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Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 Heads to Nairobi Why Summits has released the agenda for the Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 byBetty WangariAugust 14, 2026
Jumia Raises $50M as Equity Nearly Hits Zero, IFC Anchors Half Jumia has raised $50 million in new equity, split evenly between IFC and a group byFatima OladunniAugust 14, 2026
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Events News NigeriaJune 28, 2026 ATE 2026 Day Two: Lagos Charts a Bold Path on Convenience, Fintech and Smart Infrastructure Day two of the Africa Technology Expo 2026 in Lagos brought Glovo, Nokia, LG, byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 18, 2026 Nigeria Targets 70% Digital Literacy by 2027 with New Strategic Roadmap Nigeria has announced a strategic roadmap to achieve 70% digital literacy by byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJune 18, 2026 Nigeria Launches FreeTV, a Nationwide Subscription-Free Digital TV Platform Nigeria has launched FreeTV, a nationwide subscription-free digital television byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 17, 2026 CBN Orders Nigerian Fintechs to Split Their Payments Empires or Divest Nigeria's Central Bank has ordered payment service holding companies to unbundle byFatima Oladunni
Fintech News NigeriaJune 16, 2026 Ripple Buys Into Flutterwave to Open New Front in African Stablecoin Wars Ripple has taken a strategic stake in Flutterwave, Nigeria's largest payments byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJune 16, 2026 WATT and MTN Nigeria Partner on 34MW Renewable Energy Rollout for Telecom and EV First WATT, a renewable energy infrastructure company, has signed a partnership byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 16, 2026 UK Commits £15m to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital and Economic Transformation The United Kingdom has committed £15 million to support Nigeria’s digital byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJune 16, 2026 Nigeria Targets NIMC’s Data Privacy Gaps With 4,000-Staff Training Push Nigeria's National Identity Management Commission is training 4,000 staff on byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 10, 2026 MTN and Ant International Partner to Transform MoMo Into a Super App — Nigeria Goes First MTN Group Fintech and Ant International have signed a strategic partnership to byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaJune 10, 2026 CreditChek Raises $600K to Fix East Africa’s Broken Credit Data Stack Lagos-founded CreditChek has raised $600,000 to expand its credit data byFatima Oladunni
