BII Invests $15M in Starsight Energy: Why Mezzanine Debt for Nigerian Solar Companies Signals That Clean Energy Financing Is Finally Maturing Beyond Donor Grants On March 16, 2026, British International Investment committed $15 million in byBolu BabalolaMarch 18, 2026
Windhoek Launches Accelerate36: Can Namibia Build Africa’s Next Startup Hub By Listing Founders on the Stock Exchange? On March 17, 2026, Namibia unveiled Accelerate36—an ambitious initiative to byBetty WangariMarch 18, 2026
EIB Commits €40M to Speedinvest’s €200M Africa Fund: Why Vienna Becoming a New Fundraising Corridor Matters More Than the Money On March 16, 2026, EIB Global committed €40 million to Speedinvest's first byBetty WangariMarch 17, 2026
Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant: Three Years, $618M Pledged, and the First Check Is ₦1 Billion for 100 Founders Three years after Nigeria launched one of Africa's most ambitious digital byFatima OladunniMarch 17, 2026
News NigeriaAugust 13, 2025 MTN Nigeria Unleashes ₦100 Million War Chest: New Cloud Accelerator Program Set to Supercharge Africa’s Next Unicorns In a move that could reshape Africa’s startup landscape, MTN Nigeria has byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaAugust 13, 2025 NCC Issues Corporate Governance Ultimatum: Globacom Has 24 Months to Separate CEO and Chairman Roles. In a move that signals the regulator’s commitment to enhanced corporate byFatima Oladunni
Editorial News NigeriaAugust 12, 2025 SEC Nigeria and Chainalysis Collaborate Against Crypto Fraud and Digital Deception. The story of Nigeria’s battle against cryptocurrency fraud is ultimately a byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaAugust 12, 2025 From Glory to Grit: The Turbulent Journey of Nigeria’s 9mobile to T2 A Tale of Three Names, Seventeen Years, and One Last Stand byMuhammed Mustapha
News Nigeria StartupAugust 11, 2025 Nigerian Food Delivery Unicorn Chowdeck Raises $9M Series A to Fuel Pan-African Expansion. Nigerian food delivery startup Chowdeck has closed a $9 million Series A round byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaAugust 6, 2025 Nigeria’s Galaxy Backbone sounds alarm on disaster recovery as cyber threats surge across Africa. Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Nigeria’s federal digital infrastructure and shared byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJuly 28, 2025 Digital Harassment: Nigerians Cry Out as Opay Floods Phones With Marketing Calls. In what appears to be a disturbing trend, Nigerians across the country are byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupJuly 24, 2025 Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupJuly 21, 2025 Nigerian healthtech startup NucleusIS rebrands as RIGO, targets Africa’s $100B+ healthcare market. Nigerian e-health startup NucleusIS has undergone a major transformation, byFatima Oladunni
