startups

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  EdTech, Features, startups

  Mastercard Foundation conference spotlights Africa’s edtech startups

  Frank Eleanya

  18 months ago

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  News, startups

  Peleza merges with YC-backed Prembly to form Prembly Group

  Kenn Abuya

  18 months ago

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  News, startups

  Nigerian fintech startups could spend over $1 million on KYC address verification

  Muktar Oladunmade

  19 months ago

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  startups

  As it enters its third year, e-commerce enabler Sabi creates a lane of its own

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  19 months ago

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  News, startups

  Kenya data analytics startup Gro Intelligence shuts down

  Adonijah Ndege

  19 months ago

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  startups

  Kenyan AI startup Chpter joins Safaricom’s Spark Accelerator

  Kenn Abuya

  20 months ago

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  News, startups

  Flutterwave receives payment aggregator licence approval-in-principle to expand to Mozambique

  Towobola Bambgose

  20 months ago

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  Kenya, News, startups

  Exclusive: Caantin expands into US after two rebrands and layoffs

  Muktar Oladunmade

  20 months ago

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  Funding, News, startups

  Spiro secures $50m debt funding from Afreximbank to expand electric vehicles in Africa

  Frank Eleanya

  20 months ago

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  FinTech, News, startups

  Chipper Cash resumes US operations two months after pausing services

  Kenn Abuya

  20 months ago

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  startups

  Identity company, Seamfix, raises $4.5 million in first funding round to expand outside Nigeria

  Muktar Oladunmade

  20 months ago

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  startups

  Wave is Africa’s only startup on Y-Combinator’s list of top earners

  Muktar Oladunmade

  21 months ago

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  News, startups

  Exclusive: BuuPass acquires QuickBus, a bus ticketing platform, in a cash and stock deal

  Kenn Abuya

  21 months ago

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  News, startups

  Exclusive: CBN directs four fintechs to stop onboarding new customers

  Muktar Oladunmade

  21 months ago

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  News, startups

  Exclusive: The Peer will return $350,000 to investors after shutting down

  Muktar Oladunmade

  21 months ago

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  News, startups

  Who calls the shots at Susa Ventures-backed Okra?

  Ngozi Chukwu

  21 months ago

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  Mobility, News, startups

  Roam secures financing deal with Mogo to grow electric motorcycle adoption

  Frank Eleanya

  22 months ago

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  startups

  Execution is King: How to avoid the top culprit of startup failure

  Guest Author

  22 months ago

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  News, startups

  Flutterwave appoints former CBN director as board chair

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22 months ago

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  News, startups

  Interswitch seeks PSB license following merger with M-Kudi

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22 months ago

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  News, startups

  Flutterwave’s COO leaves fintech giant after several other high-profile exits

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22 months ago

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  News, startups

  Fintech giant Interswitch eyes telecoms market with $1 million MNVO license

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22 months ago

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  News, startups

  Exclusive: Bilha Ndirangu sues IFC-backed Africa’s Talking over removal as director

  Kenn Abuya

  23 months ago

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  Events, startups

  GITEX Africa wants 100 Nigerian startups to exhibit in Morocco

  Frank Eleanya

  23 months ago

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  startups, Uncategorized

  OjirehPrime becomes Pryme, seeks European banking licence

  Frank Eleanya

  23 months ago

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  News, startups

  Kippa users demand access to data as the fintech quietly pivots

  Muktar Oladunmade

  23 months ago

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  Funding, startups, Venture Capital

  Kenyan EV startup Roam secures $24m to scale production

  Frank Eleanya

  23 months ago

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  News, startups

  Leatherback CEO Ibrahim Ibitade wants to move on after EFCC debacle

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  24 months ago

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  startups

  Exclusive: Africa’s Blockchain pioneer Zone will launch remittance product in 2025

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  24 months ago

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  startups

  Bootstrapped hustle: how Selar grew a $4M+ creator platform with 21 employees

  Muktar Oladunmade

  24 months ago

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  Companies, Products, startups, The BackEnd

  Sandbox’s platform wants to connect product managers with employers

  Muhammed Akinyemi

  25 months ago

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  Regulation, startups

  Tanzania’s NALA wants to make Rwanda a settlement hub for East Africa

  Abraham Augustine

  26 months ago

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  News, startups

  Zazuu, a payment marketplace for remittance services, has shut down

  Muktar Oladunmade

  26 months ago

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  startups

  Exclusive: Neighbourgood acquires traveltech startup Local Knowledge for $1.5 million

  Ephraim Modise

  27 months ago

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  EdTech, startups

  Nigeria’s AltSchool Africa to receive support from Rwanda’s $30m tech fund

  Hannatu Asheolge

  27 months ago

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  Business, startups

  Eden Life is staking its future on an e-commerce marketplace in crucial rejig

  Tobi Afolabi

  27 months ago

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  startups

  Exclusive: IROKOtv’s user numbers show Africa’s oldest streamer is behind competition

  Ngozi Chukwu

  27 months ago

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  startups

  How YC-backed Chowdeck hit ₦1 billion in monthly order value

  Muktar Oladunmade

  27 months ago

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  startups

  SA startup WhereIsMyTransport is shutting down, cites lack of funds

  Ephraim Modise

  27 months ago

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  startups

  Investors not keen on funding northern Nigerian startups, new study reveals

  Hannatu Asheolge

  27 months ago