ATE 2026 Day Two: Lagos Charts a Bold Path on Convenience, Fintech and Smart Infrastructure Day two of the Africa Technology Expo 2026 in Lagos brought Glovo, Nokia, LG, 4 minute read
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My Father’s Shadow Exposes Africa’s Tech Ownership Gap My Father's Shadow made history at Cannes and the Oscars, but it competed as 3 minute read
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ATE 2026 Day Two: Lagos Charts a Bold Path on Convenience, Fintech and Smart Infrastructure Day two of the Africa Technology Expo 2026 in Lagos brought Glovo, Nokia, LG, byFatima OladunniJune 28, 2026
Wakanow’s Bayo Adedeji Says Africa’s Travel Sector Is “Wide Open” for Tech Disruption Wakanow GCEO Bayo Adedeji told ATE 2026 that Africa's travel sector is wide open byFatima OladunniJune 27, 2026
My Father’s Shadow Exposes Africa’s Tech Ownership Gap My Father's Shadow made history at Cannes and the Oscars, but it competed as byBetty WangariJune 24, 2026
Europe–Africa: A Mutual Benefit and Impact Potential Analysis A geopolitical and socio-economic assessment of how Europe and Africa can byMuhammed MustaphaJune 24, 2026
Events News Nigeria ATE 2026 Day Two: Lagos Charts a Bold Path on Convenience, Fintech and Smart Infrastructure Day two of the Africa Technology Expo 2026 in Lagos brought Glovo, Nokia, LG, byFatima OladunniJune 28, 2026
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Africa News Startup Spiro Secures Additional $55M From NewTrails Capital, Pushing Round to $270M Spiro has raised an additional $55 million from Chinese investor NewTrails
Africa News Lesaka Pushes Bank Zero Acquisition Deadline to 2027 as Regulators Stall Lesaka Technologies has given itself another five months to close its R1
DFIs and Philanthropies Back $176M Zafiri Clean Energy Platform A consortium of IFC, the African Development Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, byBetty WangariJune 19, 2026
Nigeria Targets 70% Digital Literacy by 2027 with New Strategic Roadmap Nigeria has announced a strategic roadmap to achieve 70% digital literacy by byBolu BabalolaJune 18, 2026
Nigeria Launches FreeTV, a Nationwide Subscription-Free Digital TV Platform Nigeria has launched FreeTV, a nationwide subscription-free digital television byFatima OladunniJune 18, 2026
CBN Orders Nigerian Fintechs to Split Their Payments Empires or Divest Nigeria's Central Bank has ordered payment service holding companies to unbundle byFatima OladunniJune 17, 2026
Ripple Buys Into Flutterwave to Open New Front in African Stablecoin Wars Ripple has taken a strategic stake in Flutterwave, Nigeria's largest payments byBolu BabalolaJune 16, 2026
Proparco Anchors Morocco LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Fund Proparco, the private sector financing arm of France’s development agency byBolu BabalolaJune 16, 2026
WATT and MTN Nigeria Partner on 34MW Renewable Energy Rollout for Telecom and EV First WATT, a renewable energy infrastructure company, has signed a partnership byFatima OladunniJune 16, 2026
UK Commits £15m to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital and Economic Transformation The United Kingdom has committed £15 million to support Nigeria’s digital byBolu BabalolaJune 16, 2026
Nigeria Targets NIMC’s Data Privacy Gaps With 4,000-Staff Training Push Nigeria's National Identity Management Commission is training 4,000 staff on byFatima OladunniJune 16, 2026
Africa’s Business Heroes 2026 Names Top 100 From 24,000 Applications Africa's Business Heroes has named its largest-ever cohort of entrepreneurs for byBetty WangariJune 15, 2026
Ghana Bans Banks From Backing Crypto-Linked Dollar Accounts Ghana's Bank of Ghana has ordered every bank, electronic money issuer, and byBolu BabalolaJune 15, 2026
MTN and Ant International Partner to Transform MoMo Into a Super App — Nigeria Goes First MTN Group Fintech and Ant International have signed a strategic partnership to byBetty WangariJune 10, 2026
CreditChek Raises $600K to Fix East Africa’s Broken Credit Data Stack Lagos-founded CreditChek has raised $600,000 to expand its credit data byFatima OladunniJune 10, 2026
MNT-Halan Hits $1.4bn Valuation as Egypt’s Biggest Bank Buys In Egypt's first fintech unicorn MNT-Halan has raised a new funding round led by Al byBolu BabalolaJune 10, 2026
Best Gadgets Solving Everyday Problems in Nigeria in 2026 Nigeria's most important consumer gadgets in 2026 are not status symbols — they byFatima OladunniJune 8, 2026
How Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Is Reshaping Nigeria’s Laptop Market Nigeria's BNPL market hit $1 byFatima OladunniJune 8, 2026
Top Funding and Grant Opportunities for African Businesses in June 2026 une 2026 is one of the most active grant months for African startups in recent byBetty WangariJune 5, 2026
Africa’s Top Tech Events and Conferences in June 2026 Major conferences define Africa's tech calendar in June 2026 — the Africa byBolu BabalolaJune 5, 2026
Consumer Tech Tablet vs. Laptop in Nigeria 2026: Which Device Actually Makes Sense? byNgozi EmekarohaJune 5, 2026
Africa News Kenya Bets Big on Google AI to Double Tourist Arrivals — But Is the Hype Justified? The partnership is real, the ambition is bold, and the unanswered questions are byBetty WangariJune 2, 2026
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