The Man Who Beat Facebook in Spain Is Now Breaking Barriers in Silicon Valley How Adeyemi Ajao went from defeating Zuckerberg in a hard-fought social media byBolu BabalolaMarch 9, 2026
Rwanda Claimed It Became Africa’s First TikTok Monetization Market. Then the Government Said It Didn’t. The Real Story Is More Complicated When Bruce Melodie asked President Kagame to help unlock TikTok earnings at the byBetty WangariMarch 9, 2026
Moniepoint Lent ₦1 Trillion Using Payment Data as Gospel. Two Massive Defaults Just Exposed the Limits of Knowing Everything Except What Happens Next. Nigeria's fastest-growing fintech disbursed ₦1 trillion to 70,000 businesses in byBolu BabalolaMarch 6, 2026
Francophone Africa’s VC Awakening: How AfDB’s €6.5M Saviu Fund Is Shifting the Power Map West and Central For years, African VC has meant Lagos, Nairobi, and Cape Town byFatima OladunniMarch 6, 2026
Africa News StartupMarch 12, 2025 BasiGo Expands Electric Bus Operations in Rwanda with 28 New Buses. BasiGo, the leading provider of electric bus solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupMarch 11, 2025 Revolut Eyes South Africa’s Digital Banking Market Amid Fierce Competition. Revolut, the $45 billion-valued neobank, has officially confirmed its interest byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 11, 2025 Moroccan Superapp ORA Technologies Raises $1.9M to Expand Food Delivery and Digital Payments. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has successfully closed a $1 byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 7, 2025 South African Agri-Tech Startup Khula Secures $6.8M in Series A Funding. South African agri-tech startup Khula has raised ZAR126 million (US$6 byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 7, 2025 Egyptian AI Startup Widebot Secures $3M Pre-Series A Funding. Egyptian artificial intelligence (AI) startup Widebot has raised $3 million in byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 6, 2025 Kenyan Re-Commerce Startup Badili Secures $400,000 Debt Funding from Proparco to Expand Affordable Smartphone Access. Kenyan re-commerce startup Badili has secured US$400,000 in debt funding from byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 25, 2025 Dabchy Secures Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Sustainable Fashion Marketplace. Tunisian startup Dabchy, an e-commerce platform for second-hand fashion, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 25, 2025 Ghanaian Fintech Startup Oze Secures Funding from Visa and DEG. Oze, a Ghanaian fintech startup that provides digital recordkeeping tools and byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupFebruary 21, 2025 MANSA Raises $10M to Transform Cross-Border Payments with Stablecoins. MANSA, a global fintech innovator transforming cross-border payments, today byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 17, 2025 Madica Announces New Investments in Four African Startups. Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed startups in Africa, has byFatima Oladunni