Spiro Secures Additional $55M From NewTrails Capital, Pushing Round to $270M Spiro has raised an additional $55 million from Chinese investor NewTrails byBetty WangariJune 23, 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 WangariJune 19, 2026
DFIs and Philanthropies Back $176M Zafiri Clean Energy Platform A consortium of IFC, the African Development Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, byBetty WangariJune 19, 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 BabalolaJune 18, 2026
News NigeriaDecember 22, 2023 Nairaland Temporarily Departs from Cloudflare After Two-Day Downtime. Nairaland has successfully resumed online operations, emerging a few days after byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaDecember 21, 2023 Wilfred Bonse’s trial for the Patricia $2M hack is set for June 2024. The court has officially scheduled the trial for the Nigerian politician, byBolu Babalola
News Rest of the WorldDecember 19, 2023 FTX Files Reorganization Plan to End Bankruptcy and Repay Creditors. The estate of the defunct crypto enterprise FTX has submitted a proposal to byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 19, 2023 Safaricom, Telkom Loses More Market Shares As Airtel Gains. Safaricom and Telkom Kenya experienced a decline in market shares in both mobile byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria Rest of the WorldDecember 19, 2023 TikTok deleted 1.4 million videos by Nigerians On The Platform in Q3 2023. Bytedance-owned short video platform TikTok has disclosed the deletion of 1 byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria Rest of the WorldDecember 19, 2023 US SEC Charges Tingo Group Nigerian CEO And Three Others For Massive Fraud. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has initiated legal byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaDecember 18, 2023 Nigerian Fashion E-Commerce Platform MAKA Raises $2.65 Million Pre-Seed Round. MAKA, a Nigerian fashion e-commerce platform, has successfully raised $2 byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsDecember 18, 2023 MarketForce Faces Liquidation Threat Amidst Debt Dispute with Another Startup. MarketForce Technologies Limited, a prominent player in Africa’s B2B e-commerce byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 18, 2023 M-Pesa Partner With Visa To Start Issuing Debit Cards. As of now, M-PESA provides virtual payment cards to a vast user base of over 60 byMuhammed Mustapha
Fintech NigeriaDecember 16, 2023 Opay Under Intense Fire Over Poor KYC Process. Since its launch in 2018, OPay has emerged as one of the leading mobile money byBolu Babalola
