eNaira, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) digital currency, received a significant boost as Remita, Africa’s leading electronic payment platform, added it as an additional payment option across
Despite growing use, cryptocurrencies have struggled for legitimacy in Africa for years. However, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, crypto usage on the continent is growing faster than anywhere
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech startup, and its fastest-growing lender to the unbanked and underbanked announced yesterday that Tasaheel, its subsidiary acquired recently, has securitized $150 million of its loan
Judging by how amazingly the African tech startups performed in fundraising in the Q1 2022, one would have expected the tech ecosystem to continue to do wonders and possibly, outperform
Abeg Technologies Limited, acquired by PiggyTech Global Limited, the parent company of PiggyVest, today announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had granted it an Approval In Principle (AIP)
TLcom Capital, an Africa-focused venture capital firm, has announced the appointment of Eloho Omame, the Co-Founder & General Partner at FirstCheck Africa as a partner to facilitate its deployment of
Twitter’s importance in our daily lives cannot be overstated; from politics to pop culture to ordinary discourse, the microblogging site now serves a considerably different role than it did
Coinbase, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is launching the first cryptocurrency derivatives product for retail traders.
This new derivative is dubbed Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, formerly FairX, later
Kune Food, a Kenya-based food tech startup, announced Wednesday that it is shutting down operations.
The founder and CEO, Robin Reecht, attributed inflated food prices that have hampered the startup
MNT-Halan, a leading Egyptian fintech startup and the fastest-growing lender to the unbanked and underbanked has acquired Talabeyah. This fellow Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup provides FMCG supplies directly to small
Synapse Analytics, an Egyptian AI-technology startup, has secured more than $2 million in a Pre-Series A funding round to accelerate AI adoption for African businesses.
Egypt Ventures led the pre-series
Thepeer, an African tech infrastructure startup facilitating seamless wallet transfers between businesses, has secured $2.1 million in Raba Partnership-led seed round. This comes a year after the startup raised
