LemFi Launches ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ Credit Service for UK Remittances. LemFi, an AI-powered international payments platform serving immigrant byBolu BabalolaOctober 9, 2025
Google offers African university students free access to Gemini AI tools for one year. Google is giving university students across six African countries free access to byBetty WangariOctober 8, 2025
Nigerian fintech startup Rulesbase raises $2.1M to automate customer service with AI agents. Rulesbase, a Nigerian startup building AI agents for financial services byFatima OladunniOctober 7, 2025
Tagaddod Secures $26.3 Million Series A to Accelerate Regional Expansion and Strengthen Global Biofuel Supply Chains. Tagaddod, the tech-powered renewable feedstocks platform operating across byGuest PostOctober 6, 2025
Africa NewsJune 15, 2024 TymeBank seeks $150 million to join the unicorn club. South African fintech startup TymeBank is on the brink of a $150 million Series byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJune 13, 2024 From Orile, Iganmu to Kyoto Japan, How Regxta won the fourth edition of the pitch2win competition. It was an electrifying atmosphere yesterday at the Muson Center, where Rukayat byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 11, 2024 Egyptian fintech startup Sahl secures $6 million to become a one-stop shop for financial services. Salh, a fintech startup based in Cairo, has secured $6 million in combined seed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 7, 2024 LAfricaMobile raises $4.6M series A to scale across francophone Africa. Ivory Coast-based cloud communication startup LAfricaMobile has successfully byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJune 5, 2024 Egyptian startup Birdnest takes flight with pre-Series A funding. Egypt-based proptech startup Birdnest has closed an undisclosed pre-Series A byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 2, 2024 Africa’s new accelerator, Accelerate Africa, selects its inaugural class of 10 promising ventures. Four months post-launch, Accelerate Africa, a budding accelerator program with byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 16 African Fintech Startups Selected for Visa’s Fintech Accelerator Program. Visa has announced the African startups chosen to participate in the second byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 Safaricom picks 9 Kenyan startups for M-Pesa Spark Accelerator. Nine early-stage Kenyan startups have been chosen to participate in the Spark byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaMay 29, 2024 Paystack acquires Brass, and fires top management. Brass, a Nigerian banking startup, has been acquired by a consortium led by byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 27, 2024 Egyptian e-commerce platform OneOrder secures $16 million series A. Egyptian startup OneOrder, a pioneering tech-enabled supplier and wholesale byBolu Babalola
