FT’s 2026 Ranking shows Africa’s fastest-growing companies are doing more with less

FT’s 2025 Africa fastest growing companies ranking shows Egypt tops for the first time, Kenya overtakes Nigeria, and funding doesn’t guarantee growth as lean firms outpace well funded giants.

Gen Z reveal the true cost of staying hireable in Nigeria’s job market

Nigerian Gen Z's online learning spend now outpaces their traditional education costs, by 61%.

Sycamore’s X account has been compromised

Nigerian fintech Sycamore says its X account was compromised by an unauthorized party. The incident echoes past breaches like OPay’s 2022 Twitter hack.

NDPC opens investigation into Remita, Sterling Bank over data breach claims

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) is investigating Remita and Sterling Bank over claims of data breaches involving leaked KYC documents and internal systems.

Wise receives conditional approval for Nigerian remittance (IMTO) licence

We explore what this means for Wise's African expansion, and if it can compete with local players like LemFi and Moniepoint.

Nigeria’s new digital postcode: 4 Reasons it matters—and one reason to worry

Think of it as a digital fingerprint for every single building in Nigeria. Instead of a long, confusing address, every home, school, and shop gets a short code made of letters and numbers

Nigeria approves new national address system to scale e-commerce

Nigeria’s government has approved a GIS-enabled digital postcode system to improve mail delivery, logistics, e-commerce and emergency response across the country.

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.

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.

Chowdeck processed nearly $1 million worth of deliveries in 2025’s Black Friday campaign season

Chowdeck’s live Black Friday tracker drew 2.5 million visits as ₦1.4 billion orders moved across two countries in 24 hours.

The Moove pitch that became a debt trap for Lagos drivers

Moove's pitch is seductive: democratize vehicle ownership in a market where credit is scarce. But for drivers like Ovie, the math has quickly turned predatory.

Paystack confirms the termination of cofounder Ezra Olubi’s employment

Paystack confirms the termination of Ezra Olubi's employment. Following Olubi's blog post, the company is set for another round of legal battles since Zap Africa.