Small Business

“I saw the crypto ban on social media, like everybody else”: Day 1–1000 of Busha

In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, unfiltered journey of company-building: the early scrambles, the quiet breakthroughs, the…

4 months ago

Kenya to scrap tax breaks on startup employee stock options in 2025 Finance Bill

Kenya is proposing to scrap tax breaks on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) for early-stage startups, a move that risks…

4 months ago

Botlhale AI bets big on South Africa’s multilingual call centres

When you call a customer care service line, you’re likely to hear from a representative that “this call is recorded for quality purposes.”…

4 months ago

Nigerians have tried and failed to curb dangerous policing; can a blockchain tool help?

In Lagos, the memory of October 20, 2020, still haunts Daniel Tambee, a Nigerian blockchain developer. That night, at the…

4 months ago

Moniepoint gets approval to acquire 78% stake in Kenya’s Sumac after KopoKopo setback

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has cleared Nigerian fintech Moniepoint to acquire a 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank,…

4 months ago

“We made zero revenue in our first three years”: Day 1-1,000 of Izesan!

Few founders dare to take on the challenge of preserving Africa’s linguistic heritage. Anthony Otaigbe is one of them. When…

4 months ago

Fincra gets South African payments licence to deepen African reach

Fincra, a payment infrastructure provider that serves remittance companies and businesses, has obtained a Third Party Payments Provider (TPPP) licence…

4 months ago

Startups on Our Radar: 10 African startups rethinking ride-hailing, credits, and banking no one’s talking about yet

Startups on Our Radar is a bi-weekly column that spotlights new startups across Africa taking unconventional approaches, filling fundamental gaps,…

4 months ago

Hydrogen surpasses HabariPay in Q1 profit growth among bank-owned fintechs

Access Holdings’ fintech subsidiary, Hydrogen, has recorded the highest profit growth among Nigerian bank-owned payment companies in the first quarter…

4 months ago

Digital payments to power Africa’s $1 trillion cross-border market by 2035, Oui Capital says

Africa’s cross-border payments market is projected to surge to $1 trillion by 2035, up from $329 billion in 2025, according…

5 months ago