Female-led African startups secured more than $45.4 million by September 2025, despite limited investor confidence and a shrinking funding landscape. Here are the women founders who raised $1 million and ...
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 ...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially commissioned the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Digital Innovation Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State, marking a major step toward achieving a $1 trillion digital ...
The European Commission has imposed a €329 million fine on food delivery giants Delivery Hero and Glovo for engaging in cartel behaviour in the online food delivery sector across the ...
Google has quietly launched Edge Gallery, a powerful new app that could mark a turning point for on-device AI. While most generative AI apps rely on the cloud, Edge Gallery ...
Nigeria has fallen to the 66th position in the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Index by StartupBlink, dropping two places from its 2024 ranking of 64th. While the country still leads ...
In a bold move to strengthen its tech ecosystem, the European Commission has announced plans to launch a “Scaleup Europe Fund” worth at least €10 billion ($11.3 billion USD) to ...