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Uber

Uber’s Nigeria and Uganda Exit Is a Warning, Not a Blip

Uber's abrupt exit from Nigeria and Uganda looks like routine corporate

byFatima Oladunni

September 17, 2026

Chad and Nigeria Talk Fibre, AI Cooperation Plans

Chad and Nigeria Discuss Fibre and AI Cooperation

Chad and Nigeria signed a cooperation agreement in N'Djamena on September 16

byFatima Oladunni

September 17, 2026

Bosun Tijani Federal Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria

Nigeria’s $750M Cloud Policy Bets on Its Own Buying Power

Nigeria has unveiled a National Digital Cloud Policy targeting $750 million in

byBolu Babalola

September 17, 2026

Livestock Wealth

Livestock Wealth Loses Bid to Appeal Its Liquidation Order

South Africa's Gauteng High Court has refused Livestock Wealth permission to

byBetty Wangari

September 16, 2026

Uber

Uber’s Nigeria and Uganda Exit Is a Warning, Not a Blip

Uber's abrupt exit from Nigeria and Uganda looks like routine corporate

byFatima Oladunni

September 17, 2026

Chad and Nigeria Talk Fibre, AI Cooperation Plans

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Nigeria

Chad and Nigeria Discuss Fibre and AI Cooperation

Chad and Nigeria signed a cooperation agreement in N'Djamena on September 16

Bosun Tijani Federal Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria

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Nigeria

Nigeria’s $750M Cloud Policy Bets on Its Own Buying Power

Nigeria has unveiled a National Digital Cloud Policy targeting $750 million in

Livestock Wealth

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Nigeria

Livestock Wealth Loses Bid to Appeal Its Liquidation Order

South Africa's Gauteng High Court has refused Livestock Wealth permission to

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Nigeria

Dangote Refinery IPO Digital Platforms Crash Under Investor Rush

Dangote Petroleum Refinery's N2

Nigeria Minister Bosun Tijani

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Nigeria

Nigeria Commissions New NDPC Headquarters in Abuja

President Tinubu has handed Nigeria's data protection regulator a permanent

Grindstone Ventures Fund

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Nigeria

Grindstone Ventures Launches $31M Fund to Target Africa’s Missing Middle

Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million ($31

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MNT-Halan Files for Cairo Stock Exchange Listing in Egypt

MNT-Halan's parent company has filed to list on the Egyptian Exchange, targeting

byBolu Babalola

September 10, 2026

Drive45 Team

Drive45 Secures $3M Debt Facility From TLG Capital to Scale Its Nigerian Fleet

TLG Capital has closed a $3 million senior debt facility for Drive45, a

byFatima Oladunni

September 10, 2026

Ghana Embeds OMCP Certifications in 11 Universities

Ghana Embeds Coding Certifications in 11 University Degrees

Ghana has signed MoUs with 11 universities, including the University of Ghana

byBetty Wangari

September 9, 2026

ARC Ride

ARC Ride Raises $33.3M to Take Its Battery-Swapping Bet Beyond Kenya

Kenyan e-mobility startup ARC Ride has raised $33

byBolu Babalola

September 9, 2026

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iDICE Names Top 50 Founders

iDICE Names Top 10 Founders From Its First Startup Bridge Cohort

iDICE Startup Bridge has named 10 standout founders from its first Founders Lab

byFatima Oladunni

September 8, 2026

Ghana Launches Marrify

Ghana Launches Marrify to Digitise Marriage Records

Ghana has launched Marrify, a digital registry letting citizens verify a

byBolu Babalola

September 8, 2026

Brand Press

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

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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

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

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

September 3, 2026

FlexPay directors arrested

FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft

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

byBetty Wangari

September 3, 2026

Alan Acquires Senegal's Tanel

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

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

byBolu Babalola

September 3, 2026

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

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

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Nigeria

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

byBetty Wangari

August 31, 2026

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

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Kenya’s Stalled Competition Tribunal Traps Koko Networks’ Appeal

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Brand Press

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

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

August 26, 2026

Edge Growth Launches R350M Fund for African Scale-Ups

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NITDA Kashifu Inuwa

NITDA Inaugurates Taskforce for Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud Push

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Verascient-Founders

South African AI Startup Verascient Raises $1.2M Seed Round

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

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PalmPay Expands Digital Savings Tools as Nigerians Chase Value

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