Spiro Just Raised $50M in Debt to Flood Africa With Electric Motorcycles. The Real Question: Can Battery Swaps Actually Scale? With 80,000 e-bikes deployed, 30 million battery swaps completed, and $230 byBolu BabalolaFebruary 25, 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 BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
Wasoko-MaxAB Is Quietly Purging Its Founder DNA — And Betting Everything on Fintech A year after Africa's biggest B2B merger, the growth-at-all-costs founders are byBetty WangariFebruary 24, 2026
Anthropic Just Accused DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax of Running a $450 Million Heist — Using 24,000 Fake Accounts In the most detailed public accusation of AI model theft to date, Anthropic says byBolu BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
News NigeriaJanuary 14, 2026 Paystack Expands Beyond Payments with Microfinance Bank for Nigerian Businesses Paystack, the Nigeria-founded payments company acquired by Stripe in 2020, has byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 9, 2024 Tappi joins forces with KNCCI to launch new digital services. Kenyan e-commerce startup Tappi has teamed up with the Kenya National Chamber of byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 30, 2024 Village Capital and Norad launch new ecosystem-building program. Village Capital, in partnership with Norad, the Norwegian development agency, byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 22, 2024 SafeBoda, Ugandan Ride-Hailing App, Goes Green with New Electric Motorbikes Safeboda, a prominent ride-hailing service in Uganda, has introduced an electric byBolu Babalola
