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Africa’s 2026 Startup Graveyard: Every Major Shutdown So Far KOKO Networks, Brass, Chimoney, FoodCourt, Zeepay and Livestock Wealth headline byBolu BabalolaJuly 28, 2026
Zedcrest Acquires Leatherback in Nigeria’s Latest Fintech Consolidation Play Zedcrest Group has completed its acquisition of Leatherback, folding the byFatima OladunniJuly 28, 2026
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Nigeria’s Senate Advances Bill Forcing Meta, TikTok to Open Local Offices Nigeria's Senate has advanced SB byBolu BabalolaJuly 27, 2026
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
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
Africa News NigeriaJuly 18, 2025 Microsoft Appoints Olatomiwa Williams as Chief Growth & AI Officer for MEA Growth Markets. Microsoft has unveiled strategic leadership transitions in its Middle East and byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJuly 16, 2025 From Lagos to Dubai: How Nigeria’s GITEX Global Partnership is Launching 300 Startups into the Stratosphere. GITEX Global, one of the world’s largest platforms for technology and byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupJuly 15, 2025 Benue’s Digital Awakening: How Nigeria’s Food Basket is Becoming a Tech Hub. In the heart of Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where the Benue River winds through byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJuly 15, 2025 Smart Africa’s Bold Gambit: Uniting 11 Nations to Build the Continent’s First Cross-Border Data Highway. Picture this: a Nigerian entrepreneur wanting to expand their fintech startup to byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupJuly 11, 2025 MTN Nigeria Launches Pan-African “Cloud Accelerator” to Empower Startup Ecosystems. MTN Nigeria, Africa’s telecommunications giant, just launched what might byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJuly 10, 2025 Swiss government doubles down on emerging market startups with $6.3M fund relaunch. Switzerland just made a power move in the emerging markets startup game byMuhammed Mustapha
News Rest of the World StartupJuly 10, 2025 LemFi targets Egypt’s $20.6B remittance goldmine as fintech wars heat up in North Africa. LemFi, the London-based fintech startup that’s been quietly building one byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJuly 9, 2025 Smart Africa unveils unified AI policy framework to help 70% of African nations without AI strategies. At the AI for Good Summit in Geneva, pan-African organization Smart Africa byFatima Oladunni
