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Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave Lands Nigerian Banking License, Moves to Compete Directly With Banks After a decade of building payment rails for others, Africa's most valuable byFatima OladunniApril 2, 2026
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Editorial OpinionMarch 12, 2026 Nigeria’s Credit Paradox: FCCPC Blacklisted 45 Loan Apps, But the Real Problem Is That 521 Others Are Working Uncoordinatedly FCCPC has done the hard work: 521 registered digital lenders, 45 illegal apps byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 26, 2026 Ghana’s Fido Just Raised $5.5M to Prove AI Can Underwrite Africa’s ‘Unbankable’ — Without a Credit Score in Sight With over 1 million customers, $500 million disbursed, and a proprietary AI byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 24, 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 Babalola
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
