In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, unfiltered journey of company-building: the early scrambles, the quiet breakthroughs, the…
Watu Holdings, a Kenyan buy-now-pay-later startup, reported a sharp 85% drop in profit to $1.2 million (KES157 million) in 2024,…
What does it really take to build a startup in Africa—from the first idea to the thousandth day? In Day…
MTN South Africa has entered the competitive payments market with MoMo Pay, a low-cost digital payment platform designed for informal…
Six Nigerian startups—Moniepoint, OmniRetail, PalmPay, Termii, Remedial Health, and Paga—have been listed on the Financial Times’ 2024 ranking of Africa’s…
Three Kenyan startups—Roam Electric AB, M-KOPA Holdings Ltd, and Victory Farms Ltd—have been named among Africa’s fastest-growing companies in the…
Onafriq, a pan-African digital payments network, has named Simon Black as chair of the board of its UK holding company…
Three South African fintech startups, Paymenow, TymeBank, and Omnisient, have been named in the Financial Times (FT) Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies…
Nigerian fintechs have had a mixed relationship with cards. In the past, some offered foreign-issued cards like Visa and Mastercard…
Startups on Our Radar is a bi-weekly column that spotlights new startups across Africa taking unconventional approaches, filling fundamental gaps,…