Inside Nollywood’s first game app—Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run

"Say hello to the first Nollywood game app," Charles Okpaleke, the CEO of CEO Play Network Africa, tweeted on Thursday.

How MyCover.ai is building Africa’s digital insurance infrastructure

MyCover.ai is on a mission to provide financial security to Africans by improving access to insurance products.

Breaking into Tech: Ifeoluwa Oyeniyi’s journey to Product Management

Ifeoluwa Oyeniyi’s journey into product management started with a love for problem-solving. From his first role to shaping fintech products, he shares how he navigated the industry, the skills that matter, and what’s next for him.

Starting from Kenya, BuuPass is digitising ticketing for Africa’s mobility sector

In 2016, two Kenya-based entrepreneurs—Sonia Kabra and Wycliffe Omondi—set out to digitise this sector by providing operators with a bus management system (BMS) for managing their operations, inventory and sales.

Kobo360 joins Flutterwave, Wave in the list of top YC-backed startups in Africa

You can monetize your TikTok account through brand partnerships, live-streaming, creator fund, selling merchandise and affiliate marketing

National IDs are important for KYC, but frequent downtimes hinder their reliability, reports Smile Identity

Smile Identity, a leading digital KYC provider in Africa, was founded in 2017 by Mark Straub (CEO) and William Bares. Leveraging anonymised data from nearly 50 million KYC checks, the company has put together its second report on the state of KYC in Africa.

Backed by YC, Shekel Mobility is building a neobank and trading platform for car dealers in Africa

In Africa, small and medium-scale car dealers make up almost 82% of the car dealership market, and most of these dealers sell used cars at high prices due to inadequate financing.

Soyombo’s Voltron Africa invested in one startup every week of 2022. Here is our analysis

Could Olumide Soyombo's Voltron Africa have been the most prolific local VC firm on the continent for 2022? Here is a list and an analysis of all the 53 startups that Voltron invested in.

Fincra continues efforts to build a global payment Infrastructure with UK expansion

In October 2022, a global payment infrastructure company,  Fincra announced investments in the West Midlands through the Birmingham Tech Week— the most prominent regional tech festival in the United Kingdom (UK), spotlighting innovation and tech success stories from across the West Midlands, as well as opportunities for both domestic and international investors.

Meet the Africans in YouTube Black Voices Fund music class of 2023

Ahead of 2023, YouTube has named 40 Black musicians across the world, including six Africans as part of the music class of 2023.

Meet the 7 Nigerian startups exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day startup conference focused on bringing the global startup community together to discover insights, collaborate and celebrate achievements that have defined successful founders’ journeys and those yet to come in the future.

Six Nigerian tech entrepreneurs to receive the highest national awards

As Nigeria marks its 62nd independence day, President Muhammadu Buhari will confer National Honours Award to 437 Nigerians on October 11, 2022, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.