Now Open: Founders Fund Africa Opens $50K Creative Economy Accelerator Founders Fund Africa, backed by Chocolate City Group, Argentil Capital 2 minute read
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 3 minute read
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 3 minute read
South Africa Wants Every SIM Card To Become A Digital ID South Africa is overhauling SIM card registration to introduce real-time 3 minute read
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
Africa FintechJuly 17, 2026 Top 10 Crypto Companies in Africa in 2026 Africa's on-chain economy grew 52% to $205 billion in a single year byBolu Babalola
Policy/RegulatoryJuly 15, 2026 NITDA’s New Framework Wants to Prove Nigeria’s Digital Economy Is Real NITDA has begun validating Nigeria's first standardised framework to measure the byMuhammed Mustapha
Explainers Policy/RegulatoryJuly 14, 2026 CBN’s 2027 Data Localisation Mandate Forces Fintech Reckoning The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks, fintechs, and payment operators byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria Policy/RegulatoryJuly 10, 2026 Why Nigeria Is Investigating Meta, Google, X and AI Firms President Bola Tinubu has ordered Nigeria’s competition watchdog to byFatima Oladunni
Policy/RegulatoryJuly 8, 2026 2026 Fintech Compliance Checklist for African Tech Startups Africa's fintech rulebook has changed faster in the last eighteen months than in byBetty Wangari
ExplainersJuly 7, 2026 Best AI Tools for African Startups in 2026: From Customer Service to Localized Marketing African founders are getting enterprise-level leverage from a lean AI stack — byBetty Wangari
Policy/RegulatoryJuly 7, 2026 CBN Fintech Guidelines Explained: A 2026 Compliance Guide for Nigerian Startups Nigeria's fintech sector enters 2026 with its busiest enforcement calendar yet — byBolu Babalola
Africa Fintech NewsJuly 2, 2026 Grey Launches Local Currency Deposits in Ghana and Kenya Grey just removed a step Ghanaian and Kenyan users have been working around for byBetty Wangari
Africa News Policy/RegulatoryJuly 1, 2026 Ghana’s Electronic Document Wallet Bets on Private Firms, Not Government This week’s floods left Accra’s streets impassable, with vehicles byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupJune 23, 2026 Spiro Secures Additional $55M From NewTrails Capital, Pushing Round to $270M Spiro has raised an additional $55 million from Chinese investor NewTrails byBetty Wangari
