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YC De-emphases Late-Stage Funding to Focus on Early-Stage Investments

Early-stage investment

YC De-emphases Late-Stage Funding to Focus on Early-Stage Investments

Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator and venture capital firm, has announced a strategic shift in its investment focus from late-stage funding to early-stage investing. The company’s CEO, Garry Tan, explained that “YC is rightly known for early stage investing. In recent years, we have also done some

African startups pioneering the Creator Economy

African creator economy

African startups pioneering the Creator Economy

In an earlier piece, the African creator economy was analysed. In it, a creator was defined as well as amplifying the fact that the African continent is behind in the right resources to spread out fully if not to compete. Not just are African startups focusing on the creator economy

The Future of Jobs: A Glance Through The African Creator Economy

African creator economy

The Future of Jobs: A Glance Through The African Creator Economy

The global creator economy is estimated to be worth over $100 billion. The world population which now pegs at 8 billion has an average of 1.4 trillion or 16.72% from Africa. With these statistics, the African continent is renowned for its active youth population as well as the

Paystack secures PSP licence from Kenya's Central Bank, announces beta launch

Paystack secures PSP licence from Kenya's Central Bank, announces beta launch

Getting licensed in Kenya might have been a challenge for Nigerian startups such as Flutterwave and Chippercash but, to ease its operations in the new market and ensure its spread across different regions across Africa, Nigerian payments company, Paystack has announced it has secured a Payments Service Provider (PSP) licence

Backend Stories: Meet the founder who paid over $6 million to users without any fundraising

African creator economy

Backend Stories: Meet the founder who paid over $6 million to users without any fundraising

From working at a payments company to building his startup, Douglas Kendyson‘s e-commerce platform focusing on African creators, Selar has paid out over $6 million to users despite being bootstrapped except for a grant it received in 2018. The creator economy often called the influencer economy – which is not