Spiro Just Raised $50M in Debt to Flood Africa With Electric Motorcycles. The Real Question: Can Battery Swaps Actually Scale? With 80,000 e-bikes deployed, 30 million battery swaps completed, and $230 byBolu BabalolaFebruary 25, 2026
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
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Africa NewsOctober 28, 2025 Orange Announces Winners of 15th Anniversary Social Ventures Prize for African and Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs. Orange has unveiled the winners of its landmark 15th anniversary edition of the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsOctober 28, 2025 Meta Partners with Safaricom to Bring Second Submarine Cable to Kenya. Meta has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s byBetty Wangari
Editorial OpinionOctober 28, 2025 Ghana’s Digital Lending Crackdown: A Necessary Reset or Innovation Killer? The Bank of Ghana’s introduction of mandatory Digital Credit Licenses for byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaOctober 28, 2025 Nigeria’s 5G Network Lags Behind Device Adoption, Exposing Critical Infrastructure Gap. A comprehensive industry analysis has uncovered a troubling disconnect in byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupOctober 24, 2025 Kotani Pay Secures Strategic Funding from Tether to Expand Blockchain Access Across Africa. Kenya’s Kotani Pay, a leading on-ramp/off-ramp infrastructure connecting byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaOctober 24, 2025 Meet Ayodele Samuel Adebayo, the Software Engineer on a Mission to Teach 100,000 People How to Code. In 2020, somewhere in Kwara state, an aspiring developer, Ayodele Samuel byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupOctober 24, 2025 GetEquity Launches Credit Feature: Access Loans Against Your Investments Without Liquidation. GetEquity, Nigeria’s leading digital investment platform, has announced byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsOctober 24, 2025 Gigbanc launches Global Talent Fellowship to unlock African talents access global opportunities. For thousands of young African freelancers, creators, and digital professionals, byNgozi Emekaroha
Events NewsOctober 24, 2025 Gigconnect 2025 set to bring Africa’s digital talents under one roof for global opportunities Overview This quarter, Gigbanc is bringing freelancers, remote workers, and byNgozi Emekaroha
