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Moonsights ReportsJanuary 28, 2026 Nigeria’s License Rush: Why Fintechs Are Buying Banks Instead of Building Them The playbook has changed byFatima Oladunni
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Africa News Rest of the WorldJanuary 26, 2026 Inside Khaby Lame’s $900M Deal: The Math Doesn’t Add Up the Way You Think Everyone saw the headline byBolu Babalola
Moonsights OpinionJanuary 26, 2026 The $1 Billion Bet: How Blended Finance Is Rewriting African Infrastructure’s Playbook For a decade, African tech investment meant one thing: chase unicorns, burn byBolu Babalola
Editorial Opinion ReportsJanuary 23, 2026 Nigeria’s SEC Just Killed Its Startup Ecosystem: A 3,900% Capital Hike and the Death of Innovation On January 16, 2026, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission enacted byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaJanuary 22, 2026 Applications Open for Startup World Cup May Showdown in Abuja Africa’s vibrant startup ecosystem is gearing up for a major international byFatima Oladunni
Women in TechJanuary 21, 2026 Olasupo Funke on Designing API Documentation for Developers at Global Scale. Olasupo Funke is a technical writer and documentation specialist whose path into byMuhammed Mustapha
