54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
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Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu BabalolaJuly 21, 2025
News NigeriaJuly 11, 2024 Access Holdings Announces $233 Million Capital Raise. Nigeria’s financial landscape is about to witness a significant shift as byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 11, 2024 Access Bank expands in East Africa with Tanzanian bank acquisition. Access Bank’s recent acquisition of African Banking Corporation of byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaMarch 21, 2024 National Bank of Kenya finds a new owner in Access Bank as part of East African expansion. Nigeria’s Access Bank Plc has revealed plans for a strategic acquisition of the byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaFebruary 13, 2024 Bolaji Agbede Named Access Holdings’ Interim CEO After Wigwe’s Death. Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest asset-holding bank, has named Bolaji Agbede byBolu Babalola
