Why Tether buys distribution while PayPal already owns it

Two fintech giants with about 500 million users each have deepened their relationship with Africa. Learn how their profiles and end game differ.

Meet the sectors breaking fintech’s monopoly in African venture funding

Three new tech sectors crossed the $100 million threshold in equity financing in 2025

DDoS attack expose South Africa’s cybersecurity oversight lapses

Nationwide DDoS attack hits Africa's biggest economy exposing frailties at the highest level

Africa’s payments infrastructure needs to be rebuilt from scratch

Africa's payments infrastructure needed to be rebuilt from scratch, so Maplerad is doing that.

A double designer building a fashion tech to end the “what I ordered vs what I got” problem in Africa

Eazyfit founder Olamide Adeyi grew up in a family of fashion designers in Kwara State. Now, he is building a fashion-tech platform that connects customers with verified tailors and tackles Africa’s “what I ordered versus what I got” problem.

Checker hires ex-Verto Sales manager, Isaac Umejiaku, as talent war deepens

In the highly contested cross-border payments space in Africa, will talent be enough to win?

Why debt must be part of every African startup’s 2026 financing strategy

Equity built Africa’s startup ecosystem but in 2026 the founders who scale will be the ones using debt as part of their financing strategy.

Bitcoin to Naira: Transactions Surge as Nigerian Freelancers Embrace Crypto Payments

As remote work grows in Nigeria, freelancers are turning to crypto payments for faster global transactions.

Meta launches a new app called Forum

The new Meta app is focused on group and is been likened to Reddit

Recap: How to secure alternative financing for your business in 2026

As debt financing overtakes equity in Africa’s startup ecosystem, founders are rethinking how to fund growth. Here’s what operators and investors say about securing alternative financing in 2026.

South Africa’s $507M equity market and its silent key players

South Africa's leading equity deals market is powered by silent and dedicated VC firms

EXCLUSIVE: Sycamore transitions to financial services group, following Microfinance Bank (MfB) licence

Sycamore, with ₦50 billion AUM, now operates three regulated businesses, lending, asset management and its own savings & deposit-taking product via microfinance bank licence