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2 days ago |
techcabal.com | Ngozi Chukwu
It used to be simple. You built something people wanted, got investments to buy the tools you need and create the team you need to scale exponentially—maybe a few smart hires from abroad. The tech ecosystem was flush with cash and hope for startups and their technology, so the numbers worked. Until 2023, the numbers stopped working for startups in Nigeria; the naira value has depreciated against the dollar.
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2 days ago |
techcabal.com | Ngozi Chukwu
Thirteen logistics and mobility startups raised funding in the first quarter of 2025. This matched the number of deals inked in Q1 2024, but the total amount plummeted to $44.9 million. Funding this year saw a 69% decrease from the $146 million raised in the same quarter last year. Despite the decline in funding, the number of deals reflects continued investor appetite for vehicle financing platforms. The largest deal was in the mobility-fintech subsector in both years.
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2 days ago |
techcabal.com | Faith Omoniyi
Whatâs the fastest way to get rich (without ending up in handcuffs)? Try joining a startup early. Sure, you never really know which startup will succeed or fail. Just ask Ronald Wayne, the guy who sold his 10% stake in Apple for $800 back in 1976. Today, his stake would be worth a mind-boggling $350 billion. Ouch. But hereâs the real lesson: When Moniepoint closed its $110 million round, two employees cashed in big. One pocketed $850,000 (â¦1.3 billion) by selling two-thirds of their shares.
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3 days ago |
techcabal.com | Ngozi Chukwu
Picture a ten-year-old boy, perched at a wooden desk, pencil in hand, carefully tallying figures from his father’s accounting books, a faint smile on his face. He imagines himself one day becoming an accountant like his dad or teaching finance at a prestigious university like Harvard. Fast forward to 2025, and that boy, now a man, is a tech founder instead.
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3 days ago |
techcabal.com | Muktar Oladunmade
When Moniepoint raised $110 million in October 2024 to become a unicorn, not only its early investors made money from selling shares to new investors. At least two senior employees also sold part of their shares in the round, making $20,000 and $850,000 (₦1.3 billion), respectively, according to documents seen by TechCabal.
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