Benjamin Dada Dada

Nigeria stakes claim in Bay Area with Startup House

Nigeria has announced plans to launch a Startup House in the San Francisco Bay Area to drive investment and boost the visibility of the country's startup ecosystem.

Starlink has gone dark in Zimbabwe

The Southern African country's regulators have been on to the satellite internet service since September last year

Thepeer, a startup facilitating inter-wallet operability in Africa is shutting down

Three-year-old seed-stage African API fintech, Thepeer is shutting down after raising nearly $2.5 million in funding.

Sim Shagaya launches The Honey Badger Fund (HBF) to back African entrepreneurs

Sim is popular for pioneering the e-commerce movement in Nigeria through his company, Konga which he founded in July 2012. He raised about $80 million with Konga pre-2020 when capital was scarce in the African tech ecosystem.

How the 2023 predictions by African investors turned out

We evaluated African investors' predictions on Series A funding, global VC, fintech consolidation, valuations cut, identity startup growth, and the return of global talent.

Real-time drama from OpenAI as they announce Sam Altman’s return

"We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return," says OpenAI in a tweet. How long will this news of Sam's return hold for, seeing that OAI has circled through three CEOs in two days? Also, Elon Musk is having a troll fest.

A day with Frank Atat, one of the masterminds behind the fintech-bank collaboration in Nigeria

Frank Atat, a Nigerian finance executive shares insights on the early days of Fintech in Nigeria, choosing a banking partner to work with and the future of Fintech in Nigeria.

What is the role of Product Partnership Managers?

Using Bread, Benjamin explained the role of Partnership managers and Product Partnership managers

Exclusive: Troubled Ghanaian fintech, Dash set to lay off 50% of its staff

Seven months after Dash CEO was suspended to enable a financial audit, the Ghanaian fintech plans to downsize its workforce by 50% due to its inability to raise additional funding.

Anchor raises $2.4 million seed to expand product offerings

Anchor, a pan-African BaaS and embedded finance infrastructure provider announced its $2.4M seed raise led by Goat Capital to launch new products, invest in its licensing and compliance infrastructure and evaluate expansion markets.

BD Insider 174: SA, KE, and Ghana surpass Nigeria on world passport rankings

SA, KE, and Ghana surpass Nigeria on world passport rankings. We also covered Kenya's first virtual open university and the suspension of TikTok in Senegal

UK passport, a better pair for Nigerians than US & Canada, Henley Passport Index reveals

Although Nigerians are more likely to emigrate to Canada, new data from Henley Passport Index reveals that the UK passport is better for Nigerians than US or Canadian passports, as of Q3 2023.