Nigeria Just Collected ₦7.2 Billion in Data Privacy Penalties—And It’s Just Getting Started While Silicon Valley debates AI ethics and Brussels refines GDPR, Nigeria has byFatima OladunniFebruary 10, 2026
This Self-Funded Travel Startup Wants You to Plan Trips by Budget, Not Destination—And Lagos Taught Them Why Most travel apps start with “Where do you want to go? byGuest PostFebruary 10, 2026
Google Opens Applications for Accelerator Africa Cohort 10—Now It’s an AI Research Lab, Not Just a Startup Program After nearly a decade of backing African startups, Google is fundamentally byFatima OladunniFebruary 9, 2026
SouthWest Innovation & Tech Co. Launches Inaugural Pre-Accelerator, Backing 28 African Deep Tech Startups Nigeria’s innovation landscape just got a structural upgrade byFatima OladunniFebruary 6, 2026
Africa NewsJuly 30, 2025 $2 Million Prize Seeks African AI Solutions to Transform Manufacturing. Applications close July 31 for prestigious competition targeting scalable byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 28, 2025 Kenyan Startup Sukhiba Rebrands to Flowcart, Eyes AI-Powered Expansion Kenyan conversational commerce startup Sukhiba has rebranded to Flowcart, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 28, 2025 Africa’s Pay-TV Giant MultiChoice Plans ‘Wholesale Overhaul’ As DStv Loses 1.2 Million Subscribers. MultiChoice CEO Byron du Plessis has announced plans for substantial changes byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 24, 2025 Canal+ Secures $3B MultiChoice Takeover, Creating Africa’s Largest Pay-TV Powerhouse. French media giant gains full control of DStv parent company after South African byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 15, 2025 Smart Africa’s Bold Gambit: Uniting 11 Nations to Build the Continent’s First Cross-Border Data Highway. Picture this: a Nigerian entrepreneur wanting to expand their fintech startup to byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 7, 2025 BuuPass scores strategic funding from Yango Ventures as mobility startup gears up for African expansion. The Kenyan B2B2C mobility platform has sold over 16 million travel tickets and byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 4, 2025 Complete Farmer Raises $2.5M from EU-Funded AgriFI to Expand Agricultural Infrastructure Across Ghana. Ghana’s Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital agricultural marketplace byBolu Babalola
