Speedinvest Formalises Africa and Middle East Ambitions With First Dedicated Regional Fund
Vienna-based venture capital firm Speedinvest has launched its first flagship fund targeting early and growth-stage startups across the Middle East…
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The Lab That Kano Built: How EnovateLab Is Quietly Powering Northern Nigeria’s Tech Future
When most people think about Nigeria’s technology story, they think of Lagos. The coastal megacity dominates the headlines: the unicorns…
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Meet MAIDS, the Nigerian Startup Turning Insurance into a Wealth Tool
There is a sentence Nigerians have been saying for decades, usually muttered after paying a motor insurance premium at the…
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Platform Design for Innovation Ecosystems: What Africa Can Learn from Europe
When the European Commission quietly began funding what it called European Digital Innovation Hubs in 2021, the initiative attracted little…
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This Friday: PAFON 3.0 Brings Payments Innovation to Lagos
…Sets Agenda for Fair Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Nigeria’s foremost payments and financial inclusion dialogue platform, Payments Forum Nigeria…
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MINE 1000: The 2026 Hunt for Nigeria’s Top Entrepreneurial Stories
Nigeria’s entrepreneurial spirit is one of its greatest untapped national assets. Across cities, campuses, and communities, millions of small business…
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Why African Startups Collapse After Raising Capital, and the Hard Lessons Every Founder Must Learn
In October 2023, Dash, the Ghanaian fintech that had raised over $86 million in five years of operation, announced it was shutting…
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How Nigeria Is Converting Early AI Adoption into Economic Acceleration
Nigeria has never struggled with ingenuity. It is a place where innovation grows from necessity, and where developers, entrepreneurs, and…
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LG Electronics and Viva Detergent Team Up to Revolutionize Laundry Experience in Nigeria
…bringing cutting-edge appliance technology and premium detergent together for a seamless, efficient, and superior clean from day one. LG Electronics…
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Unlocking the Full Potential of Women in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem
When Temie Giwa-Tubosun founded LifeBank in Lagos in 2016, she was solving a problem most investors hadn’t thought to quantify:…
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NITDA, NNPC Join Forces to Digitize Nigeria’s Energy Sector
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Research, Technology and Innovation Unit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
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Meet Collins Akowei: The Builder Turning AI Ideas Into Practical Tools for Real
In an era where artificial intelligence is often discussed in theory, Collins Akowei is focused on something more practical: building…
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Nigeria’s Data Regulator Sounds the Alarm as Cyber Threats Target Financial and Digital Infrastructure
The NDPC is done playing nice — and it wants every organisation handling Nigerian data to know it. The Nigeria…
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UAE Strengthens Supply Chains Amid Nigeria’s Expanding Trade Ties
As Nigeria continues to expand its trade footprint, the need for more resilient and efficient global supply chains has become…
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Africa’s Forex Market in 2026: Trends Every Trader Can’t Afford to Ignore
The forex market across Africa is witnessing more participants and more regulatory attention than it did just a few years…
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Why Africa Hasn’t Built a Global Tech Company, and What It Would Take
There is a gap in the global technology map that rarely gets discussed with the seriousness it deserves. The United…
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Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Sponsor PAFON 3.0
Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON), the country’s leading industry platform for digital finance stakeholders, has announced PalmPay and TeamApt as key…
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Google Chrome Gets “Skills” Feature to Save and Reuse AI Prompts Instantly
Google has added a new capability to Chrome that addresses one of the more practical frustrations of daily AI use:…
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AI Automation for African SMBs: Lessons from Building Real Systems for Real Businesses
The conversation about artificial intelligence in Africa has followed a familiar arc. On one end, there are the continental ambitions…
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African Startups Have Until Today to Apply for a Spot at Latitude59’s Pitch Competition in Tallinn
Early-stage African startups have a narrow window remaining to apply for the 2026 edition of the Latitude59 pitch competition, one…
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NectarFi Secures $170K Pre-Seed to Tackle Crypto Fragmentation
NectarFi has announced the public launch of its unified financial platform, designed to give crypto users the kind of complete,…
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Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu: The Nigerian Albino Engineer Who Built a Business Operations Suite for African SMEs and Freelancers Because He Was Tired of Being Invisible
When Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu talks about visibility, he is not speaking in metaphors. He has lived the double burden of…
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The Distributed Bet: How Remote-First Startups Are Reshaping Africa’s Tech Landscape
For much of the past decade, Africa’s startup conversation centred on hubs in Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, and Accra. The…
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PAFON 3.0 Announces Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun as Keynote Speaker
The Vice President of the Governing Council of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, Dr. Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun, is set to deliver…
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Dash Microfinance Bank Strengthens Digital Offering with New Mobile App
Dash Microfinance Bank Limited, one of the fastest-growing financial institutions in Nigeria, has announced the launch of its digital banking…
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Nigeria’s Internet Penetration: More Connected Than Ever, Yet Millions Remain Offline
Nigeria has more internet subscribers today than at any point in its history. As of early 2025, 107 million Nigerians…
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Favour Chukwuedo: From Feature Phones to AI-Powered Inclusion, the Next Frontier of Nigerian EdTech
When Favour Chukwuedo talks about education in Nigeria, he doesn’t start with smartphones, platforms, or silicon. He starts with a…
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How to Build a Data-Driven Strategy for Innovation and Business Growth
For most of the past decade, the dominant advice circulating in African startup and enterprise circles has been a variation…
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Open Banking in Nigeria: What to Expect as the Framework Moves Toward Reality
Nigeria is on the verge of a structural change in how its financial system shares and uses data. For most…
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Why Africa’s Microfinance Sector Can No Longer Afford to Stay Analogue
For decades, microfinance across Africa operated on a model built around trust, proximity, and paperwork. Loan officers visited markets. Group…
