Africa’s $146.75m January: What Startup Funding Says About a Continent in Transition African startups raised at least $146 byBolu BabalolaFebruary 3, 2026
GoCab Raises $45M to Build the Financial Plumbing for Africa’s Gig Economy—And It’s Already Profitable London-based startup scales drive-to-own vehicle financing across West Africa, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 3, 2026
Nigeria Dethroned: Kenya Seizes Africa’s Startup Funding Crown as the “Giant of Africa” Stumbles For the first time in modern African tech history, Nigeria—the self-proclaimed byBetty WangariFebruary 3, 2026
The CBN’s Fintech Report: A Masterclass in Listening—But Will Nigeria Actually Execute? A critical analysis of "Shaping the Future of Fintech in Nigeria: Innovation, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 3, 2026
Africa NewsDecember 18, 2025 Galaxy Backbone Unveils Digital Transformation Strategy to Position Nigeria as Africa’s Tech Leader by 2028 Nigeria's digital infrastructure agency launches five-pillar IDTS plan focusing byFatima Oladunni
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
News NigeriaNovember 12, 2025 Equinix Doubles Down on Nigeria with $100M Expansion Plan, Escalating West Africa’s Data Center Arms Race. The world's largest data center operator is betting big on Lagos as Africa's byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaNovember 5, 2025 UniCloud Africa Launches Sovereign Cloud Platform to Power Africa’s Digital Independence. Pan-African cloud provider targets $5B market with locally-hosted infrastructure byFatima Oladunni
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
EventsSeptember 3, 2025 Gitex Nigeria: Nigeria to Fund 75 New Digital Innovation Projects, Partner Big Tech on Hyperscale Data Centres. Starting October 1, 2025, the Federal Government of Nigeria will fund 75 new byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupJuly 24, 2025 Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJuly 15, 2025 Smart Africa’s Bold Gambit: Uniting 11 Nations to Build the Continent’s First Cross-Border Data Highway. Picture this: a Nigerian entrepreneur wanting to expand their fintech startup to byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 4, 2025 NUC and AFD Launch €38M Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project to Transform Nigerian Universities. French government backs ambitious digital transformation initiative targeting 10 byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJuly 3, 2025 NCC Officially Commissions Renovated Digital Industrial Park in Kano. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially commissioned its byFatima Oladunni
