Nigeria captures 33% of African blockchain deals as continent outpaces global adoption

Nigeria grabs 33% of all blockchain deals across Africa while the continent doubles global blockchain adoption rates, reaching 7.4% of total VC funding.

Salus Cloud raises $3.7M to expand secure software delivery in Africa

“We built Salus so a fintech can focus on loans, an e-commerce company on logistics not on securing Kubernetes or building core banking from scratch," CEO Andrew Mori said.

BREAKING: Stripe now supports tax payments in five new African countries

By adding tax support in five African nations, Stripe is signalling a deeper commitment beyond just payment processing. It’s building infrastructure for end-to-end compliance across the continent.

Airtel Africa defies devaluations, posts $328M profit in FY ’25

Voice revenue regained control, rising to $1.96 billion and towering data revenues of $1.80 billion. Mobile money revenue grew to $994 million, with a continued strong performance in East Africa of 31.9% and Francophone Africa of 22.2%

Spiro launches Africa’s first all-women Electric Vehicle assembly line

Spiro has launched Africa’s first all-women electric vehicle (EV) assembly line in Kenya, marking a historic step for gender inclusivity in the continent’s manufacturing industry.

EXCLUSIVE: MTN’s MoMo PSB courts old users via voice calls

This low-cost customer acquisition strategy follows a restructuring of MoMo’s sales incentives, aimed at optimising monetization and reducing acquisition expenses

Wave appoints former APO comms director Yasmina Bileoma as Regional Director of Public Relations

The appointment comes as Wave seeks to strengthen brand awareness in the company’s growing markets

How strategic PR can supercharge revenue for African startups

When PR campaigns prioritize product features over customer needs, they generate poor results and squander marketing budgets.

African Passports worth bragging about in 2025 per Henley Passport Index

The annual Henley Passport Index ranks 199 passports by visa-free access to 227 destinations, using IATA's Timatic data and expert research.

MoneyHash raises $5.2M pre-series A funding for market penetration

The payment orchestration platform operating in MEA has now raised $12.7M in three rounds in its four years of existence.

Meet seven tech startups solving Africa’s socio-economic challenges

‘Tech for good’ has been having a moment. Meet the seven African companies leading the way on that front.

BREAKING: LemFi expands to Europe. The journey so far.

LemFi, a fast-growing remittance startup with over 1M customers, and more than $33M in disclosed funding has expanded to Europe. Here is the journey so far.