Now Open: Founders Fund Africa Opens $50K Creative Economy Accelerator Founders Fund Africa, backed by Chocolate City Group, Argentil Capital 2 minute read
Nigeria Crosses $250 Million Startup Funding Mark For First Time Since 2022 Nigerian startups raised $254 million in H1 2026, crossing the $250 million mark 3 minute read
Court Upholds FCCPC’s Power To Regulate Nigeria’s Digital Lending Market A Lagos Federal High Court has dismissed WASPAN's challenge to FCCPC's digital 3 minute read
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Now Open: Founders Fund Africa Opens $50K Creative Economy Accelerator Founders Fund Africa, backed by Chocolate City Group, Argentil Capital byBolu BabalolaJuly 22, 2026
Nigeria Crosses $250 Million Startup Funding Mark For First Time Since 2022 Nigerian startups raised $254 million in H1 2026, crossing the $250 million mark byBolu BabalolaJuly 21, 2026
Court Upholds FCCPC’s Power To Regulate Nigeria’s Digital Lending Market A Lagos Federal High Court has dismissed WASPAN's challenge to FCCPC's digital byFatima OladunniJuly 21, 2026
South Africa Wants Every SIM Card To Become A Digital ID South Africa is overhauling SIM card registration to introduce real-time byBetty WangariJuly 21, 2026
Africa News NigeriaAugust 14, 2025 Joint Innovation Facility (JIF): €250,000 Non-Dilutive Funding for Africa-Europe Climate Innovation. The European Union has launched a groundbreaking €250,000 funding initiative byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaAugust 13, 2025 MTN Nigeria Unleashes ₦100 Million War Chest: New Cloud Accelerator Program Set to Supercharge Africa’s Next Unicorns In a move that could reshape Africa’s startup landscape, MTN Nigeria has byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupAugust 12, 2025 HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Transform Stablecoin-Powered Payments Across Africa and Global Markets. HoneyCoin, a transformative global payment orchestration platform, announced a byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupAugust 11, 2025 Nigerian Food Delivery Unicorn Chowdeck Raises $9M Series A to Fuel Pan-African Expansion. Nigerian food delivery startup Chowdeck has closed a $9 million Series A round byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJuly 31, 2025 Sun King Secures $156M in Landmark Securitization to Scale Pay-As-You-Go Solar in Kenya. Kenyan off-grid solar energy company Sun King has closed a landmark $156 million byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 16, 2025 From Lagos to Dubai: How Nigeria’s GITEX Global Partnership is Launching 300 Startups into the Stratosphere. GITEX Global, one of the world’s largest platforms for technology and byFatima Oladunni
Editorial OpinionJuly 14, 2025 The African Tech Renaissance: Why Q2 Signals a New Dawn for Continental Innovation. The numbers don’t lie—and for the first time in over two years, byMuhammed Mustapha
