Chika Nwobi

Autochek Africa is an Automotive Technology development company that builds solutions aimed at enabling and enhancing commerce within the automotive sector. We focus on solutions that improve access to Auto loans, quality maintenance / aftersales services, warranty solutions, and transactional marketplaces. We are operational in West and East Africa and we also have developed a partner-led retail footprint with over 500 service centers. Formerly Cheki

Jobberman is Nigeria No.1 Recruitment website with over 2.5 million job applicants and 60,000 employers nationwide. The company is headquartered in Marina, Lagos. Jobberman.com is building the best destination in Africa for job applicants and employers and has a corporate mission to help people find their dream jobs, and help employers find the right people they need to be successful. Jobberman prides itself as the largest jobs website in sub-Saharan Africa in terms jobs volume, traffic and membership and is also ranked the #1 website in the jobs category by Alexa.com, thereby cementing its place as the clear market leader in Africa. With efforts devoted to research and marketing, Jobberman.com is indeed a top market place for recruitment services and has redefined online recruiting in Nigeria and Africa at large.

We recruit high-potential individuals, convert them to world-class software engineers and place them with global companies looking to scale their dev capacity. Since 2018, we have screened 73,000 applicants and accepted only 0.5% of them who prove to be smart, self-driven and excited about improving the world with technology. Decagon’s Learning by Doing Model exposes them to live products, agile methodologies, project management, mentoring by top industry professionals and technical expertise in stacks like Node, Java, iOS, Android, C#, Python, etc. all within 6months. Top global companies like Indeed, Reloadly, Vertex are already achieving a diverse and exceptionally skilled engineering workforce with DecaDevs.

We recruit high-potential individuals, convert them to world-class software engineers and place them with global companies looking to scale their dev capacity. Since 2018, we have screened 73,000 applicants and accepted only 0.5% of them who prove to be smart, self-driven and excited about improving the world with technology. Decagon’s Learning by Doing Model exposes them to live products, agile methodologies, project management, mentoring by top industry professionals and technical expertise in stacks like Node, Java, iOS, Android, C#, Python, etc. all within 6months. Top global companies like Indeed, Reloadly, Vertex are already achieving a diverse and exceptionally skilled engineering workforce with DecaDevs.

Rise Capital is a global investment firm that focuses on making expansion-stage investments in Internet businesses in the most prominent Emerging Markets. We back industry-leading businesses run by world-class entrepreneurs who attack large addressable market opportunities. Leveraging our experience as Emerging Market Internet operators and investors, we strategically guide these businesses to scale.

440 launched in Nigeria in 2014 with a strategy to fund strong teams with web-mobile ideas that have the ability to scale. In 2015 we are running Deal Weekend Lagos, a 24 hour event in which startups will compete to receive equity investment of between $100k and $250k. We guarantee that at least one deal will be signed in the 24 hours. Apply at www.440.ng to participate on September 4th and 5th where entrepreneurs will meet the most respected investors in the ecosystem who have all built their own businesses and can give you their networks, expertise and funding. 440 are seeking to fund strong teams with web-mobile companies that are revenue generating, have demonstrated that there is a market for their product and are now looking to scale rapidly. Startups can apply at www.440.ng until 13th August. 440 is a Joint Venture between 88mph and L5 Labs. The team behind 440 is Chika Nwobi, Founder of L5Labs, a tech-startup incubator. Chika was also co-founder of MTech PLC which, as CEO, he led to become the largest mobile content company in Africa with operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ivory Coast serving the likes of MTN, Glo, Airtel, IFC, Ford Foundation and Nokia. Kresten Buch, Founder of 88mph and Co-Founder of 440 is a serial entrepreneur, built a business to over €200M revenue during 1997-2001 and has had two exits. Since becoming an investor, he has made 43 investments in startups in Africa. 440 is a privately backed fund. Check out www.440.ng for more info on the startups funded in 2014

L5Lab is focused on company-building and seed-stage investing in the rapidly expanding mobile and internet space in Africa. L5Lab portfolio companies include Jobberman.com and Cheki.com.ng Jobberman is now Africa's largest jobs portal and Cheki is the leading online marketplace for cars in Africa.