Africa’s Next Fintech Wave: Lending, Wealth, and Embedded Finance Payments are no longer the prize byBetty WangariMay 12, 2026
Attention Is the New Oil. In Africa, the Drilling Rights Are Still Up for Grabs Oil built fortunes by controlling something everyone needed but few could byFatima OladunniMay 12, 2026
Niche Platforms Are Eating African Mass Media From the Inside The Lagos newspaper that once reached two million readers is printing fewer byBolu BabalolaMay 11, 2026
Telcos Are Back — and African Startups Should Be Worried Africa's telcos — MTN, Airtel, Safaricom — are no longer sleeping byBolu BabalolaMay 11, 2026
News Nigeria StartupMay 4, 2026 Alerzo Dissolves Singapore SPVs as Asset Freeze Deepens Legal Crisis Nigeria’s Alerzo has begun winding down its network of byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaApril 23, 2026 Kredete Spotlighted at Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Demo Day as Its Stablecoin Card Goes Live Across 11 Markets Kredete has been spotlighted at the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 byFatima Oladunni
NewsApril 7, 2026 Paga Promotes Opeyemi Oyinloye to Group COO and CEO of Paga Nigeria as Fintech Marks 17 Years The Nigerian payments company is restructuring its leadership as founder Tayo byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaApril 2, 2026 Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave Lands Nigerian Banking License, Moves to Compete Directly With Banks After a decade of building payment rails for others, Africa's most valuable byFatima Oladunni
Editorial OpinionMarch 6, 2026 Moniepoint Lent ₦1 Trillion Using Payment Data as Gospel. Two Massive Defaults Just Exposed the Limits of Knowing Everything Except What Happens Next. Nigeria's fastest-growing fintech disbursed ₦1 trillion to 70,000 businesses in byBolu Babalola
Editorial OpinionFebruary 27, 2026 When Nairagram Raised ₦10 Billion in 48 Hours Three Weeks Ago, It Exposed a Truth Most Nigerian Fintechs Don’t Want to Hear Opinion: Earlier this month, a payments company fully subscribed a commercial byBolu Babalola
Moonsights ReportsJanuary 28, 2026 Nigeria’s License Rush: Why Fintechs Are Buying Banks Instead of Building Them The playbook has changed byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaOctober 29, 2025 Nigeria Moves to Establish Fintech Regulatory Commission as Bill Passes Second Reading. Nigeria is one step closer to a major transformation in its fintech oversight byFatima Oladunni
