Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty WangariFebruary 20, 2026
Anthropic Just Signed Its First African Government Deal — And Rwanda Is Betting Its Digital Future On It In a three-year MOU covering health, education, and public services, Rwanda byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2026
South Africa’s Araxi Just Dropped R1 Billion on Pay@ — And It’s a Bet on the End of Fragmentation In the biggest payments consolidation deal South Africa has seen in years, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty WangariFebruary 18, 2026
EditorialDecember 24, 2025 Too Late to the Party: PayPal’s Return to Nigeria and the Fintech Ecosystem That Thrived Without It In December 2025, PayPal announced plans to launch its “PayPal byMuhammed Mustapha
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
Editorial OpinionNovember 10, 2025 From Kaduna to Bitcoin Core: The Abubakar Nur Khalil Story. In 2013, a teenage boy in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, received a YouTube link from byMuhammed Mustapha
News Nigeria StartupJuly 9, 2025 Nigerian invest-tech Bamboo crosses borders to democratize investing for South Africans. Nigeria’s Bamboo has officially launched in South Africa, bringing byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaJune 30, 2025 Africa Launches PAPSSCARD: The Continent’s First Pan-African Payment Card System. Africa has marked a significant step towards financial independence following byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsDecember 19, 2024 Talk360 launches new e-commerce payment platform. South African international calling app Talk360, known for connecting migrant byFausat Abiola
NewsDecember 9, 2024 Tanzanian fintech startup Tunzaa secures funding to accelerate its growth. Tanzanian fintech startup Tunzaa, known for its groundbreaking payments API that byFausat Abiola
