The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The graduate visa in the UK makes it more attractive to non-EU migrants, and we continue to see an influx of students from India, Nigeria, China, and other countries. Impact on Education The new immigration law in the UK is bound to have a continued impact on the university and wider economic sector.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

But if you’re hiring from an African country (Nigeria, for example). Likewise, you probably have no idea what companies in Nigeria are analogous to Google. You also can’t rely on recruiters. Today, for hiring local talent, you can use AngelList, or you can use a recruiter yourself. Unbiased, credential-blind testing.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

Some countries known as frontier markets are Argentina, Lebanon, Vietnam, Nigeria, Oman, Bahrain, and Bangladesh. Frontier markets are developing countries where it’s risky to invest in, but emerging markets are more stable. The bottom line is that emerging and frontier markets are still different from each other.

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deal architect

MARCH 24, 2013

We hear so much about Silicon Valley and Bangalore and Shanghai that is refreshing to hear about innovations in unexpected places: Nigeria's Nollywood: Most prolific in world Medellin, Colombia's massive turnaround Bhutan's plan to go all organic farming The world's.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

who writes from Nigeria. Technology is a powerful enabler and the best investment in the next generation is in the empowerment of its women and girls. The article was contributed by Ebute Catherine.Q She is the founder/CEO of SheInnovates Africa, a Nigerian based startup.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2015

That there are as many startups in Nigeria as there are in Germany? There is at least a handful of startups being launched across the world every single day, and just as many get acquired or perish into the ignominious dead-pool that very day. Did you know, for example, that there are some 4.8 million startups in the United States alone?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2012

Here’s an infographic – made by the folks at Gist.com – that shows some of these up-and-coming hotspots, ranging from Germany to Mexico, to Nigeria and closer to home in Indonesia.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Taking a quick peep at the cities of Nigeria, ranging from the busy Lagos state and the crowded population in Ibadan. Taking a glance at a news update, I swung online dated May 20, 2016, The Minister of Science and Technology of Nigeria -Dr.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

You can attend Stanford from Nigeria or Oxford from El Salvador. And there’s another reason, also technology-driven, why boundaryless teams are possible now — the democratization of education for software engineers. Almost every university that matters now allows exclusively online education.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 15, 2016

He is a traveler and has been to 29 states in Nigeria, helping people through job creation and verbal sponsorship. “My name is Edwin Buchi, and I thank all of you who decided to give attention and listen to our needs and responsibilities” “In Nigeria, we have over 60 percent of people said to be poor.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

From a summit on media in the Middle East to a huge new funding opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria, here are fascinating business news stories from the U.S. What recent Supreme Court decision could affect your manufacturing business? and around the world. The world of work.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

All over Africa, young men and women have missioned across the country and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. 14-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola have created a urine powered generator. All they want to do is show off what they have made.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2014

Over 500 applications from more than 90 countries were received in last year’s awards, with winning projects that included a mobile data and messaging system that tracks water supply and optimizes its use in India, a low-cost chicken-feed made from waste mango seed in Nigeria, and even water-less toilets in rural Peru or a work-for-education (..)

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Transformify

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has extended the deadline which was stated for all tertiary institution with Nigeria for the completion of all admission activities to 9th December, 2016.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2010

One major problem in Nigeria is the lack of employment; many people go to school with the belief that it's all they need to succeed in life only to get out of school and stay at home for years looking for the right job. Once they have that mindset, universities can do the following to continue to support Nigeria's online startups.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

15a Awolowo Road Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria. Chairman economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) of the federal republic of Nigeria. We understand that some of these fraudsters claim to be in London England, Benin republic and South Africa but be rest assured that we know they are operating from Nigeria. ” Brilliant.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

But if you’ve applied Lean Startup ideas, and you have experience to share that other people can use, our attendees may derive inspiration from an unusual context, like a story from the pharmaceutical industry or a startup in Nigeria. The talks l inked here all all t a ke you to videos from last year.)

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

It is the oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria that is Tweeted before people even know a disruption may happen. It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. My undergrad was in Nutritional Science at UT Austin, and I have a graduate business degree from Arizona State University.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“If you want to get to the middle-income countries [like India and Nigeria] to go green,” John writes, “The sum of the green premiums across all sectors has to be brought down over 90 percent.”

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

The Zebra, the top car insurance search site in the US, overcame those challenges with an unorthodox approach that included easing up on technical requirements for particular roles, recruiting in under-utilized areas like Nigeria, and guaranteeing a phone screen to any candidate from an underrepresented background.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

He grew up on his parents’ smallholding farm in rural Nigeria. The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 6, 2016

" Each year thousands of students in Kenya and Nigeria are graduating from the Universities. Marketing entry jobs are not well paid, but I need to develop my skills and build a network. I wish I was able to secure a second job or a source of additional income."

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

There were people from Argentina, Israel, India, France, New York, Washington, Nigeria, etc. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. We had an excellent Q&A at today's session. I always enjoy the international footprint of the program and hope that you do as well.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

I grew up in Nigeria, and have seen up close the health and safety concerns posed by communities lacking clean toilets and running water. My partners and I founded Reel Paper with the goal of adding the positive experience of social responsibility to the simple e-comm purchase of a household staple: toilet paper.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

More specifically, our reform efforts helped governments to improve data collection and analysis of economic indicators, remove and reduce bottlenecks to business registration, and contribute to the modernization of trade and investment policies and process in Nigeria.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. One of the world’s most beloved and stimulating repositories for human knowledge available, it certainly explodes with amazing business, marketing and inventing advice.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was. We are committed to delivering affordable and convenient bookings to our customers anywhere in Nigeria.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 19, 2016

After much talk Steve noticed that a country in Africa known as Nigeria is the major patronizer of his telecommunication products. Steve left there that day with an intention of knowing more about the country Nigeria, he went online and use Google and other search engines to know more about Nigeria.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide. This will continue as more role models, mentors and capital are created from the resulting success stories, thereby creating more support for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

To date, out of 17 companies, HOF Capital has backed 7 founding teams with roots in underrepresented regions: Egypt, Latin America, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. At HOF Capital , we are particularly interested in investing in companies with international roots. In addition, two of our companies (12%) have female CEOs/cofounders.)

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

For example, if you are selling a service where the core market is a local audience in the UK, traffic from Nigeria is not going to be of much use. I speak from experience here, where one of our business sites has a high portion of traffic from Nigeria for some reason, and not surprisingly this traffic simply does not convert.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 12, 2014

12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola (Nigeria).' I regard all my time as free time, so it would probably be doing what I’m doing already! Dank je wel, Connie! Related posts: 12 Questions: Meet Connie Carlson (USA). 12 Questions: Meet Marc Khlbrugge (the Netherlands).

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Over 30% have used mobile banking in the past month, a mode of banking that is currently more efficient in Nigeria than it is in the United States. According to a study by Viacom Media, 71% of millenials said they would rather visit the dentist than hear what banks have to say.

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