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
Enugu’s Quiet Tech Takeover: Can Nigeria’s Southeast Become the Continent’s Next Lagos or Nairobi? With 53,000 people at its tech festival, $50M in startup funding facilitated, byFatima OladunniMarch 4, 2026
Big Tech Must Pay Up: ECOWAS’ Emerging Strategy to Force Fair Compensation for African News in the AI Training Era While OpenAI pays Western publishers $1-5M annually for training data, African byBolu BabalolaMarch 4, 2026
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
Africa News StartupFebruary 12, 2025 Taager Secures $6.75M Pre-Series B to Expand Across MENA. Egyptian social commerce startup Taager has raised a $6 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 12, 2025 Ethiopia’s First Ultra-Fast EV Charging Station Unveiled by Ethio Telecom. In a bold move to support Ethiopia’s expanding electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 12, 2025 Ghana’s Hurupay Launches Virtual USD Accounts for Remote Workers. Hurupay, a dynamic cryptocurrency wallet platform launched in 2023, is making byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 10, 2025 ToumAI Raises €1M to Revolutionize Customer Experience with AI. ToumAI, a cutting-edge AI technology company based in Morocco, has secured EUR1 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 10, 2025 Spacecom’s AMOS-17 to Power Critical Government Communications in Africa. Spacecom, a leading global satellite service provider, has announced a byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 6, 2025 New AI Council to Guide Africa’s AI Development. In a historic move to position Africa as a strategic leader in the global byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 3, 2025 i3 Shifts Focus to Growth-Stage African Healthtechs for its 3rd Cohort in Response to the US Aid “Stop-work” Directive. Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support byGuest Post
Africa NewsJanuary 30, 2025 GSMA Supports Nigeria Tariff Adjustment, Seeks More Policy Action. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a 50% tariff increase byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 30, 2025 Eyouth and EDT&Partners Announce $6M Initiative to Equip One Million Young People with Digital Skills. Egyptian skills development startup Eyouth has partnered with global education byBolu Babalola
