Nigeria Data Localisation: Half of Firms Yet to Start Half of the 44 financial institutions NITDA surveyed have not started moving 3 minute read
CBN Stablecoin Rules: ₦15bn Floor for Dollar Issuers Foreign-currency stablecoin issuers now need a Nigerian company, a staffed local 3 minute read
WayaWaya Banking Launches in Kenya With Choice Bank WayaWaya has partnered with Choice Bank to launch WayaWaya Banking, a service 3 minute read
Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship Opens for 2026/2027 Intake Airtel Nigeria has reopened the door to its fully funded technology scholarship, 3 minute read
Nigeria Data Localisation: Half of Firms Yet to Start Half of the 44 financial institutions NITDA surveyed have not started moving byFatima OladunniNovember 11, 2026
CBN Stablecoin Rules: ₦15bn Floor for Dollar Issuers Foreign-currency stablecoin issuers now need a Nigerian company, a staffed local byFatima OladunniNovember 11, 2026
WayaWaya Banking Launches in Kenya With Choice Bank WayaWaya has partnered with Choice Bank to launch WayaWaya Banking, a service byBetty WangariNovember 9, 2026
Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship Opens for 2026/2027 Intake Airtel Nigeria has reopened the door to its fully funded technology scholarship, byBolu BabalolaNovember 9, 2026
Fintech News Nigeria StartupSeptember 15, 2025 Nigerian Fintech Kredete Secures $22M Series A to Revolutionize Cross-Border Finance for African Diaspora. Nigerian fintech startup Kredete has closed a substantial $22 million Series A byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupAugust 27, 2025 Egyptian Super-App Breadfast Raise $10M at $400M Valuation as Fintech Expansion Accelerates. Egyptian on-demand delivery startup Breadfast has secured a significant funding byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupAugust 19, 2025 Flutterwave doubles profit margins in H1 2025 as Africa’s fintech darling pivots to sustainable growth. Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable payments company, is finally proving byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupAugust 14, 2025 Banking Giant Nedbank Snaps Up iKhokha for $94M: A Strategic Play to Dominate Africa’s SME Fintech Revolution. In a move that could reshape South Africa’s fintech landscape, Nedbank byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupAugust 12, 2025 HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Transform Stablecoin-Powered Payments Across Africa and Global Markets. HoneyCoin, a transformative global payment orchestration platform, announced a byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupAugust 11, 2025 South African Fintech SAVA Launches Africa’s First Native Spend Management Platform. South African fintech startup SAVA has officially launched what it claims is the byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupAugust 11, 2025 Nigerian Food Delivery Unicorn Chowdeck Raises $9M Series A to Fuel Pan-African Expansion. Nigerian food delivery startup Chowdeck has closed a $9 million Series A round byFatima Oladunni
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
News Nigeria StartupJuly 24, 2025 Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima Oladunni
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
