Three South African fintech startups, Paymenow, TymeBank, and Omnisient, have been named in the Financial Times (FT) Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies…
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Craydel, a Kenyan edtech that helps students apply to universities abroad, has launched in Rwanda and is expanding its Nigerian…
In a country grappling with about 32% unemployment rate and a drop in tech hiring activity due to a persistent…
At last year’s Moonshot event, I met Seye Bandele, CEO of Nigerian HR tech upstart PaidHR for the first time.…
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South African fintech startup SOLmate has doubled its active user base over the past year to about 100,000, driven by…
Stitch, a South Africa-based payments infrastructure startup founded in 2021, has raised $55 million in a Series B round, bringing…
Nine years ago, Shola Akinlade, Paystack’s CEO, bet on making online payments frictionless and that bet paid off with a…
In 2024, Nigerian fintechs faced significant regulatory pressure, including fines and a six-week ban on onboarding new users due to…
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MDaaS, a healthcare startup with 16 diagnostic clinics in Nigeria, has opened its first clinic in Cameroon, marking its entry…
Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay have responded to the central bank’s April ban by expanding their compliance and fraud…
PaidHR, a Nigerian startup that helps businesses manage their HR functions, is in talks with investors to raise a $1.5…
Chowdeck, a Nigerian YC-backed food delivery platform, could consider expanding to South Africa, Kenya, and Ivory Coast. “We are still…
Okra, an open-banking startup in Nigeria, has launched Nebula, a cloud infrastructure product. It joins a growing list of homegrown…
Moove, the Uber-backed Nigerian startup that finances vehicles for ride-hailing companies, is expanding operations to the U.S. Since August, the…
Chpter was accepted into two accelerator programs before closing this pre-seed deal. Chpter, a Kenyan e-commerce startup launched by co-founders…
Ampersand, a Rwandan electric motorcycle manufacturer, has raised a $2 million Series A extension to expand to other East African…
It’s been 151 days since South Africa experienced load shedding, a deliberate rationing of electricity supply to prevent failure of…