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
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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
