Presenting, those drivers of the new generation of technology-enabled businesses in Lagos, Nigeria. Our Lagos startup and early business rock stars of 2015

1. The Lagos Startup Scene 2015
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2. LAGOS STARTUP SCENE 2015
PresenGng, those drivers of the new generaGon of
technology-enabled businesses in Lagos, Nigeria.
Our Lagos startup and early business rock stars ….
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3. • MEST offers a twelve-month, full-Gme, fully sponsored training program in
which the students – known as Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) – learn about
soVware development and entrepreneurship from Senior Faculty, who each
bring more than 20 years of experience in the soVware business in the United
States, Europe, or Asia.
EDUCATION
MEST, Accra, Ghana
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4. • DEMO Africa is one of the flagship iniGaGves of LIONS@frica and aims to
connect African startups to the global ecosystem. DEMO Africa is the place
where the most innovaGve companies from African countries get a pla[orm to
launch their products and announce to Africa and the world what they have
developed.
DEMO AFRICA
EVENTS
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5. • CcHUB is Nigeria’s first open living lab and pre-incubaGon space designed to be
a mulG-funcGonal, mulG-purpose space where work to catalyze creaGve social
tech ventures take place.
CCHUB, LAGOS, NIGERIA
SPACES
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6. • Facebook recently announced 16 million people in Nigeria visit Facebook every
month with 100% of them coming on mobile. Each day, 7.2 million people visit
Facebook with 7 million on mobile.
AFRICA IS MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY
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7. • According to the African Tech Startups Funding Report 2015 by tech startup
ecosystem news site Disrupt Africa, in 2015, 125 tech startups raised funding
around the African conGnent, to the tune of US$185.79 million.
ONLINE RETAIL IS KING
FUNDING SUCCESS STORIES
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8. Founder,
THE DANGOTE FOUNDATION
Founder,
THE TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION
Made in Lagos, gone global
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9. FUNKE OPEKE,
Founder, MAIN ONE
MITCHEL ELEGBE,
Founder, INTERSWITCH
Infrastructure Dynamos
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10. SIM SHAGAYA,
Founder, KONGA.COM, DEALDAY
JASON NJOKU,
Founder, IROKO.TV, SPARK.NG
Start-Up Captains
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11. TAYO OVIOSU
Co-Founder, PAGA
MARK ESSIEN
Co-Founder, Hotels.ng
Entrepreneur Angels
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12. IYIN ABOYEJI
Co-Founder, ANDELA
BOSUN TIJANI
Co-Founder, cCHUB
Changing the Landscape
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13. POLICY &
ADVOCACY
ANGEL
INVESTING
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
MENTORING &
ADVISORY
TRAINING &
EDUCATION
FUNDING &
FINANCE
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