Lagos Startup - Week 2017 Startup showcase and exhibition

Two interesting stands were on showcase offering different propositions but the same innovative and creative entrepreneurial spirit.

Among the side attractions on Day 5 of the Lagos Startup Week 2017 was the Startup showcase and exhibition floor.

Two interesting stands were on showcase offering different propositions but the same innovative and creative entrepreneurial spirit.

Mykolo.ng

The idea behind this is about serving you a traditional method of saving but in a very stylish packaged way.

It helps create that savings culture as was in the days of old. The products come in various attractive sizes and shapes.

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Mykolo showcase at the Lagos Startup Week

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The concept of a Savings box known as Kolo in Yoruba started in the olden days as home-made bank where money and valuable items are kept for future use. Traders used these objects to safeguard their funds for a rainy day. Younger ones also made use of kolo to save money received as gifts in order to fund purchase of new clothes and other spends during local festival. Kolo was first made of mud (clay), then later modified into wood with some having padlocks.

The beauty of it is that you get to tuck in any amount of money you want to inside a one-way tiny hole, and will only have to break open the box container with a hammer or something to get out your money, thereby discouraging you from easily taking the money out when tempted to.

This could be helpful for parents who want to teach their children morals on saving.

Check out their IG Page @mykolo.ng and website at mykolo.ng

Comic Republic

Lovers of comic books will appreciate the effort these remarkable guys at Comic republic media have put into showcasing the richness of African heritage and culture.

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Comic republic at the Lagos Startup Week - Startup showcase

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Speaking with a rep, he explained how it was about showcasing African culture to the world.

‘’We are trying to promote the Nigerian culture to the outside world because foreigners don’t even understand us, this is to change that narrative by showing Africa through the African man’s lens and not through the white man’s,” the rep explained.

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Range of Comic republic books on display at the Lagos Startup Week exhibition and showcase.

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Comic republic has been around since January 2016.

 “Growing up there was a lot of TV but there were not a lot of books so we felt we had to come in and fill in that gap, ‘’ he explained.

A digital copy can be obtained from the site at no cost, except a few bytes of your data of course.

The comics some of which come action packed are based on Yoruba and Ibo mythologys among other African story curation.

“We see ourselves as the African DC or even bigger than that,“ he spoke about the future he see with ComicRepublic.