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Renew Capital Bets on Embedded Finance for African SMEs With New Venture Lab Programme Announced at GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, the EmFi Series targets founders byBetty WangariApril 9, 2026
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Innovate Pitch & Grant 2026 Returns With $5,000 in Funding for Africa’s Most Promising Startups Innovate has announced the return of its Pitch & Grant competition for 2026, byFatima OladunniApril 8, 2026
Editorial OpinionJanuary 13, 2026 The Quiet Logic Behind Mono’s Acquisition by Flutterwave Explained. When Flutterwave announced its acquisition of Mono for $25-40 million in early byMuhammed Mustapha
Editorial OpinionJanuary 12, 2026 Egypt’s Government Is Backing More Startups Than Kenya and Nigeria Combined—And It’s Working While Kenya and Nigeria compete for venture capital headlines, Egypt has quietly byBolu Babalola
Editorial MoonsightsJanuary 8, 2026 The Unstoppable 50: Africa’s Most Promising Emerging Startups to Watch in 2026. From AI language models to electric motorcycles, these young companies are byBetty Wangari
EditorialJanuary 5, 2026 African Tech in 2025: The Year Infrastructure Beat Hype After two years of contraction, African tech in 2025 finally turned a corner—but byBolu Babalola
EditorialJanuary 1, 2026 Nigeria’s 2026 Tax Reform: Debunking the Biggest Fears With Simple Analogies The panic is real, but most of it is based on WhatsApp rumors byFatima Oladunni
EditorialDecember 24, 2025 Too Late to the Party: PayPal’s Return to Nigeria and the Fintech Ecosystem That Thrived Without It In December 2025, PayPal announced plans to launch its “PayPal byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialDecember 15, 2025 Three young Nigerian immigrants went from college students to YC-backed founders with Sorce. In a market dominated by LinkedIn’s traditional resume-and-apply model, byFatima Oladunni
EditorialDecember 8, 2025 Womaning in Tech in Africa: The Highs, The Lows, and Everything In Between. A deep dive into the triumphs, struggles, and untold stories of African women byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialNovember 30, 2025 How Bokku Beat Shoprite: The Story of Nigeria’s Retail Revolution. A two-year-old startup with 124 stores is crushing a retail giant that operated byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialNovember 17, 2025 From Silicon Valley to Lagos: How Nigerian Tech Geniuses Abroad Are Redefining Brain Drain as Brain Gain. In 2016, Sam Udotong stepped off a plane in San Francisco with exactly $100 in byMuhammed Mustapha