13 Feb 2026
- Beyond his work at SeamlessHR, John has contributed to fintech infrastructure projects spanning mobile money systems, agency banking platforms, and…
12 Feb 2026
- Through the partnership, initially rolling out to over 30,000 Payd users in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Senegal, customers can now generate…
12 Feb 2026
- With emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) making fake profiles, messages, and promotional offers more believable, spotting…
12 Feb 2026
- At the Africa Tech Summit (ATS) in Nairobi on Wednesday, Wole Ayodele, chief executive of payments company Fincra, offered an alternative assessment…
12 Feb 2026
- Google is pushing WAXAL, an open-source speech dataset from Google Research Africa, that speak multiple African native languages
12 Feb 2026
- In today's edition: Absa has poached M-Pesa's managing director || Onafriq partners with Conduit for stablecoin cross-border settlements || Delta40…
11 Feb 2026
- Arone Technologies, founded in 2018 by AI engineer Emmanuel Ezenwere, is one of the few Nigerian startups attempting to manufacture drones and…
11 Feb 2026
- Jumia’s international sales, largely driven by China, grew 82% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to its financial results.
11 Feb 2026
- She has built a career navigating Nigeria's tech ecosystem not by changing her introverted nature, but by leveraging it.
11 Feb 2026
- Table of contents Why were the phones banned? List of mobile phone brands banned in Kenya What you need to know On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the…
11 Feb 2026
- Onafriq has partnered with Conduit in an alliance that will change how Onafriq manages liquidity and pays partners abroad.
11 Feb 2026
- Absa Bank Kenya, the country's fifth-biggest bank, announced on Wednesday that the executive who spent the last five years building one of Africa’s…
11 Feb 2026
- The new capital will be used to expand the portfolio and build more companies internally, as Delta40 deepens its role as both investor and co-founder…
11 Feb 2026
- In today's edition: Senegal is digging for oil || Nedbank promises job security || Jumia’s revenue jumps 13% || Access Bank hits a wall
10 Feb 2026
- Terra GO is a Kenyan school transport system that logs student handovers using NFC taps, giving parents and schools verified arrival, pickup, and bus…
10 Feb 2026
- The telecom bond market, where companies raise debt from investors by issuing tradable securities, provides the long-term, reliable capital required…
10 Feb 2026
- In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the AI sector attracted $858 million in funding in 2025, accounting for 22% of total venture capital…
10 Feb 2026
- 10 février 2026 Hello! Welcome to The Next Wave: Francophone Africa, your weekly deep dive into the tech ecosystem across French-speaking Africa. By…
10 Feb 2026
- The collapse of the proposed acquisition has dealt a blow to the Nigerian lender’s rapid pan-African expansion strategy, which has relied heavily on…
10 Feb 2026
- The platform will enable the over 37 million M-PESA users to buy and sell stocks the same way they send money to a friend or pay for utilities like…
10 Feb 2026
- Talk360, a South African calling app that enables worldwide calls without internet connection, has raised $1.4 million in a secondary investment.
10 Feb 2026
- NCBA disclosed the assurances in a Monday notice of additional information, saying its staff would play a central role in Nedbank’s regional…
10 Feb 2026
- In today's edition: Nigeria's Raenest plants flag in Asia || NCC and CBN want 24-hour refunds for airtime mistakes || Paratus plugs DRC into the…
9 Feb 2026
- African VC is beginning to look more like credit underwriting than long-term experimentation.
9 Feb 2026
- Nigeria’s telecom and financial regulators are moving to mandate 24-hour refunds for everyday airtime and data mistakes, from over-purchases to wrong…
9 Feb 2026
- Raenest, a Nigerian cross-border payments company offering multicurrency accounts for freelancers and businesses, has launched its services in India…
9 Feb 2026
- In the past two years, Equinix has moved beyond the cable landing itself. It has built a modular cable landing station, rolled out roughly 250…
9 Feb 2026
- The service is targeted at African companies that have raised under $1 million and need focused, fast-turnaround communications support.
9 Feb 2026
- Nothing illustrates Nigeria’s growing dependence on the Internet more than how much people now spend on data. Between 2024 and 2025, national data…
9 Feb 2026
- In today's edition: Airtel is launching a new subsea cable || South Africa launches service to combat payment fraud || Kenya officially goes green
9 Feb 2026
- We aren't solving the climate crisis with carbon math because climate action now looks like compliance work.
7 Feb 2026
- Staying close to communities in what Hautefeuille labels as being ‘on the ground’ has helped her realise that places that are very misunderstood from…
7 Feb 2026
- The report shows that more than half of institutions now consider themselves digitally mature, with 54% reporting advanced digital capabilities, up…
6 Feb 2026
- Brastorne Enterprises is bringing its lightweight web platform for farmers using entry-level smartphones to Côte d’Ivoire in 2026.
6 Feb 2026
- Adedeji Olowe is the founder of Lendsqr, a fintech infrastructure company that provides tools for financial institutions to build and scale digital…
6 Feb 2026
- Table of contents How to remove private number on your Android How to remove private number on your iPhone (iOS) What to do if your number still…
6 Feb 2026
- Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore five African startups in the…
6 Feb 2026
- Ephraim Modise is a journalist and writer whose work focuses on technology, business, and finance in Southern Africa.
6 Feb 2026
- Olivia Gao is a principal at Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV), a pan-African venture capital firm backing growth-stage companies across the…
6 Feb 2026
- Lola Masha is a partner at Antler Africa, a global early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from day zero.
6 Feb 2026
- Seun Lanlege is the founder of Polytope Labs, the developer of Hyperbridge, an interoperability protocol that enables blockchain networks to share…
6 Feb 2026
- As Chief Marketing Officer at MTN Nigeria, Adia Sowho led the consumer business serving more than 80 million customers and over $4 billion in annual…
6 Feb 2026
- Emmanuel Ojo is the chief executive officer and managing director of Redtech Limited, where he leads the company’s strategy.
6 Feb 2026
- Yewande Odumosu is a co-founder of HoaQ Ventures Fund, an early-stage investment fund backing founders serving Africa and its diaspora.
6 Feb 2026
- Uwem Uwemakpan is Head of Investment at Launch Africa Ventures, where he leads early-stage investing across the continent.
6 Feb 2026
- "In 2026, I expect AI tutors to evolve into fully capable multimodal learning companions" - Boye Oshinaga
6 Feb 2026
- "In 2026, I expect public health and development systems to accelerate the shift away from labour-intensive, level-of-effort-driven models" - Scott…
6 Feb 2026
- "In 2026, African regulators will stop tolerating scale without operational control across critical digital infrastructure sectors..." - Nikolai…
6 Feb 2026
- "In 2026, I expect the venture studio model to gain stronger recognition as a legitimate asset class" - Leslie Ossete
6 Feb 2026
- Since late November 2025, customers have received apologies and assurances that fuel would be available soon. But last Saturday was the final.