Bundle Africa, Piggyvest, Bamboo, Moove among six others emerged as LinkedIn’s top 10 Nigeria startups to work.
LinkedIn released its list of top 10 emerging companies in Nigeria that are gaining both national and international attention.
Topping the list is Bundle Africa, a financial service company founded in 2019. Following Bundle Africa was Utiva, an e-learning provider.
Moove, another financial service company was ranked 3rd while Okra, a software development company was ranked 4th. Both Moove and Okra were established in 2020.
Also featured on the list is Cowrywise, a financial services company established in 2017. Cowrywise was ranked 5th while another financial services company, Bamboo which was established in 2019 took the 6th position.
Other startups on the list include Nomba, TeamApt, Prospa and Piggyvest which were ranked in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th positions respectively. All four are financial services companies.
A clear look at the list by Investors King shows that all the listed startups in the top 10 are headquartered in Lagos State.
According to the professional networking platform, despite the present nature of the economy and the stormy challenges of growing a company, the top ten companies are rising to the challenges and continue to innovate and gain attention in 2022.
LinkedIn further disclosed that it used LinkedIn data across four pillars to arrive at the list. The four pillars are employee growth, Jobseeker interest, member engagement within the company and its employees, and how well the startups pulled talent from top brands.
LinkedIn further clarified that the list is ultimately meant to be a resource for jobseekers. Especially those that are excited with the opportunity to innovate, grow and solve big problems.
Of all the top ten startups, Moove has the highest headcount which currently stands at 425. TeamApt followed with a headcount of 350 while Nomba has a headcount of 235.
Piggyvest has a headcount of 105 followed by Bamboo with a headcount of 75. Prospa has 70, Utiva has 55, Okra has 50 while Cowrywise has the least headcount of 45.
