14 Nigerian startup founders selected for Google’s Black Founders Fund Europe

Google has selected 40 startups for its Black Founders Fund Europe. Twelve out of the selected startups have Nigerian founders. One of the startups, Propel, has three Nigerian founders, thereby, bringing the total number of Nigerian founders to 14. Two out of the 14 Nigerian founders are female.

Inside Getwallets’ pivot to Orchestrate, a payments infrastructure company

Orchestrate (formerly Getwallets) is a payment infrastructure company that give fintechs and merchants access to multiple payment providers with a single integration. But before Orchestrate, there was Getwallets. What changed and what is next?

How Flying Farmer is using drones to revolutionise agriculture in Africa

Femi Adekoya, also known as the flying farmer, is revolutionizing Nigeria’s agriculture by giving drone-powered solutions to commercial and smallholder farmers.

Inside Flutterwave’s plan for Tanzanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Flutterwave has been licensed as a payment services provider by the Bank of Tanzania to support Tanzanian SMEs overcome challenges presented by the nation's fragmented payment infrastructure.

In 2 years, SafeBoda has recorded over 3 million rides in Nigeria. What’s next?

Since January 2020 when SafeBoda started operations in Nigeria, it has made with over 3 million rides made by over 10,000 riders and over 100,000 passengers.

One year after launch, Nigerian users generated 1.3 million playlists on Spotify

Since Spotify's launch in Nigeria, the average number of artists streamed per user has grown by 60%, and Nigerian music fans have created 1.3 million user-generated playlists.

Alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music: African music streaming platforms

Spotify is a pioneer in music streaming and is arguably the best-known service, Apple Music runs second to Spotify in terms of subscribers. However, there are African-focused music streaming platforms that you can explore.

Meet the African startups participating in Y Combinator’s 2022 Winter batch

These African startups are among the over 230 startups that will be participating in the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch. Ten African companies participated in the last Winter batch.

12 African early-stage startups to watch out for in 2022

Based on their stories, funding and user base, we curated a list of some of the most promising early-stage startups in Africa you should watch out for.

These wealth management apps can save your finances in 2022

With these wealth management apps, you can take control of your spending habits by investing and saving your money to grow your network.

How these six African founders scaled their startups

In the Zero to Scale series this year, six founders shared how they were able to build and scale their startups; we compiled six lessons out of their experiences.

Lectera celebrates its first anniversary, plans to conquer African markets with fast education, fast results model

In 2021, tech startups operating across Africa have jointly raised over $4.27 billion in 800+ deals.