by Okechukwu Nnamdi My advice to Celestine and his team is to Bootstrap and find inexpensive ways of achieving progress. They should find a niche for their business and be aggressive. A few years ago I would spend hours at my office desk reading stories on techcrunch about American startups that got funded. I remember... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo: Don’t mind us Celestine, just keep moving

by Chude Jideonwo The feeding frenzy is on. If you’ve followed YNaija’s excellent technology pages, or that fine blog TechCabal, you would know about the Nigerian tech space’s trending issue at the moment: an enterprising young man called Celestine Ezeokoye wrote a post about a grant he received for his idea/business, Ticketmobile. [READ: Celestine Ezeokoye’s... Read More

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July 28, 2013

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Editi Effiong: Dear Start-up, great job! But what if the VCs don’t come?

by Editi Effiong Last night, I read that post by the co-founder of tiketmobile, and was really saddened, but without a lot of pity. It’s sad that he had to shutter up, and power down a business that must have been his big dream. But then, someone has to fail for the business schools to have case... Read More

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July 26, 2013

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Hauwa Gambo: Tony Elumelu must not give Celestine a penny more (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo Wonders shall never cease o. Apparently, last year, banking guru and venture capitalist, Tony O. Elumelu gave $5,000 as seed-money to various technology start-ups in a partnership with the Co-Creation Hub. One year later, what is the thanks he gets? One of the young people, Celestine Ezeokoye of Tiketmobile, who was so... Read More

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Start up seed capital: The early Nigerian stories

Chude Jideonwo: Don’t mind us Celestine, just keep moving

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Hauwa Gambo: Tony Elumelu must not give Celestine a penny more (Y! FrontPage)

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