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14 Jan

This Is How Mark Essien Thinks Africa Can Lead The World’s Tech Space

Sometimes, being the underdog is a good thing. As long as you’re not that way forever. Being the underdog means you can do things that the bigger guys can’t do. It means you can approach issues from angles that they can’t. In September 2015, Mark Essien, founder and CEO of Hotels.ng, spoke at the inaugural … Continue reading This Is How Mark Essien Thinks Africa Can Lead The World’s Tech Space →

01 Jan

Startups that made waves in 2015

Yetunde Oladeinde and Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf in this report profile some of the major startups that made tremendous impact in the outgoing year With the growing unemployment crisis, Nigerians are fast adopting the entrepreneur spirit by setting up shops and business ventures to not just earn a living wage but to offer services at different … Continue reading Startups that made waves in 2015 →

08 Aug

African Startup Employs Twitter For Job Applications To Screen, Interview Candidates

Twitter may be struggling to elect someone for its CEO vacancy, but other organizations worldwide have used the microblogging site to find and recruit new talent. For example, Mark Essien, CEO of Hotels.ng, has used Twitter to post job applications and interview candidates for positions with his Nigerian hotel booking startup. Through the social network, he’s … Continue reading African Startup Employs Twitter For Job Applications To Screen, Interview Candidates →

28 Jul

Nigeria’s Hotels.Ng Is Asking Developers To Create An Algorithm That Predicts User Behaviour

Lagos-based hotel booking website, Hotels.ng is organizing a hackathon to develop a machine learning algorithm to predict users who will cancel hotel bookings. “Some users are more likely to cancel their bookings than others, depending on several factors/conditions,” the company said of why it is organizing the hackathon. “A person who books five different hotels … Continue reading Nigeria’s Hotels.Ng Is Asking Developers To Create An Algorithm That Predicts User Behaviour →

24 Jul

Hotels.ng Unveils Events Booking Platform

Nigeria’s Hotels.ng, an online hotel booking with over 4000 hotels across all states in Nigeria has launched itsEvents product platform to allow people to provide 12 selected choice hotels close to any event that they are doing. So it’s not so much an events booking platform but kinda helps. According to Wumi Netufo, project manager … Continue reading Hotels.ng Unveils Events Booking Platform →

02 Jun

Interview: Nigeria’s Hotels.ng To Cover Most Of West Africa This Year

Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s leading hotel booking website, plans to cover most West African countries by the end of this year before venturing to other regions of the continent, but it will not raise any more funds anytime soon after it got a financial boost from venture capital funds Omidyar Network and EchoVC. Last week hotels.ng, which … Continue reading Interview: Nigeria’s Hotels.ng To Cover Most Of West Africa This Year →

26 May

Nigeria’s Hotels.ng Grabs $1.2M To Expand Listings Across Africa

Hotels.ng, which claims to be the largest hotel booking site in Nigeria, has raised $1.2 million to expand across Africa. Investors include EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund and Omidyar Network, a venture capital firm launched by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The site will launch new operations in Ghana first, says founder Mark Essien, and then move on … Continue reading Nigeria’s Hotels.ng Grabs $1.2M To Expand Listings Across Africa →