Small Business

Moniepoint, PalmPay, OmniRetail, Paga make FT Africa’s fastest-growing companies list

Six Nigerian startups—Moniepoint, OmniRetail, PalmPay, Termii, Remedial Health, and Paga—have been listed on the Financial Times’ 2024 ranking of Africa’s…

7 months ago

Roam, M-Kopa top Kenyan firms on FT Africa’s fastest-growing companies list

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…

7 months ago

Onafriq appoints former PPRO chief Simon Black as board chair

Onafriq, a pan-African digital payments network, has named Simon Black as chair of the board of its UK holding company…

7 months ago

South African fintechs Paymenow, TymeBank, Omnisient make FT’s Africa fastest-growing companies list

Three South African fintech startups, Paymenow, TymeBank, and Omnisient, have been named in the Financial Times (FT) Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies…

7 months ago

Correction: Nigerian startup, Allawee, wants to restore fintechs’ confidence in cards

Nigerian fintechs have had a mixed relationship with cards. In the past, some offered foreign-issued cards like Visa and Mastercard…

7 months ago

10 African startups opening markets, cutting CO2 & seafarming 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,…

7 months ago

Kenyan edtech Craydel expands to Rwanda, taps Nigerian talent in Pan-African push

Craydel, a Kenyan edtech that helps students apply to universities abroad, has launched in Rwanda and is expanding its Nigerian…

7 months ago

This South African AI-powered edtech helps students land top jobs

In a country grappling with about 32% unemployment rate and a drop in tech hiring activity due to a persistent…

7 months ago

“Everything is against you”: The first 1,000 days of PaidHR

At last year’s Moonshot event, I met Seye Bandele, CEO of Nigerian HR tech upstart PaidHR for the first time.…

7 months ago

CBN licences in Nigeria: types, costs & what fintechs should know

If you’re building a fintech startup in Nigeria, one of the first things you’ll need to figure out is this:…

7 months ago