How Onyinyechi Onya built Nuve Fragrance & Beauty World from ₦500,000 in stock into a wholesale supplier for a Port Harcourt ...

Ventures Platform closes its second fund at $84m, beating its $75m target, with EBRD, Norfund and Alphatron joining as new ...

Simple phone security settings most people overlook, from two-factor authentication to guest Wi-Fi, and why they matter.

The Plaude Technologies Zacuten dispute stems from a $13.07 million currency-swap deal between two Nigerian tech firms that ...

Moniepoint is winding down UK remittance platform MonieWorld, redirecting resources towards its core African business in ...

Martin Nwakwe on how Mundx Analytics reads INEC's polling-unit forms live, verifying Nigeria's elections without ever declaring a winner.

Nigerian payments startup Pouchers raises $500,000 pre-seed led by Stack Directory and exits beta with stablecoin-powered ...

South African workforce platform Jem raises a Series A round led by Quona Capital to expand its WhatsApp-based HR and fintech tools.

Moment, the South African fintech firm, has closed a $22 million Series A funding round, led by AlphaCode Venture Partners, with continued backing from General Catalyst and MultiChoice, and new ...

Kenyan digital banking startup Cloud9 has acquired social commerce platform Chpter in an all-stock deal with undisclosed terms, its second acquisition in three months and the clearest signal yet of a ...

Yellow Card, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, has closed a $40 million strategic funding round with investment from SC Ventures by Standard Chartered, Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, ...

Jumia has raised $50 million in fresh equity funding from the International Finance Corporation and existing investors, as the e-commerce firm works to strengthen its balance sheet and invest in ...