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
Africa NewsFebruary 18, 2026 Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsFebruary 18, 2026 Dutch Government Bets $3M on Female-Led African Fintech Fund — In a Market Where Women Get Just 10% of VC Dollars First Circle Capital's DGGF partnership is part of a $30 million fundraise byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 MTN Is Buying Back Africa’s Towers — All of Them — in a $6.2 Billion Deal That Rewrites a Decade of Telecom Strategy After years of spinning out infrastructure to unlock capital, Africa's largest byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 Flextock Just Raised $12.6M to Fix the Broken Backbone of Middle East E-Commerce. With a modular suite spanning fulfillment, shipping, cross-border trade, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 16, 2026 South Africa Just Made Digital Transformation a National Imperative—50+ Commitments, Zero Deadlines President Cyril Ramaphosa walked into Cape Town City Hall on February 12, 2026 byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 16, 2026 African Defence-Tech Startup Terra Industries Raises $22M in Seed Extension, Bringing Total Funding to $34M Terra Industries, the Nigerian defence technology startup building autonomous byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 16, 2026 Lupiya Closes $11.25M Series A After Two Years and “Multiple Rejections”—Here’s Why That Matters for African Fintech Evelyn Chilomo Kaingu didn’t sugarcoat it When Lupiya’s CEO and byBetty Wangari
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 9, 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 Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 4, 2026 TymeBank rebrands as GoTyme Bank, signaling global ambitions beyond South Africa South Africa–based digital lender TymeBank has officially rebranded as GoTyme byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 4, 2026 Afreximbank backs eight African startups in first accelerator cohort, offering up to $250k The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has selected eight African startups byFatima Oladunni
