Fully Funded Tech Conferences in 2026 for African Tech Professionals From Zanzibar to San Francisco, here are the best opportunities for African tech byBolu BabalolaJanuary 3, 2026
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The Year African Tech’s Reputation Went Up in Flames: Top PR Disasters of 2025 From deepfake fraud to founder firings, 2025 exposed the ugly underbelly of byBolu BabalolaDecember 31, 2025
News Nigeria StartupOctober 22, 2025 Moniepoint Raises Additional $90M, Closing $200M Series C to Power Africa and Europe Expansion. Visa, IFC, and LeapFrog Join Nigerian Fintech Unicorn's War Chest as Company byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupOctober 13, 2025 Affinity Africa Surpasses 100K Customers in Ghana Digital Banking Push. Ghanaian digital banking startup Affinity Africa has crossed the 100,000 byBetty Wangari
News Nigeria StartupOctober 7, 2025 Nigerian fintech startup Rulesbase raises $2.1M to automate customer service with AI agents. Rulesbase, a Nigerian startup building AI agents for financial services byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsOctober 2, 2025 Safaricom Selects 10 Startups for Second Cohort of Spark Accelerator Program. Safaricom has announced the selection of 10 startups as finalists for the second byBetty Wangari
News Nigeria StartupSeptember 24, 2025 Paga Group Launches US Banking Service, Targeting 4.5 Million African Immigrants with FDIC-Insured Accounts. Nigeria-founded and UK-headquartered fintech giant Paga Group has made a bold byFatima Oladunni
Fintech News Nigeria StartupSeptember 15, 2025 Nigerian Fintech Kredete Secures $22M Series A to Revolutionize Cross-Border Finance for African Diaspora. Nigerian fintech startup Kredete has closed a substantial $22 million Series A byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsSeptember 9, 2025 Morocco’s Super-App Ora Technologies Acquires Cathedis to Build North Africa’s Answer to Everything. In a move that signals serious ambition to dominate Morocco’s digital byBolu Babalola
EventsAugust 25, 2025 EpicPay Hosts Exclusive Retail Roundtable on Digital Payments, Customer Experience, and Smart Operations in Lagos. Leading payment solutions provider EpicPay brought together prominent retail byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaAugust 19, 2025 MEST Opens Applications for $50K Fintech Challenge Across 9 African Markets. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced the byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupAugust 14, 2025 Banking Giant Nedbank Snaps Up iKhokha for $94M: A Strategic Play to Dominate Africa’s SME Fintech Revolution. In a move that could reshape South Africa’s fintech landscape, Nedbank byBolu Babalola
