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3 Sep 2025 - In three years, after three pivots, OurPass has left a trail of arrested staff, unpaid employees, stranded customers, and unanswered regulatory…

2 Sep 2025 - L’interopérabilité des payments en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale redéfinit la finance numérique en favorisant inclusion, innovation et en obligeant…

2 Sep 2025 - The early surge suggests that South Africans are quick to adopt digital assets that ease longstanding barriers in the financial system, such as high…

2 Sep 2025 - Babban Gona, a Nigerian AI-powered agri-tech company, has raised a $7.5 million debt round from the British International Investment (BII).

2 Sep 2025 - Nigeria’s LLM will support five indigenous languages alongside accented English.

2 Sep 2025 - FoodCourt produces most of what it sells. Bread, juices, and sauces are made in-house, both for its own brands and for other businesses under…

2 Sep 2025 - Despite fintech growth, Johannesburg’s street traders prefer cash. High fees, scams, and slow access make digital payments a risky bet.

2 Sep 2025 - Uganda has no shortage of hackathons, accelerators, or training programmes for young entrepreneurs. What it lacks is money.

2 Sep 2025 - Sterling Bank, a Nigerian tier-2 bank with a market capitalisation of ₦390.9 billion, has claimed that its homegrown core banking application (CBA),…

2 Sep 2025 - Nigeria has published 20 peer-reviewed artificial intelligence (AI) compute research papers in less than two years, up from zero.

2 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: CBK says no more cheap loans for bankers || Union Bank 🤝 Titan Trust Bank reaches completion || Nedbank’s MVNO ambition ||…

1 Sep 2025 - Whether it is football, prayer meetings, or Nollywood marathons, life in Nigeria now runs on data. That shift, plus a long-overdue tariff hike, has…

1 Sep 2025 - Kola Aina has invested in 90 startups including Paystack and Lemfi. This week, he breaks down his thoughts on several topics like AI and exits.

1 Sep 2025 - For much of its history, the 21-year-old CardCentre was best known for supplying payment cards to banks nationwide. But in 2021, spotting a new…

1 Sep 2025 - The regulator stated that only foreign-currency-denominated and fixed-rate loans will be exempt from the new formula, which is expected to be fully…

1 Sep 2025 - In today's edition: Kenya’s eBee lays off staff || GTCO invests $236 million into GTBank || FAAN, Pastack launch tap-to-pay cards || South Africa…

30 Aug 2025 - A near-fatal superbike crash in Osogbo pushed Oluwaleke Fakorede to leave Nigeria. Now the GoWagr CTO is rebuilding abroad, but the accident still…

29 Aug 2025 - The programme, “Digital Assets Innovation, Industry, Regulation and Compliance (DAIIRC),” will target regulators and enforcement professionals,…

29 Aug 2025 - They join a growing list of South Africans turning to online platforms like MTN, EasyEquities, and BetterBond to secure home financing, bypassing…

29 Aug 2025 - GTCO’s injection ensures GTBank retains its international licence while positioning it to expand lending, grow its branch network, and fortify…

29 Aug 2025 - eBee Africa, the Kenyan mobility startup, laid off most of its roughly 50 employees across all departments in early 2025 and scaled back operations…

29 Aug 2025 - Nigerian crypto startup Roqqu has joined Busha and Quidax to list cNGN, the country's first stablecoin to receive SEC's regulatory approval.

29 Aug 2025 - A decade ago, Nairobi’s co-working spaces were touted as temples of Kenya’s innovation economy—glass-walled hubs, adorned with local art and…

29 Aug 2025 - In today's edition: Nigeria's Bosun Tijani honoured on TIME’s AI list || Telecom firms want tougher crackdown on vandalism || South Africa’s…

28 Aug 2025 - Global financial institutions are integrating stablecoins for payments and treasury operations, with corporate transactions growing by 25% in 2024,…

28 Aug 2025 - AI deepfakes and misinformation threaten Nigeria’s 2027 elections but journalists, regulators, and tech innovators are trying to fight back.

28 Aug 2025 - Retail investors are tapping into Nigeria’s ₦89.06 trillion stock market as apps lower barriers to entry, pushing retail trades up 88.07% month-on-…

28 Aug 2025 - Despite telecom infrastructure being classified as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) under a 2024 presidential order, sabotage…

28 Aug 2025 - The platform also promises “child-appropriate responses” and “protected interactions,” features still absent from mainstream tools.

28 Aug 2025 - Agbede, a long-serving executive, stepped in after Herbert Wigwe's sudden death in February 2024, guiding the company through regulatory hurdles and…

28 Aug 2025 - In today's edition: CBN mandates PoS terminals to be no further than 10 metres from their location || UBA Kenya seeks capital from its parent company…

27 Aug 2025 - The fund will invest between $100,000 and $500,000 as its initial ticket size in 30 companies and reserve half of its fund size for follow-on rounds.

27 Aug 2025 - Codex, a global blockchain startup, is wagering that a narrow focus can fix this. It is building a blockchain that supports only one thing—…

27 Aug 2025 - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria’s telecom sector has slumped to its lowest in over a decade, but industry leaders expect inflows to…

27 Aug 2025 - Table of contents Where to buy authentic tech gadgets online Where to buy authentic tech gadgets in physical stores Payments, warranties, and…

27 Aug 2025 - The London Stock Exchange hosts about 110 African companies from over 20 countries, with a combined market capitalisation of over $110 billion.

27 Aug 2025 - AyaHQ, a pan-African Web3 talent development startup, is in talks with investors to raise $10 million, with plans to split the funds between a $5…

27 Aug 2025 - Chenai Chair did not set out to be in tech. Her first serious encounter with tech as something more than gadgets came while working on her master’s…

27 Aug 2025 - In today's edition: Kenya approves ValiData to tighten credit discipline || Nigeria to launch a central data platform by end of 2025 || Kenyan banks…

27 Aug 2025 - T2, formerly 9mobile, posted its first subscriber gain in nearly two years in July 2025, reversing a 20-month decline, even as Nigeria’s telecom…

27 Aug 2025 - From September 1, interest on new loans will be tied to the Kenya Shilling Overnight Interbank Average (KESONIA) — a renamed version of the overnight…

27 Aug 2025 - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wants all Point of Sale (PoS) terminals restricted to a 10-metre radius of their registered address. In practice,…

26 Aug 2025 - This appointment is not entirely unexpected. Axian Telecom, having recently upped its stake in Jumia to 9.97%, is now one of the company’s most…

26 Aug 2025 - Rayda is a device lifecycle management platform. It helps companies buy laptops and peripherals for new hires, track them in real time, retrieve them…

26 Aug 2025 - Yango connaît une expansion rapide en Afrique francophone. Son nouveau siège régional est situé à Abidjan et ses services s'étendent à la Côte d'…

26 Aug 2025 - The partnership will spotlight how technology, policy, and international collaboration can elevate Africa’s cultural and creative industries (CCIs),…

26 Aug 2025 - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a carrier-neutral data centre provider, has launched a new service, Open Access Fabric (OA Fabric), to connect…

26 Aug 2025 - To save you the trouble of sifting through the noise, we’ve picked eight free AI tools that stand out for Android users.

26 Aug 2025 - In today's edition: Nigeria’s consumer data watchdog is hot on the heels of 1,369 firms || Nigeria's Premium Trust Bank completes $131 million…

25 Aug 2025 - Consonance backs startups from pre-seed through Series A, with its first fund writing cheques that averaged around $500,000.