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Monday 7 July 2014

440.NGAnnounces Mentors for 2014 Lagos Accelerator Program

440.ng,(www.440.ng)  has announced the first batch of mentors for its maiden accelerator program for startup companies.
440.ng invests between $20, 000 and $110, 000 in selected startups, which will be admitted into the 3-month accelerator program in a co-working space where they will have the opportunity to be mentored by: Continue...

Mitchell Elegbe–Founding CEO of Interswitch, SimdulShagaya - Founder/CEO of Konga, Jay Alabraba - Co-Founder of Paga, Rafael Afedor - Co-founder of Jumia, AfamEdozie - Venture Capitalist and Founding CMO of MTN Nigeria, TomiHudonu - Country Manager of Cheki Nigeria and DejiAdewunmi - CEO/Co-founder of Jobberman.
440.ng, a joint-venture between L5Lab and 88Mph of South Africa, invests in both pre-revenue early stage startups as well as post-revenue startups looking to scale their businesses through outside investment and strategic support.
Chika Nwobi of L5Lab who is Co-Founder and Director of 440.NG, said, “Besides capital, one of the biggest needs of start-ups is access to experienced mentors, we are bringing together an all-star set of mentors from different backgrounds to help our startups. More will be announced soon. “
“These mentors have indeed been at the frontier of the evolving mobile/web industry in Nigeria. Their businesses have used mobile/web technology to scale & disrupt traditional businesses, and target African consumers. They will be a part of creating a new generation of tech giants, like themselves.” said KrestenBuch of 88MPH.
Interested startup companies have until July 31, 2014 to apply for investment atwww.440.ng.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow! This is cooool!

Unknown said...

wow! that is a nice one for them. i am so happy for them they deserve it.

Unknown said...

NICE ONE
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MOYE B.

Gentlemara said...

Someone's knocking at your door, He's been knocking very long, He's been calling for so long, He is so patient but dont take the chance.

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus is at your door.

All you need to do is open up ur heart, so He can take his rightful place and change your world.

And remember his coming is at hand. He loves you, even you.

Anonymous said...

aunty linda u r suppose to be oh bcos its u dats my mentor by kuuluu

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Anonymous said...

Ok #bright bravo#

Amarachukwu. said...

Ok o

Anonymous said...

Great minds here o.









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Unknown said...

Nice!
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Bola said...

Thank you Linda!!! Got my alert today. God bless you.

Unknown said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

It a good one. Jopeyemi@gmail.com

Gistyinka Blog said...

Thanks god start up business in moving faster in Nigeria..

Anonymous said...

So Linda, I am going to point out an anomaly with this picture. It is like the super rich win over and over again and the poor never stand a choice. I know Jay Alabaraba and Sim Shagaya. They are children of wealthy parents. There do not need this paltry $20k to $100k for their projects. This is half of one vacation for them. I would be ashamed if I was in their shoes to apply for this money when I should be giving it. Now Jay and his brothers are well rounded boys that do their mom proud. They are so well trained for people coming from a lot of wealth. However, their father could have coughed up startup money for them and left the the funds for those who really have no money to pursue their great ideas. this is an injustice. A real injustice. It is almost as if their own money is for personal use and other people's money is for generating income. It is unfortunate. Simdul has made so much money from Konga and his mom continues to expand her resources. Why take resources that would most benefit those with the ideas but no resourceS? I bet you if I looked into the other people on that list, I will uncover the length of this worm. This is sickening. Jay, I got nothing against ya. You are a level headed homie and VERY INTELLIGENT. But You coulda asked your pops for money and kept this for those who could not muster degrees from all those Ivory tower schools in London you and your brothers attended with cash payments. Its not fair. What would Jesus do? Would he take from the rich and give to the rich? This is no startup in the true sense of all it is. Perhaps American startups like the Zuckerberg type are just that - made in America. If that's the case, I LOVE YOU MORE AMERICA. Until Nigeria becomes the land of opportunity and hope, Boko Haram and MEND with their spawn - dey gbam, dey well, blue brassiers and all the mentally retarded names they come up with will continue to disrupt life as we know it in Nigeria.

Anonymous said...

Ur reading comprehension is unbelievably poor, especially for someone capable of writing this epistle. Those guys r the mentors and not the applicants. Do u know what that means? Olodo!

Chikaka said...

Anonymous July 7, 2014 at 9:39 PM; what a blind bat. Read again. Wow! Linda, I read the dumbest comments here.

Haven't heard from Afam Edozie in a while. Bright man.

chincobee said...

nice selection...lets see how it goes

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