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Africa NewsApril 20, 2026 Adumo Data Breach Exposes Payment Source Code on Dark Web A threat actor is offering 15,546 files of Adumo's internal payment byBolu Babalola
NewsApril 2, 2026 Kulipa Raises $6.2M Seed Round to Make Stablecoin Spending Feel Like Swiping a Visa The Paris-based startup wants to be the invisible rails that let any fintech or byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaMarch 23, 2026 Moniepoint Acquires Orda: How Nigeria’s Fintech Unicorn Is Building the Operating System for Africa’s $50B Restaurant Economy Moniepoint just acquired Orda, the cloud-based restaurant management platform byFatima Oladunni
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