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March 25, 202508

Paystack welcomes consumers to its ecosystem with Zap, a transfer app

Nine years ago, Shola Akinlade, Paystack’s CEO, bet on making online payments frictionless and that bet paid off with a $200 million acquisition by St

January 31, 202501323

Moniepoint, OPay, PalmPay responded to 2024 ban with better data collection and compliance

In 2024, Nigerian fintechs faced significant regulatory pressure, including fines and a six-week ban on onboarding new users due to compliance issues

December 10, 20240149

SEO for Startups: How Startups Can Unlock Growth With SEO

SEO for startups can be overwhelming — but don’t let it keep you from getting started. Contrary to what you might think, startups have many SEO advant

November 12, 20240374

Nigerian healthtech startup MDaaS begins Francophone expansion with Cameroon

MDaaS, a healthcare startup with 16 diagnostic clinics in Nigeria, has opened its first clinic in Cameroon, marking its entry into Francophone Africa.

October 31, 20240306

Nigerian fintechs ramp up compliance hiring months after customer onboarding ban

Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay have responded to the central bank’s April ban by expanding their compliance and fraud monitoring teams, poac

October 21, 20240285

PaidHR in talks for $1.5million seed round; introduces new cross-border payroll

PaidHR, a Nigerian startup that helps businesses manage their HR functions, is in talks with investors to raise a $1.5 million seed round. The company

October 11, 20240348

Chowdeck “looking at” South Africa and Kenya for possible expansion

Chowdeck, a Nigerian YC-backed food delivery platform, could consider expanding to South Africa, Kenya, and Ivory Coast. “We are still figuring thing

October 7, 20240233

Okra joins local cloud providers providing affordable alternatives to AWS and Azure

Okra, an open-banking startup in Nigeria, has launched Nebula, a cloud infrastructure product. It joins a growing list of homegrown cloud providers li

September 11, 20240283

Uber-backed Moove takes its search for profitability to America

Moove, the Uber-backed Nigerian startup that finances vehicles for ride-hailing companies, is expanding operations to the U.S. Since August, the compa

September 2, 20240303

Kenyan e-commerce startup Chpter raises $1.2 million in pre-seed round

Chpter was accepted into two accelerator programs before closing this pre-seed deal. Chpter, a Kenyan e-commerce startup launched by co-founders of Y

August 29, 20240318

Electric motorcycle maker Ampersand raises $2 million to expand in East Africa

Ampersand, a Rwandan electric motorcycle manufacturer, has raised a $2 million Series A extension to expand to other East African countries. It brings

August 28, 20240315

End of load shedding tests South Africa’s solar industry

It’s been 151 days since South Africa experienced load shedding, a deliberate rationing of electricity supply to prevent failure of the entire system.

August 9, 20240747

Exclusive: Hohm Energy in financial distress months after $8m raise

Hohm Energy, the South African solar company that announced a $8 million seed round in February, is currently not operational due to cash flow problem

August 6, 20240663

Mobius, maker of low-priced SUVs for startups, to shutdown

Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based automaker backed by Playfair Capital, has entered a voluntary liquidation after efforts to rescue the company for nearly

July 16, 20240969

A profitable union: How banking agents helped OPay and Moniepoint distribute 17 million cards

Nigerian neobanks and banking agents need each other. The agents are the neobanks’ branches; they open accounts, accept deposits, process withdrawals,

July 16, 20240704

Food delivery apps are saving $100,000 yearly by choosing cheap communication apps

Margins are slim in the food delivery business. Whether it’s a cloud kitchen like Food Court, a restaurant aggregator platform like Chowdeck, or a res

July 16, 20240338

Want your rice with a side of ads? Chowdeck is working on an ad product

For the rollout of Ayra Starr’s album ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ her record label Mavin made an unusual marketing choice: adverts on the food delivery a

July 9, 20240417

Mastercard Foundation conference spotlights Africa’s edtech startups

Investor interest in African education technology (edtech) has cooled since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns highlighted how technology aids

July 5, 20240298

Exclusive: Caantin expands into US after two rebrands and layoffs

Caantin, the Kenyan startup that was formerly called Kibanda and then TopUpMama, has led many lives. Backed by Ventures Platform and DFS Labs, Kibanda