Now Open: Founders Fund Africa Opens $50K Creative Economy Accelerator Founders Fund Africa, backed by Chocolate City Group, Argentil Capital 2 minute read
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Now Open: Founders Fund Africa Opens $50K Creative Economy Accelerator Founders Fund Africa, backed by Chocolate City Group, Argentil Capital byBolu BabalolaJuly 22, 2026
Nigeria Crosses $250 Million Startup Funding Mark For First Time Since 2022 Nigerian startups raised $254 million in H1 2026, crossing the $250 million mark byBolu BabalolaJuly 21, 2026
Court Upholds FCCPC’s Power To Regulate Nigeria’s Digital Lending Market A Lagos Federal High Court has dismissed WASPAN's challenge to FCCPC's digital byFatima OladunniJuly 21, 2026
South Africa Wants Every SIM Card To Become A Digital ID South Africa is overhauling SIM card registration to introduce real-time byBetty WangariJuly 21, 2026
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News NigeriaMarch 31, 2026 Nigeria Is Betting ₦12 Billion That Better Research Will Fix Its Digital Policy Problem Bosun Tijani just launched the National Digital Economy Research Clusters byFatima Oladunni
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News NigeriaMarch 30, 2026 Nigeria Has a New N3 Billion Bet on Campus Founders. Can the Government Actually Pull It Off? 30,639 applications byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 23, 2026 Moniepoint Acquires Orda: How Nigeria’s Fintech Unicorn Is Building the Operating System for Africa’s $50B Restaurant Economy Moniepoint just acquired Orda, the cloud-based restaurant management platform byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 23, 2026 Communiqué IRL Lagos 2.0: Inside the Gathering That’s Reframing Africa’s Creator Conversation The second Lagos edition of Communiqué's flagship IRL series brought together byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 17, 2026 Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant: Three Years, $618M Pledged, and the First Check Is ₦1 Billion for 100 Founders Three years after Nigeria launched one of Africa's most ambitious digital byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 16, 2026 NDPC to Nigerian Content Creators: Filming Strangers for TikTok Violates Privacy Law—And Yes, You Can Be Prosecuted On March 13, 2026, Nigeria's data protection regulator put content creators on byFatima Oladunni
