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Spiro Secures Additional $55M From NewTrails Capital, Pushing Round to $270M

Spiro has raised an additional $55 million from Chinese investor NewTrails

June 23, 2026

Lesaka Pushes Bank Zero Acquisition Deadline to 2027 as Regulators Stall

Lesaka Technologies has given itself another five months to close its R1

June 19, 2026

DFIs and Philanthropies Back $176M Zafiri Clean Energy Platform

A consortium of IFC, the African Development Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation,

June 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

June 18, 2026

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Nigeria Launches FreeTV, a Nationwide Subscription-Free Digital TV Platform

Nigeria has launched FreeTV, a nationwide subscription-free digital television

June 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

June 17, 2026

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Ripple Buys Into Flutterwave to Open New Front in African Stablecoin Wars

Ripple has taken a strategic stake in Flutterwave, Nigeria's largest payments

June 16, 2026

Proparco Anchors Morocco LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Fund

Proparco, the private sector financing arm of France’s development agency

June 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

June 16, 2026

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UK Commits £15m to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital and Economic Transformation

The United Kingdom has committed £15 million to support Nigeria’s digital

June 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

June 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

June 15, 2026

Ghana Bans Banks From Backing Crypto-Linked Dollar Accounts

Ghana's Bank of Ghana has ordered every bank, electronic money issuer, and

June 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

June 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

June 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

June 10, 2026

Best Gadgets Solving Everyday Problems in Nigeria in 2026

Nigeria's most important consumer gadgets in 2026 are not status symbols — they

June 8, 2026

How Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Is Reshaping Nigeria’s Laptop Market

Nigeria's BNPL market hit $1

June 8, 2026

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Top Funding and Grant Opportunities for African Businesses in June 2026