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 NewsJanuary 12, 2025 Innovate47 Expands Climate Action Accelerator to Africa Innovate47, a leading international entrepreneur support organization (ESO) byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 12, 2025 Application now Open for TechForward Policy Fellowship for Emerging Leaders The Africa Center for Digital Transformation (ACDT) has unveiled its TechForward byFatima Oladunni
Africa Fintech NewsJanuary 7, 2025 Applications now open for 4th Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator. Visa, the global payment card network, has announced the opening of applications byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 7, 2025 Egypt’s ITIDA Launches ITIDA Gigs Initiative to Empower Youth in the Freelance Economy The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) of Egypt has byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 3, 2025 Togo launches two platforms for data transparency and development. The Togolese government has taken a bold step toward enhancing data byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJanuary 3, 2025 Village Capital invests $150,000 in women-led Rhea and Regxta. Village Capital has unveiled its latest round of investments, channeling USD byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsDecember 30, 2024 Submissions now accepted for $16.5M Khulisani Ventures funding. The Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), a leading South African investment byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 25, 2024 Talaty receives funding to accelerate growth and expansion. Moroccan fintech startup Talaty, which is reshaping the financing landscape for byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsDecember 21, 2024 Kenyan fintech Leja handles $2bn in transactions this year. Kenyan fintech startup Leja has achieved a major milestone, processing $2 byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsDecember 20, 2024 SA fintech Sourcefin secures $8.2m from Futuregrowth. South African fintech and alternative funding provider Sourcefin has raised byFausat Abiola
