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Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 Heads to Nairobi Why Summits has released the agenda for the Africa Fintech & Banking Summit 2026 byBetty WangariAugust 14, 2026
Jumia Raises $50M as Equity Nearly Hits Zero, IFC Anchors Half Jumia has raised $50 million in new equity, split evenly between IFC and a group byFatima OladunniAugust 14, 2026
Africa’s Top 20 AI Figures in 2026 From Bosun Tijani's seat on the UN's new AI for Good Commission to Kate Kallot's byBetty WangariAugust 12, 2026
YouTube Just Made Monetisation Harder — African Creators Feel It First YouTube is doubling the watch-hour and Shorts-view thresholds required to join byBetty WangariAugust 11, 2026
Editorial MoonsightsMarch 4, 2026 The Great 2026 Consolidation Wave: Why Africa’s Tech Ecosystem Is About to Birth Its First Super-Conglomerates 67 M&A deals closed in 2025—a 72% increase byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupFebruary 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 Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 25, 2026 Spiro Just Raised $50M in Debt to Flood Africa With Electric Motorcycles. The Real Question: Can Battery Swaps Actually Scale? With 80,000 e-bikes deployed, 30 million battery swaps completed, and $230 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 24, 2026 Morocco’s WafR Just Raised $4M to Turn 100,000 Corner Stores Into Digital Banks. Here’s Why That Actually Works With 20,000 neighborhood shops already processing mobile top-ups, bill payments, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 Flextock Just Raised $12.6M to Fix the Broken Backbone of Middle East E-Commerce. With a modular suite spanning fulfillment, shipping, cross-border trade, byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 16, 2026 African Defence-Tech Startup Terra Industries Raises $22M in Seed Extension, Bringing Total Funding to $34M Terra Industries, the Nigerian defence technology startup building autonomous byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 16, 2026 Lupiya Closes $11.25M Series A After Two Years and “Multiple Rejections”—Here’s Why That Matters for African Fintech Evelyn Chilomo Kaingu didn’t sugarcoat it When Lupiya’s CEO and byBetty Wangari
Brand PressFebruary 11, 2026 Delta40 Completes $20M Fundraising Effort to Build & Support Innovative Ventures Across Africa The Continent's First Institutional Venture Studio + Fund Capital Raise, Backed byGuest Post
Brand Press StartupFebruary 10, 2026 This Self-Funded Travel Startup Wants You to Plan Trips by Budget, Not Destination—And Lagos Taught Them Why Most travel apps start with “Where do you want to go? byGuest Post
Editorial Opinion ReportsJanuary 23, 2026 Nigeria’s SEC Just Killed Its Startup Ecosystem: A 3,900% Capital Hike and the Death of Innovation On January 16, 2026, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission enacted byMuhammed Mustapha