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 BabalolaFebruary 27, 2026
Alerzo Is Liquidating Its Fleet as Moniepoint Chases ₦4.4 Billion in Debt — And It’s a Warning for Every B2B Startup in Africa The Ibadan-based B2B e-commerce platform that raised $20 million is now selling byMuhammed MustaphaFebruary 27, 2026
Lagos Is Getting a $250 Million Hyperscale Data Center. Here’s Why Nigeria Still Can’t Power the Cloud. Kasi Cloud just broke ground on what will become one of Africa's largest data byFatima OladunniFebruary 26, 2026
Ghana’s Fido Just Raised $5.5M to Prove AI Can Underwrite Africa’s ‘Unbankable’ — Without a Credit Score in Sight With over 1 million customers, $500 million disbursed, and a proprietary AI byBolu BabalolaFebruary 26, 2026
Africa News NigeriaAugust 19, 2025 MEST Opens Applications for $50K Fintech Challenge Across 9 African Markets. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced the byBolu Babalola
Africa Events NewsApril 12, 2025 Africa’s Largest Early-Stage Startup Competition Returns: Supernova Challenge 2.0 Set to Ignite Innovation at GITEX Africa 2025. Africa’s biggest stage for early-stage innovation is back — and it’s more byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupMarch 25, 2025 Kenya’s Innovation Drive: Startups Pitch for Funding in Presidential Innovation Challenge. A total of 86 innovators recently showcased their groundbreaking startups at byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 3, 2025 Three Francophone African Startups Win the 2025 Orange Summer Challenge. Three Francophone African startups have emerged as winners of the latest Orange byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsSeptember 4, 2024 The 6th MEST Africa Challenge Now Accepting Applications. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has officially opened byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsAugust 22, 2024 12 startups named finalists of Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Ecobank Fintech Challenge has announced its 12 finalists for the 2024 byFausat Abiola
EventsJuly 3, 2024 Innovate2PREVENT Contest Applications Now Open. African startups are invited to apply for the Innovate2PREVENT Innovation byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsJuly 2, 2024 $1 Million Future of Capitalism Seed Challenge: Applications Open Now! African startups are invited to apply for the Future of Capitalism competition, byMuhammed Mustapha
