As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps or dealing with c
Read MoreAs mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps or dealing with c
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Read MoreLendsqr grew from a side project to four failed product launches and found product-market fit, twice. If anyone in Nigeria could solve a fintech or cr
Read MoreDespite the growth of Africa’s tech ecosystem in the last decade, startups on the continent continue to struggle with being overlooked and misundersto
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Read MoreIn Kampala, Uganda, on June 19, just past 9 a.m., electric buses rolled through the gates of Kololo Independence Grounds, ferrying investors, policyma
Read MoreChpter, the Kenyan software startup building infrastructure for social commerce, has expanded into 11 more African countries through a deal with finte
Read MoreSouth Africa’s informal trade sector is getting a digital upgrade with LovCash’s latest move to blockchain-powered transactions. The digital payments
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Read MoreReleaf Earth, a Nigerian climate-agritech startup, has launched the country’s first operational industrial biochar production facility in Iwuru, Cross
Read MoreFor most Nigerians, the moment a bank transfer goes awry—money deducted, but no value received—the ordeal begins: emails to customer service, hours on
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Read MoreKenya is proposing to scrap tax breaks on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) for early-stage startups, a move that risks gutting one of the few in
Read MoreWhen you call a customer care service line, you’re likely to hear from a representative that “this call is recorded for quality purposes.” The promise
Read MoreIn Lagos, the memory of October 20, 2020, still haunts Daniel Tambee, a Nigerian blockchain developer. That night, at the Lekki Tollgate, military per
Read MoreFew founders dare to take on the challenge of preserving Africa’s linguistic heritage. Anthony Otaigbe is one of them. When I first stumbled on Izesan
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