From Kaduna to Bitcoin Core: The Abubakar Nur Khalil Story. In 2013, a teenage boy in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, received a YouTube link from byMuhammed MustaphaNovember 10, 2025
Nigeria’s National Payment Stack Goes Live with First Transaction Between PalmPay and Wema Bank. Nigeria just took a major leap forward in financial infrastructure byBolu BabalolaNovember 10, 2025
The IPO That Changed Everything: How Optasia Cracked the Code to Africa’s Public Markets. When the champagne corks popped on the JSE floor, it wasn't just celebrating one byMuhammed MustaphaNovember 6, 2025
Ventures Platform Secures $64M First Close for Fund II to Power Africa’s Next Tech Wave. Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, has announced the $64 byGuest PostNovember 6, 2025
News NigeriaApril 19, 2024 Nigeria’s OmniRetail, a B2B enabler for informal retailers, begins Series A fundraising with Goodwell backing. Nigerian retail-tech startup OmniRetail has initiated its latest fundraising byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 17, 2024 Kenyan’s Pula Secures $20 Million Series B Funding Round. Founded in 2015 by Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru, Pula specializes in byBolu Babalola
EventsApril 4, 2024 AU Tech Fellowship Returns for a Second Year With Afrilabs. AfriLabs, a pivotal network organization fostering innovation and byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 2, 2024 Kenya’s Triply joins Y Combinator Winter ’24 (3rd African startup) In January, we broke the news that Y Combinator’s (YC) winter batch for byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 28, 2024 Tunisian AI firm Clusterlab secure $600,000 pre-seed funding. The Tunisia-originated and now UAE-headquartered AI startup, ClusterLab, which byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 28, 2024 LetsChat, from TikTok’s Parent Company, Closes Shop in Africa. LetsChat, the ambitious instant messaging venture developed by ByteDance, the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 24, 2024 Egyptian pharmacy platform, Pharmacy Marts, secures fresh funding to fuel growth. Cairo-based digital marketplace Pharmacy Marts has successfully secured a byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 20, 2024 Planet42, a subscription platform for cars in South Africa, receives a $15.8 million investment from Standard Bank. South African startup Planet42, which offers a car subscription platform aimed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 19, 2024 Egyptian health tech startup 30Med secures pre-seed funding. Egyptian B2B e-health startup 30Med has successfully secured an undisclosed sum byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 14, 2024 SA Simera Sense Soars with $14.8 Million Growth Funding Round. Simera Sense, based in South Africa and a leading force in providing byBolu Babalola
