How Cascador’s acceleration and funding program differs from YC and others

This is how Cascador's 12-week acceleration programme and $5M in customisable financing differs from other startup accelerators.

South Africa dissolves PASA after 30 Years, transfers payment system governance to PayInc and SARB

South Africa's long-standing payments body PASA is being dissolved, with its responsibilities transferring to PayInc and the South African Reserve Bank in a major restructuring of the country's payments infrastructure.

How Nigerians Can Get a Virtual Dollar Card for Global Payments

Nigerians can get a virtual dollar card with Cleva and pay seamlessly for Apple Pay, Google Pay, AI tools, subscriptions, ads, and more.

Anthropic files for IPO, moves fast ahead of OpenAi

Anthropic opens IPO application with the Securities and Exchange Commission

All you need to know about the Brass-Paystack MFB transition

This deep dive first explains the process of migration, before unpacking why it happened and revealing the broader Paystack group strategy for fintech dominance.

Anchor allows AI agents to build on its infrastructure, following MCP server launch

Anchor's MCP launch stands out in a market that favours conservativeness over innovation.

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

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.

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

South Africa’s GoTyme Bank makes all 2,000 staff shareholders

GoTyme Bank has extended equity ownership to its entire workforce as it scales past 21 million customers and moves closer to a public listing.