As Africans sent $56 billion in remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, these seven remittance startups—LemFi, NALA, Africhange, Pesa, TapTap Send, Afriex, and Mukuru—are leading the way in fast, transparent, ...
African startups secured $162 million in November 2025, marking a 63% drop from October and signalling a slowdown in venture activity. South Africa led deal values, with SolarSaver topping the ...
At a Lagos roundtable, The New Practice (TNP) advised Nigerian startups to adopt debt financing as a disciplined, scalable growth strategy. Experts highlighted Payaza’s N40.37bn commercial paper success and the ...
Nigeria’s startups raised $93.4 million in October 2025, a 130.6% surge driven by Moniepoint’s $90 million round and rising early-stage investments across fintech, clean energy, agricult ...
The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy (FMCIDE) has partnered with the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) to launch the 3MTT–DBN Annual Entrepreneurship Training Programme, a transformative initiative ...
The African startup ecosystem has started 2025 on a high-growth trajectory, attracting $1.4 billion in venture capital in just the first half of the year. ...
Nigeria’s $5 billion startup funding target by 2027 is increasingly under threat as data shows a consistent decline in capital raised by startups across the country. ...
Uber Technologies and Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving technology division, have officially launched autonomous ride-hailing services in Atlanta, marking another major step forward in the robotaxi race. ...
On-demand food delivery platform Chowdeck has announced its acquisition of Mira, a fast-rising Nigerian startup offering modern point-of-sale (PoS) solutions tailored to the food and hospitality industry. ...