Morocco’s WafR Just Raised $4M to Turn 100,000 Corner Stores Into Digital Banks. Here’s Why That Actually Works With 20,000 neighborhood shops already processing mobile top-ups, bill payments, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
Wasoko-MaxAB Is Quietly Purging Its Founder DNA — And Betting Everything on Fintech A year after Africa's biggest B2B merger, the growth-at-all-costs founders are byBetty WangariFebruary 24, 2026
Anthropic Just Accused DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax of Running a $450 Million Heist — Using 24,000 Fake Accounts In the most detailed public accusation of AI model theft to date, Anthropic says byBolu BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
Your February Funding Cheat Sheet: 13 Accelerators African Startups Can Still Apply To Before March From Tony Elumelu's $5K grants to Google's $350K cloud credits, here's every byFatima OladunniFebruary 23, 2026
Africa NewsDecember 9, 2025 Rwanda Launches National Digital Payment System eKash, Built Entirely by African Engineers Country unveils fully interoperable platform integrating banks and mobile money byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 9, 2025 Japan’s JICA Backs African Health-Tech Startup CarePoint With $3M Loan as Tokyo Deepens Continent Push Development finance agency uses private sector lending vehicle to back byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 9, 2025 Egypt Forces Government Insurance Funds Into Stock Market in Controversial Capital Market Push Financial regulators mandate state-affiliated portfolios shift from treasury byBetty Wangari
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
News NigeriaDecember 7, 2025 From Labubu to Natasha: Nigeria’s 2025 Google Search Reveals a Nation in Conversation with Itself Political engagement, spiritual upliftment, and viral internet culture dominated byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaDecember 6, 2025 TechMoonshot Founder Honored with Tech Ecosystem Advancement Award at ThinkUX 2025 In a significant recognition of contributions to Nigeria’s technology byFatima Oladunni
EventsDecember 6, 2025 Riyadh to Host Global AI Show 2026: Where Minds and Machines Meet Riyadh is set to become the global stage for modern artificial intelligence with byGuest Post
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 Estonia’s Latitude59 Goes All-In on Africa, Bringing 2,500 Techies to Nairobi’s “Silicon Savannah” As European tech cools, Estonia's flagship conference bets big on East Africa's byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 Senegal’s Teranga Capital Secures €1.5M Proparco Guarantee to Target Africa’s “Missing Middle” SMEs Senegalese private equity firm Teranga Capital has closed a strategic €1 byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 South Africa Launches Major Investigation Into Shein and Temu Over Consumer Protection Violations The probe marks the first significant regulatory challenge to the ultra-fast byBolu Babalola
