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Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Capital Grant, Cohort 2

Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Grant for Cohort 2

Nigeria has reopened its Student Venture Capital Grant, offering ₦50 million in

byFatima Oladunni

September 7, 2026

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Development finance institutions, a homegrown Moroccan fund, and a syndicate of

byBolu Babalola

September 7, 2026

September 2026 Africa Tech Events Roundup

September 2026 Africa Tech and Creative Events: The Full Roundup

A month-by-month, country-by-country roundup of Africa's biggest tech and

byFatima Oladunni

September 7, 2026

Chisom Okwor

Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device

Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device

byBolu Babalola

September 3, 2026

Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Capital Grant, Cohort 2

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Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Grant for Cohort 2

Nigeria has reopened its Student Venture Capital Grant, offering ₦50 million in

byFatima Oladunni

September 7, 2026

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Development finance institutions, a homegrown Moroccan fund, and a syndicate of

September 2026 Africa Tech Events Roundup

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September 2026 Africa Tech and Creative Events: The Full Roundup

A month-by-month, country-by-country roundup of Africa's biggest tech and

Chisom Okwor

Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device

Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device

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Nomba Raises $3M Debt Facility for Africa-Asia Payments Push

Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility from CardinalStone Finance Company

FlexPay directors arrested

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FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft

Kenya's DCI arrested two Flexitech Group directors, including FlexPay co-founder

Alan Acquires Senegal's Tanel

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Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry

French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed

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Fintech's Arrest Habit

Inside the Panti Playbook: Fintech’s Arrest-First Habit

From Flutterwave's 2023 detentions to the Bluebulb allegations making the rounds

byFatima Oladunni

September 2, 2026

WIOCC Secures $300M From AFC, Vision Invest for Africa

WIOCC Secures $300M From AFC, Vision Invest for Africa Digital Infrastructure

WIOCC Group has secured $300 million from Africa Finance Corporation and Saudi

byBetty Wangari

September 2, 2026

Ghana's One Million Coders Begins ICT Trainer Training

Ghana’s One Million Coders Programme Begins ICT Trainers’ Training

Ghana's One Million Coders Programme has begun a Huawei-led Training of Trainers

byBolu Babalola

September 2, 2026

AwaDoc

AwaDoc Crosses 200 Million Health Queries Without Spending on Ads

AwaDoc, the WhatsApp health platform co-founded by Aproko Doctor's Chinonso

byFatima Oladunni

September 1, 2026

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NGX Technology Board

Nigeria’s NGX Technology Board Is Empty. The Founders Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame

Three years ago, Nigeria built a stock exchange board specifically for tech

byBolu Babalola

September 1, 2026

Kenya to Tax YouTube Earnings: What KRA’s New 5% Rule Means for Creators

Google will withhold 5 percent Kenyan tax on YouTube earnings from Kenya-based

byBetty Wangari

August 31, 2026

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OPay Plans NGX Listing Ahead of Its $4bn US IPO Push

OPay is preparing a Nigerian Exchange listing alongside its long-rumoured $4

byBolu Babalola

August 28, 2026

Koko Networks Appeal

Kenya’s Stalled Competition Tribunal Traps Koko Networks’ Appeal

Kenya's Competition Tribunal has been unable to hear appeals since September

byBetty Wangari

August 28, 2026

Ventures Platform Closes Pan-African Fund II at $84M

Final close exceeds $75 million target, with new institutional backing from

August 26, 2026

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Edge Growth

Edge Growth Launches R350M Fund for African Scale-Ups

Edge Growth has raised R350 million in first-close commitments for the Edge

byBolu Babalola

August 26, 2026

NITDA Kashifu Inuwa

NITDA Inaugurates Taskforce for Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud Push

NITDA has inaugurated the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative Implementation

byFatima Oladunni

August 26, 2026

Verascient-Founders

South African AI Startup Verascient Raises $1.2M Seed Round

Cape Town's Verascient has raised a $1

byBolu Babalola

August 26, 2026

NIGCOMSAT

Nigeria Approves NIGCOMSAT-2A, 2B Satellites for Broadband Push

Nigeria's Federal Executive Council has approved NIGCOMSAT-2A and NIGCOMSAT-2B,

byFatima Oladunni

August 26, 2026

Palmpay

PalmPay Expands Digital Savings Tools as Nigerians Chase Value

PalmPay has expanded its digital savings suite around Mega Savings Monday, an

byFatima Oladunni

August 25, 2026

Dr. Martin Koyabe

Kenya Names Martin Koyabe Inaugural Cybersecurity Agency Chair

Kenya has appointed Dr

byBetty Wangari

August 25, 2026

Belusochim Ugochukwu

16-Year-Old Belusochim Ugochukwu Joins Apple’s ML Team

At sixteen, Nigerian developer Belusochim Ugochukwu has joined Apple's

byBolu Babalola

August 21, 2026

Meta

Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups

Meta has partnered with Nigeria's government to launch AI Academy Nigeria,

byBolu Babalola

August 20, 2026

Egypt National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

Egypt Completes Africa’s First 6GHz Mobile Services Trial

Egypt's NTRA, Telecom Egypt and Huawei have completed Africa's first mobile

byBetty Wangari

August 20, 2026

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Nigeria Launches Single Digital Gateway for Government Services

byFatima Oladunni

August 19, 2026

Lesotho National AI Strategy

Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan

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Terra Industries Factory

Terra Industries Closes $52M Seed Round to Expand Global South Push

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Hubtel and MoMo Fintech Lab

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Hubtel Becomes Tech Partner of Ghana’s MoMo Fintech Lab

Hubtel has partnered with Mobile Money Fintech Limited to become the Official

byBolu Babalola

August 18, 2026

Why Summits Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 - Nairobi Edition

Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 Heads to Nairobi

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Jumia Raises $50M as Equity Nearly Hits Zero, IFC Anchors Half

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Top AI figures in Africa 2026

Africa’s Top 20 AI Figures in 2026

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YouTube Doubles Monetisation Bar: What It Means for Africa

YouTube Just Made Monetisation Harder — African Creators Feel It First

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Nigeria Brings Crypto Further Into Its Tax Net With New NRS Rules

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