Startups

Weeks after Copia’s collapse, co-founder, top executives quietly registered new startup

One month after Kenya’s Copia Global collapsed in May 2024 under the weight of operational debt and failure to raise…

17 hours ago

M-KOPA lawsuit alleges racial disparity in employee equity, firm says claim is baseless

When M-KOPA Holdings, a UK-headquartered fintech with over five million users across five African markets, restructured its shareholding in 2019,…

1 day ago

Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch named among world’s top 300 fintechs by CNBC

Ten African fintechs, including Interswitch, Moniepoint, M-KOPA, OPay, and PiggyVest, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintech companies…

7 days ago

Correction: WhatsApp AI bot Xara wants to make banking in Nigeria as easy as chatting

As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps…

2 weeks ago

WhatsApp AI bot Xara wants to make banking in Nigeria as easy as chatting

As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps…

3 weeks ago

“Uganda isn’t our side bet”: How Greenhouse Capital is rewriting its rules for Africa

On most maps of African venture capital, Uganda does not even make the key. Investors, accelerators, tech reporters—almost everyone has…

3 weeks ago

Wave raises $137 million in debt to expand mobile money services across Africa

Wave, one of Africa’s most valuable startups, has raised a $137 million debt round to bolster its working capital and…

3 weeks ago

Voice tech startup Intron launches new AI models amid broader sector expansion

Intron, a Nigerian AI company that provides speech-to-text transcription tools for healthcare workers, is introducing new speech recognition and text-to-speech…

3 weeks ago

“People made this happen, not me”: Day 1-1000 of Lendsqr

Lendsqr grew from a side project to four failed product launches and found product-market fit, twice. If anyone in Nigeria…

4 weeks ago

African startups undervalued globally due to poor storytelling, report says

Despite the growth of Africa’s tech ecosystem in the last decade, startups on the continent continue to struggle with being…

4 weeks ago

“I don’t think I’ll ever sell to anyone”: Day 1-1000 of Auto24

In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, unfiltered journey of company-building: the early scrambles, the quiet breakthroughs, the…

1 month ago

Uganda’s tech sector has “prepared the bride,” now it wants a dowry

In Kampala, Uganda, on June 19, just past 9 a.m., electric buses rolled through the gates of Kololo Independence Grounds,…

1 month ago

Exclusive: Chpter’s Flutterwave deal opens 11 new markets for WhatsApp-based selling

Chpter, the Kenyan software startup building infrastructure for social commerce, has expanded into 11 more African countries through a deal…

1 month ago

South Africa’s LovCash bets on blockchain to digitise cash-heavy trade sector

South Africa’s informal trade sector is getting a digital upgrade with LovCash’s latest move to blockchain-powered transactions. The digital payments…

1 month ago

How Jordan Belonwu taught Nigerian startups to dress with soul: Day 1-1000 of Belonwus

In Day 1–1000, we follow founders through the raw, unfiltered journey of company-building: the early scrambles, the quiet breakthroughs, the…

1 month ago

15 student-led startups solving real-world problems

What do you get when ambition and youthful exuberance meet challenges with actionable solutions? No longer waiting till graduation to make…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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…

2 months ago