Small Business

7 African startups redefining travel, training, transportation, and treatment

Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition , we featured seven…

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Fintechs lead Africa’s 2025 valuation table, even as the market resets

Valuations are important for tech startups; they determine whether investors can earn a return on their capital and whether a…

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Send by Flutterwave launches Naira travel card for diaspora holiday spending

Send App, a cross-border remittance product of Africa’s largest payments startup Flutterwave, has launched a physical Naira card for Nigerians…

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7 African startups advancing aquaculture, analytics, and access to finance

Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition , we featured seven…

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How Nairabox became a ticketing powerhouse and why Wakanow bought it

In October 2025, nearly a decade after it launched from a cramped “shop office” in Lagos, Nairabox, a Nigerian digital…

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Capitec VRP lets South Africans make recurring payments directly from bank

Stitch, one of South Africa’s largest payments fintech startups, has partnered with Capitec Bank, the country’s largest retail bank by…

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Safaricom upgrades M-PESA backbone as API transactions hit 25%

Safaricom is working to keep its mobile money platform M-PESA at the core of Kenya’s digital payments even as more…

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Chowdeck hits nearly $1 million in Black Friday food delivery sales

Until Jumia introduced its first nationwide sales campaign after it launched in 2012, Black Friday was not a retail tradition…

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How Vove ID is tackling Africa’s KYC and KYB headaches

As the digital economy in Africa and the Middle East expands, reliable Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business…

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100 million cards later, Verve looks towards contactless payment and tokenisation

Verve, a payment card scheme operated by Nigerian fintech company Interswitch, is expanding its contactless payment products and introducing tokenisation…

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