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 ...
PaidHR, a Nigerian HR-tech startup, has secured $1.8 million in seed funding to scale its payroll and human resource management platform across Africa, marking a significant milestone in its mission ...
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading fintech company, is boosting business growth in Cameroon with a robust suite of Central Bank-licensed digital payment solutions designed to support businesses of all sizes, from local ...
Hizo, a rising Nigerian fintech startup, has announced the successful close of a $100,000 Friends & Family funding round completed on June 4, 2025. ...
Chpter, a Kenyan startup building software infrastructure for social commerce in Africa, has announced its expansion into 11 new African markets through a strategic partnership with fintech giant Flutterwave ...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has officially signed an agreement with a Japanese consortium to kick off the Abuja Startup Hub Project—an ambitious initiative aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s ...
In a bold move to transform Nigeria’s digital payment landscape, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB) has launched Bank9ja Merchant Collect, a next-generation payment solution tailored for merchants, fintechs, and consumers ...