YC-backed internet provider Tizeti will become the first Nigerian startup to list on IPO-starved NGX

Tizeti, a Y Combinator-backed internet service provider operating in Nigeria, Togo, and Ivory Coast, will list on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) two years after first sharing its ambitions to become a public company. An Initial Public Offering (IPO) will allow Tizeti to raise money from a wider pool of investors at a time when VC activity remains tepid and provide exit opportunities for early…