are reading
— Data overtaking calls isn’t a bad thing. Link
— How Pezesha, MarketForce CEOs Made Peace in Liquidation Dispute. Link
— Bridging Africa’s Capital Gap: Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Financing. Link
Thank you for reading. See you again next week 👋
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