Nigeria

Lagos

Upcoming Events

Saturday, August 26

Muyiwa Matuluko (Techpoint.ng)

Fireside Chat

Muyiwa is the co-founder and Chief Editor at Techpoint.ng, a news publishing platform dedicated to chronicling the impact of technology on the African narrative. The Learning Curve for this month will be handled by Didi Uwemakpan who will be teaching on "Market Sizing". Didi is a Marketing Strategist with experience working with multinational companies across Kenya, Uk and France.

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Saturday, September 30

Maya Horgan Famodu (Ingressive)

Fireside Chat

Maya (Founder & CEO, Ingressive) is a Nigerian-American who is committed to promoting entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is an ecosystem architect, driving growth and development in sub-Saharan based startup ecosystems. Ingressive is an investment group that backs top African Tech and leads corporate and venture capitalists to do business and successfully navigate West Africa.

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Saturday, October 28

Afua Osei (She Leads Africa)

Fireside Chat

Afua is a Co-Founder of She Leads Africa, a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams. With engaging online content and pan-African events, their vision is to become the #1 destination for smart and ambitious young women.

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Past Events

Phillip Kayode Moses (Pheelz Mr Producer)

Phillip Kayode Moses (Pheelz Mr Producer)

 Oluyomi Ojo (Printivo)

Oluyomi Ojo (Printivo)

 Pradeep Pahalwani (Serial Entrepreneur, Life Coach and Trainer in Entrepreneurship)

Pradeep Pahalwani (Serial Entrepreneur, Life Coach and Trainer in Entrepreneurship)

 Bassey Eyo (Payporte)

Bassey Eyo (Payporte)

 Chris Kwekowe (Slatecube)

Chris Kwekowe (Slatecube)

 Nimi Akinkugbe (BestMan Games Ltd)

Nimi Akinkugbe (BestMan Games Ltd)

 Audu Maikori (Chocolate City Group)

Audu Maikori (Chocolate City Group)

 Networking Party (2016 STARTUP GRIND LAGOS END OF YEAR EVENT)

Networking Party (2016 STARTUP GRIND LAGOS END OF YEAR EVENT)

 Bola Akindele (Courteville)

Bola Akindele (Courteville)

 Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Andela)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Andela)

 Femi Longe & Tunji Eleso (Co CreationHub)

Femi Longe & Tunji Eleso (Co CreationHub)

 Tomi Davies (TVCLabs, Lagos Angel Network, ABAN)

Tomi Davies (TVCLabs, Lagos Angel Network, ABAN)

 Tayo Oviosu (Pagatech)

Tayo Oviosu (Pagatech)

 Marek Zmyslowski (Jovago)

Marek Zmyslowski (Jovago)

 Google For Entrepreneur Week (Mike Moyer, Slicing Pie)

Google For Entrepreneur Week (Mike Moyer, Slicing Pie)

 Jeremy Johnson (2U Inc)

Jeremy Johnson (2U Inc)

 Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter (Iroko, Spark)

Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter (Iroko, Spark)

Team

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Uwem Uwemakpan

Chapter Director

Known as 'the fixer' among his peers, Uwem strives to proffer long lasting innovative solutions to problems and challenging situations. With the passion and experience in helping startups grow through his work with The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Uwem also runs a platform called 'The Afropreneur'. The Afropreneur is focused on helping the African Entrepreneur grow despite the myriad of challenges they face by educating them through the learnings of other Entrepreneurs using Workshops, Meetups and a Podcast.

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Blessing Abeng

Lagos Co-director

Storytelling is one of the most powerful communication tool in every facet of life and Blessing has harnessed this tool in helping businesses in Africa thrive as a Brand and Communications Manager. She has worked with brands like LÓreal, Heritage Bank, Laserderm Clinics, Lemi Ghariokwu, MTN, Alomo Bitters, Lights Camera Africa, and many more. She is the Co-director of Startup Grind Lagos, Nigeria and she is contributing her own quota to developing the Startup ecosystem in Africa.

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Betty Mutimba

Region Director

Betty is Africa Regional Director for Startup Grind and runs the Nairobi chapter. Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting founders in 200 cities. She worked at Fezah as Business Operations Lead in Nairobi. Fezah is a Ugandan startup that provides the simplest way to book a musician, band or DJ for your events. Previously, Betty co-founded Valuraha, a technology startup aimed at spreading financial literacy.

From the Blog

SILICON VALLEY ARRIVES IN ABUJA-announcing the launch of Start Up Grind (Abuja Chapter)

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John Okoro 2014-10-18T22:24:00+00:00
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Lagos welcomes Startup Grind, host Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter of Irokotv/Spark

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Tayo Brahm-Olorunoje 2014-03-02T13:17:38+00:00
"If you think starting a company is tough in, say, NY, try doing it in Lagos."
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