YouTube Just Made Monetisation Harder — African Creators Feel It First YouTube is doubling the watch-hour and Shorts-view thresholds required to join 3 minute read
Nigeria Brings Crypto Further Into Its Tax Net With New NRS Rules Nigeria's Revenue Service has released guidelines taxing crypto at nearly every 4 minute read
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YouTube Just Made Monetisation Harder — African Creators Feel It First YouTube is doubling the watch-hour and Shorts-view thresholds required to join byBetty WangariAugust 11, 2026
Nigeria Brings Crypto Further Into Its Tax Net With New NRS Rules Nigeria's Revenue Service has released guidelines taxing crypto at nearly every byBolu BabalolaAugust 11, 2026
Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE Enters Execution Phase With Bridge OA Incorporation Nigeria has incorporated Bridge Open Access, the company tasked with delivering byFatima OladunniAugust 11, 2026
GoMed and UNFPA Launch Digital Health Platform for UNILAG Students GoMed Nigeria has partnered with UNFPA and the Lagos State Government to launch byFatima OladunniAugust 10, 2026
Africa NewsJuly 15, 2026 Rwanda Makes eKash Mandatory, Kills the Wallet App That Carried It Rwanda has made eKash mandatory for all interoperable bank and mobile money byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaJuly 10, 2026 Nearpays Wins $20,000 at AI for Good Innovation Factory 2026 Nigerian fintech Nearpays won the AI for Good Innovation Factory 2026 Grand byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJune 10, 2026 CreditChek Raises $600K to Fix East Africa’s Broken Credit Data Stack Lagos-founded CreditChek has raised $600,000 to expand its credit data byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJune 10, 2026 MNT-Halan Hits $1.4bn Valuation as Egypt’s Biggest Bank Buys In Egypt's first fintech unicorn MNT-Halan has raised a new funding round led by Al byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 14, 2026 Proparco Backs Cauridor With $2M to Fix Africa’s Broken Remittance Rails Africa receives roughly USD 54 billion in remittances annually byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsMay 6, 2026 Wave Moves Into Healthcare as Senegal Bets on Fintech to Fix Hospital Payments Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene has signed a formal byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 29, 2026 Egypt’s Central Bank Scraps the 40% Fintech Ownership Cap — and Banks Are Already Moving Egypt's Central Bank has scrapped the 40% ownership cap that previously byBolu Babalola
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
