Maliyo Games, Fer Factor, eight others selected for Google Play Indie Games Fund

Google Play has picked 10 African studios for its first Indie Games Fund. Here’s the full list and what each studio is building.

With Checktrace, Chekkit extends visibility beyond the factory floor

Chekkit’s ChekTrace aims to close Nigeria’s supply chain visibility gap, helping businesses track products, reduce losses and improve accountability.

With Paycheck, Grey expands beyond payments into credit, cards and savings

The fintech will now extend loans to its customers while providing savings will see it generate more value from its customer base.

Iyin Aboyeji helped build 2 unicorns, now he wants to tackle Africa’s jobs crisis

After helping build African unicorns, Iyin Aboyeji is shifting from funding startups to building businesses he hopes can tackle the continent’s jobs crisis.

How to set up Google Pay and Google Wallet in Nigeria and which banks support it

Google Pay and Google Wallet are now in Nigeria. Here’s how to set them up and which banks support them.

Instagram wants you to watch longer videos, putting it in direct competition with YouTube

Instagram wants a share of the time viewers spend on YouTube, but can its new 90-minute videos give it a real chance to compete?

Is Google Wallet and Pay launch in Nigeria a game changer?

Google Wallet and Pay have launched in Nigeria. Here is how smartphone biometrics and tokenisation could solve Nigeria’s 10-year contactless payment problem and shift users away from bank transfers.

Honeywell launches new AI industrial system at Dangote refinery

Honeywell estimates that the system could bring more than $60 million in yearly benefits when the refinery runs at full capacity.

Flourish Ventures backs Madica with $6 million 

Madica has received $6 million from Flourish Ventures to extend its pilot by three years. The program will back 25 to 30 more African startups and track whether overlooked founders can deliver venture returns.

South Africa’s CrissCross lands Circle Ventures investment to push stablecoin payments across Africa 

Circle Ventures has made an undisclosed investment in CrissCross through its parent, Stitch Group. The South African firm will use it to scale stablecoin-powered cross-border payments across Africa.

BREAKING: Moniepoint to cut engineering, product roles in major restructuring

The changes come as the fintech expands beyond its established Nigerian operations and grows its presence in Kenya.

Treasure Okure’s journey from UNILAG law student to marketing PiggyVest

Treasure Okure was a law student who needed a job. She became an assistant, a social media manager and now a content marketer at PiggyVest. She explains what each detour taught her.