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Bolt, inDrive Strike Hits Lagos as Drivers Demand 10% Cap Lagos ride-hailing drivers began an indefinite strike against Bolt and inDrive byFatima OladunniOctober 13, 2026
JPMorgan Plans Nigeria Merchant Bank Before 2026 Ends JPMorgan plans to open a merchant bank in Nigeria before the end of 2026, its byBolu BabalolaOctober 13, 2026
OPay IPO: Standard Bank to Invest Up to $200M Standard Bank will invest up to $200 million in OPay through a private placement byBolu BabalolaOctober 12, 2026
Airtel Money IPO Slips Below Offer Price in London Debut Airtel Money began trading in London at its £1 byBolu BabalolaOctober 12, 2026
Africa NewsAugust 3, 2026 Africa’s 10 Most-Funded Climate Tech Startups in 2026 So Far Spiro's roughly $320 million haul dwarfs the rest of the field, but the real byBetty Wangari
Editorial OpinionJuly 29, 2026 Climate Tech Startups in Africa Are Winning the Funding War. Climate tech has overtaken fintech as the sector investors trust most in Africa, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 27, 2026 Tokyo’s WASSHA Acquires Kenyan Mobility Fintech Zaribee, Merging Solar Energy with Motorcycle Financing In a rare cross-sector consolidation, Japan's Energy-as-a-Service pioneer is byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 15, 2025 Sun King Raises $40M from Lightrock to Scale Decentralized Solar Systems Across Africa and Asia The off-grid solar pioneer will use the funding to expand its distributed energy byBetty Wangari
News Nigeria StartupOctober 20, 2025 Nigerian Cleantech Rana Energy Raises $3M Pre-Seed to Scale AI-Powered Solar Platform Across Africa. Startup Targets 10 MW Capacity Expansion with Hybrid Equity and Green Debt byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaOctober 17, 2025 Lagos State Launches Òmì Èkó: Africa’s Largest Electric Ferry Network with EU Support. 75 electric ferries to transform water transportation across Lagos, reducing byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupSeptember 23, 2025 Kenyan Solar Pioneer SunCulture Secures $5M Strategic Investment from WaterEquity’s Climate Fund. Market-leading AgriTech company becomes first investment from new Water & byBetty Wangari
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 NigeriaNovember 20, 2024 Nigerian Energy Startup Shyft Power Acquired by UK’s SteamaCo. Shyft Power Solutions, a pioneering Nigerian company specializing in digital byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsSeptember 25, 2024 Ampersand Partners with CrossBoundary Energy to Power Electric Motorbikes with Solar Energy in Nairobi. E-mobility startup Ampersand has partnered with CrossBoundary Energy to power byFatima Oladunni
