Bolt, inDrive Strike Hits Lagos as Drivers Demand 10% Cap Lagos ride-hailing drivers began an indefinite strike against Bolt and inDrive 3 minute read
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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 News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 16, 2025 From Lagos to Dubai: How Nigeria’s GITEX Global Partnership is Launching 300 Startups into the Stratosphere. GITEX Global, one of the world’s largest platforms for technology and byFatima Oladunni
Editorial OpinionJuly 14, 2025 The African Tech Renaissance: Why Q2 Signals a New Dawn for Continental Innovation. The numbers don’t lie—and for the first time in over two years, byMuhammed Mustapha
News Nigeria StartupJuly 11, 2025 MTN Nigeria Launches Pan-African “Cloud Accelerator” to Empower Startup Ecosystems. MTN Nigeria, Africa’s telecommunications giant, just launched what might byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJuly 10, 2025 Swiss government doubles down on emerging market startups with $6.3M fund relaunch. Switzerland just made a power move in the emerging markets startup game byMuhammed Mustapha
News Rest of the World StartupJuly 10, 2025 LemFi targets Egypt’s $20.6B remittance goldmine as fintech wars heat up in North Africa. LemFi, the London-based fintech startup that’s been quietly building one byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJuly 7, 2025 BuuPass scores strategic funding from Yango Ventures as mobility startup gears up for African expansion. The Kenyan B2B2C mobility platform has sold over 16 million travel tickets and byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupJuly 4, 2025 $22,000 SUPERNOVA CHALLENGE Opens at GITEX NIGERIA: Bold Startups Compete for Global Recognition. The highly anticipated SUPERNOVA CHALLENGE at GITEX NIGERIA is now accepting byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupJuly 2, 2025 Ghanaian Fintech Liquify Raises Oversubscribed $1.5M Seed Round to Bridge Africa’s $120B Trade Finance Gap. Ghanaian startup Liquify, a digital invoice finance platform designed for byBolu Babalola
