Small Business

How do banks and fintechs determine your credit worthiness?

By March 2025, Mubarak Umar had spent a year and a half working as a supplier agent for Sun King,…

2 weeks ago

How Releaf Earth is using biochar to repair soils for Nigerian farmers

Releaf Earth, a Nigerian climate-agritech startup, has launched the country’s first operational industrial biochar production facility in Iwuru, Cross River…

2 weeks ago

The Backend: Why your refunds take forever and how Recital is fixing it

For most Nigerians, the moment a bank transfer goes awry—money deducted, but no value received—the ordeal begins: emails to customer…

2 weeks ago

“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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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.”…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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,…

3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago