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Three-time founder Sim Shagaya launches Myka, a new insurance company for Nigeria

Sim Shagaya, founder of Konga and uLesson, has launched Myka, a new insurance company in Nigeria. The startup is currently accepting waitlist sign-ups.

Funding

South Africa’s littlefish raises $9.5M

littlefish secures $9.5M Series A led by Partech to help African banks offer payments, POS, and SME tools without relying on fintech middlemen.

Analysis

The super app graveyard: ‘Everything apps’ just don’t work in Africa

Even with its massive scale and a $300 million Fintech 2.0 upgrade, M-Pesa remains a reminder that absolute reliability is a myth in African fintech.

News

Africa’s Starchitect Jumoke Adenowo exits Flutterwave board after two-year tenure

Jumoke Adenowo has stepped down from Flutterwave’s board after more than two years, adding to a series of leadership changes at the fintech unicorn.

Opinion

3 questions Moniepoint must answer now

Is Moniepoint’s rapid growth being subsidized by the very people it claims to be including, or is this a deliberate extraction of wealth from Nigeria's most vulnerable micro-entrepreneurs?

Analysis

OPay is losing Nigeria’s PoS agents to Moniepoint as CBN deadline nears

As the April 1 deadline approaches, thousands of OPay devices that were once active in Ekiti and beyond could be returned.

AI

Martha, the AI agent that cut 8 jobs at Zap, just got smarter

If the first version eliminated eight roles, what does a more advanced one mean for the workforce?

Fintech

Why Capital One Paid $5 Billion for a Bujeti-like Finance Management Software

The Brex acquisition proves that financial infrastructure is now software. Africa shouldn't wait for permission to lead.

Explainer

How tithes and offerings became an ₦8 trillion use case on Moniepoint

The data shows that religious giving is increasingly processed through fintech infrastructure, and Moniepoint has effectively become a conduit for one of Nigeria’s largest, least-examined financial flows.

Fintech

Flutterwave acquires Mono for $30 million in all-stock deal. Here is some backstory.

Under the terms of the acquisition, Mono will continue to operate independently, with no changes. Go deeper.

Fintech

Paystack revives consumer app, Zap, eight months after $160,000 fine. What comes next?

Paystack has pushed new digital-bank-like updates to Zap, including Checkout integration, after a clash with the CBN over compliance. How will it compete with OPay, Kuda and Moniepoint?

Spotlight

How Bolaji Yusuf is building world class tech products through WebuildX

How Bolaji Yusuf went from early web projects to leading WebuildX, where he helps founders build reliable, scalable, world-class tech products.

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