Small Business

As loan defaults rise, Zeeh relaunches Direct Debit for Nigeria’s digital lenders

Zeeh Africa, a Nigerian open-finance startup that builds APIs to enable businesses to verify customers and access their bank data,…

3 weeks ago

Nigeria’s drug supply chain is broken. OneHealth thinks PillFinda can fix it

Nigeria’s pharmacies and health centres operate in a notoriously fragile pharmaceutical supply chain. Essential medicines regularly go out of stock,…

3 weeks ago

UmrahCash is building the “OPay for pilgrims” travelling to Saudi Arabia

Since 2017, at least 10 million Muslims have travelled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, yearly—except during the pandemic years of 2020…

4 weeks ago

From Moniepoint to Roam: 22 of Africa’s biggest tech rebrands

In the fast-moving world of technology, a company’s name can be both an identity and a promise. But as markets…

4 weeks ago

Day 1-1000: How DoktorConnect is scaling preventative healthcare

Joseph Olowe can tell you the exact moment everything changed. His friend Jim, a software engineer, 42 years old, stepped…

4 weeks ago

7 African startups driving collaboration, care, careers, and creativity

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

4 weeks ago

YC-backed Moni rebrands as Rank, backs its ambition with a bank acquisition

Moni, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian fintech offering community banking services, has rebranded as Rank and acquired AjoMoney, a group savings…

1 month ago

Chowdeck’s new ‘Bills’ feature and Mira migration show its super app ambitions

Chowdeck, the Nigerian on-demand delivery platform, is no longer just delivering meals. With a new feature that lets users pay…

1 month ago

Kenya’s Roam turns to retail investors to fund its next growth phase

Roam, the Nairobi startup that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and charging systems for commercial riders, is opening part of…

1 month ago

How Accrue is building a human network for stablecoin payments across Africa

Clinton Mbah, co-founder and CEO of Accrue, recalls when the problem became impossible to ignore. In 2022, a friend in…

1 month ago