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Seed Fund Accelerator 88mph to Debut in Nigeria

Seed Fund Accelerator 88mph to Debut in Nigeria

From Venture Burn

In an attempt to further bolster West African tech startups, seed fund and accelerator 88mph will open up shop in Lagos, Nigeria in February.

88mph traditionally looks for early-stage companies with a mobile-web focus, especially those that serve local markets in Africa and have potential for global expansion. Previous programmes have offered up to US$100 000 funding as well as mentorship and three months of office space.

Manager at 88mph, Sylvia Brune, told HumanIPO, “In mid-February 2014 we will be in Lagos and we are very excited. We will start to renovate the tech space, meet more investors, interesting startups, and finalise partnership deals.”

So far, the 88mph seed fund has invested over US$2-million in popular South African startups such as Peach Payments, Wabona and ZapaCab as well as Mpepea and Gamesole from its Kenyan programme.

Read more at Venture Burn