Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty WangariFebruary 20, 2026
Anthropic Just Signed Its First African Government Deal — And Rwanda Is Betting Its Digital Future On It In a three-year MOU covering health, education, and public services, Rwanda byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2026
South Africa’s Araxi Just Dropped R1 Billion on Pay@ — And It’s a Bet on the End of Fragmentation In the biggest payments consolidation deal South Africa has seen in years, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty WangariFebruary 18, 2026
News Nigeria StartupJuly 4, 2025 $22,000 SUPERNOVA CHALLENGE Opens at GITEX NIGERIA: Bold Startups Compete for Global Recognition. The highly anticipated SUPERNOVA CHALLENGE at GITEX NIGERIA is now accepting byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJuly 2, 2025 Nigerian Telecom Operators Suspend SIM Services Due to NIMC Identity Platform Migration. Telecommunications operators across Nigeria have temporarily suspended several byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupJune 23, 2025 PaidHR Raises $1.8M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Payroll and HR Management in Africa. Nigerian startup PaidHR has secured $1 byFatima Oladunni
Fintech News Nigeria StartupJune 23, 2025 Nigerian Fintech Startup Hizo Raises $100,000 to Simplify Intra-African Money Transfers. Lagos-based fintech startup Hizo has raised $100,000 in a friends-and-family byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupJune 18, 2025 DisrupTech Ventures Backs Nigerian Agri-Fintech Startup Winich Farms in First Pan-African Investment. DisrupTech Ventures, one of Egypt’s leading early-stage fintech venture capital byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupApril 21, 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 2025 Now Open for Applications. Google has officially opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its Google for byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupMarch 27, 2025 Nigerian Startup Payhippo Rebrands to Rivy After Raising $4M to Scale Clean Energy Financing. Nigerian fintech startup Payhippo has rebranded to Rivy following the successful byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 20, 2025 Nigerian Senate Moves to Amend Data Protection Act, Mandating Social Media Platforms to Establish Local Offices. The Nigerian Senate has taken a significant step towards strengthening data byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMarch 3, 2025 Airtel Africa Strengthens Commitment to Nigeria’s Digital Transformation. Nigeria’s digital economy continues to lead Africa’s digitization efforts, and byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 19, 2025 OceanHub Africa’s Accelerator Program is Now Accepting Applications. Applications are now open for the sixth edition of the 12-month OceanHub Africa byBolu Babalola
