Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device 3 minute read
Nomba Raises $3M Debt Facility for Africa-Asia Payments Push Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility from CardinalStone Finance Company 3 minute read
FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft Kenya's DCI arrested two Flexitech Group directors, including FlexPay co-founder 3 minute read
Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed 3 minute read
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 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
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
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
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
