Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device 3 minute read
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Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device byBolu BabalolaSeptember 3, 2026
Nomba Raises $3M Debt Facility for Africa-Asia Payments Push Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility from CardinalStone Finance Company byGuest PostSeptember 3, 2026
FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft Kenya's DCI arrested two Flexitech Group directors, including FlexPay co-founder byBetty WangariSeptember 3, 2026
Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed byBolu BabalolaSeptember 3, 2026
Africa Fintech NewsJuly 2, 2026 Grey Launches Local Currency Deposits in Ghana and Kenya Grey just removed a step Ghanaian and Kenyan users have been working around for byBetty Wangari
Africa News Policy/RegulatoryJuly 1, 2026 Ghana’s Electronic Document Wallet Bets on Private Firms, Not Government This week’s floods left Accra’s streets impassable, with vehicles byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupJune 23, 2026 Spiro Secures Additional $55M From NewTrails Capital, Pushing Round to $270M Spiro has raised an additional $55 million from Chinese investor NewTrails byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJune 19, 2026 Lesaka Pushes Bank Zero Acquisition Deadline to 2027 as Regulators Stall Lesaka Technologies has given itself another five months to close its R1 byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJune 19, 2026 DFIs and Philanthropies Back $176M Zafiri Clean Energy Platform A consortium of IFC, the African Development Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJune 16, 2026 Proparco Anchors Morocco LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Fund Proparco, the private sector financing arm of France’s development agency byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 15, 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes 2026 Names Top 100 From 24,000 Applications Africa's Business Heroes has named its largest-ever cohort of entrepreneurs for byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJune 15, 2026 Ghana Bans Banks From Backing Crypto-Linked Dollar Accounts Ghana's Bank of Ghana has ordered every bank, electronic money issuer, and byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJune 10, 2026 MNT-Halan Hits $1.4bn Valuation as Egypt’s Biggest Bank Buys In Egypt's first fintech unicorn MNT-Halan has raised a new funding round led by Al byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 2, 2026 Kenya Bets Big on Google AI to Double Tourist Arrivals — But Is the Hype Justified? The partnership is real, the ambition is bold, and the unanswered questions are byBetty Wangari
