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Analysis

Philanthropy in Africa’s largest startup ecosystem should be data-driven 

Why Africa’s largest startup ecosystem needs data driven philanthropy and real due diligence

Venture Capital

Where are Africa’s 24 Y Combinator startups three years later?

In 2022, Y Combinator backed 24 African startups in a record-breaking cohort dominated by Nigerian founders. Three years later, some have raised major rounds and made acquisitions, while others have faded from public view.

Stablecoins

The IMF spots Nigeria’s surging stablecoin use, raises some concerns

The IMF gives its outlook on Nigeria's stablecoin use acknowledging benefits while raising concerns

Funding

4 industry experts say what has changed in raising a Series A in Africa 

Raising a Series A in Africa looks very different from the boom years of 2021 and 2022. Four investors explain why profitability, governance, debt financing, and local capital now matter more than growth at all costs.

Fintech

Here is the reason CapitalSage acquired Chimoney to build the Africa–Canada payments corridor

CapitalSage has acquired Chimoney weeks after its shutdown announcement. The deal gives CapitalSage a regulated Canadian payments infrastructure foothold and accelerates its Africa–Canada corridor ambitions.

Cybersecurity

NIMC partner with NDPC to train 4000 staff on data protection

NIMC to upskill its staff on data protection through its NDPC partnership

Events

Bluechip Technologies acquires YarnGPT at the third edition of Bluechip Data and AI Summit

At the Bluechip Technologies Data and AI Summit in Lagos, investors, founders, and technology leaders gathered to debate the future of AI on the continent.

Funding

The major IPOs of 2026 and why you should care

These 2026 IPOs are category leaders in their respective industries.

Funding

Salesforce, investor in two African unicorns, acquires Fin in $3.6bn deal

The CRM giant behind investments in Flutterwave and Andela is buying AI customer-service startup Fin in a $3.6 billion deal

News

NIMC refutes claims Nigeria lacks a robust National identity database

NIMC's Subliminal response to the Minister of Defence

Opinion

Elon Musk’s Trillon dollars proves technology is the undisputed hustle of our times

The Technology industry is responsible for the world's top seven richest men at the moment

AI

OpenAI mulls price cuts to stay competitive ahead of IPO

OpenAI plans to cut prices in anticipation that Anthropic is about to do the same

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