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May 22, 20250375

Kenyan BNPL startup Watu profits drop 85% to $1.2 million as loan defaults rise

Watu Holdings, a Kenyan buy-now-pay-later startup, reported a sharp 85% drop in profit to $1.2 million (KES157 million) in 2024, according to disclosu

May 22, 20250327

Day 1–1000: How Sycamore founders built the fintech from a living room

What does it really take to build a startup in Africa—from the first idea to the thousandth day? In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, un

May 22, 20250390

MTN enters payments market with MoMo Pay targeting cash-heavy informal sector

MTN South Africa has entered the competitive payments market with MoMo Pay, a low-cost digital payment platform designed for informal merchants. Over

May 22, 20250352

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 Afri

May 22, 20250383

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 lat

May 21, 20250391

How much does AI cost? Here are the industry averages

I first tested AI tools in 2019 to automate repetitive parts of my workflow. It seemed like the perfect solution: Let the code execute the manual stuf

May 21, 20250411

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 following his appointment as an

May 21, 20250358

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 Companie

May 21, 20250240

The content demand engine that every business needs but no one uses, from Morning Brew’s CEO

I cofounded Morning Brew in 2015. Since then, the content landscape has transformed into an even more competitive arena. The cost of paid acquisition

May 21, 20250267

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 to acquire custome

May 21, 20250293

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, and

May 21, 20250359

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 team as part of its am

May 20, 20250317

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 skills mismatch, finding a job in South

May 20, 20250275

“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. He was much taller in person than I imag

May 20, 20250332

The inclusive marketing strategies Zumba, Lysol, Wistia, and more are using to grow, straight from marketing leaders

Growth is the mandate for brands each year. One way to grow? Create offerings that appeal to a wider group of people. That’s where inclusive marketing

May 20, 20250297

Get advice from billionaires with an AI-crafted board of directors, tips from HubSpot’s CMO

Do you ever look at CEOs and wonder, “What makes them so successful?” I‘ll tell you their secret: It’s not what they know, it's who they know. Every g