4+ day, 13+ min ago   (426+ words) My Life in Tech Nigeria’s fintech users have spent years managing separate apps for separate needs, one for crypto trading, another for gift card exchange, a third for airtime and bills. As that market matures and trust becomes as important…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1397+ words) My Life in Tech On a good day, a Nigerian entrepreneur rarely thinks about the mechanics of a phone call. A customer dials an 080 number, an automated greeting plays, a representative answers, an order is confirmed, or a complaint is…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (270+ words) As Nigeria grapples with doctor shortages and overburdened hospitals, a quieter crisis drives worse outcomes for millions — fragmented records, broken continuity, and patients navigating a complex system entirely alone. Medbankr is built to fix that. LAGOS, Nigeria — 10th September, 2026 Nigeria has…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1010+ words) For four years, the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has been building the plumbing for a more connected African economy. Since launching in January 2022, the payment network says it currently connects 30 African countries, 24 central banks, about 200 financial institutions and…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (397+ words) The Ghanaian subsidiary of Uruguayan payments company dLocal has secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider (EPSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana, allowing it to operate more of its payments business locally. Ghana’s mobile money market processed GH¢4.54 trillion ($397 billion)…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (596+ words) Wall Street Africa (WSA), a Nairobi-based financial media and fintech startup, has received conditional approval from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to list its banking exchange-traded fund (ETF) on its Main Investment Market Segment. The approval follows an earlier nod…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (911+ words) Following the acquisition, Algosys will operate as a subsidiary of Creditchek, marking Creditchek’s formal entry into Uganda and representing an important milestone in the company’s broader expansion across East Africa. Founded just two years ago by Innocent Bigega and Simon…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (568+ words) HashLiquid brings supported exchange accounts, Web3 wallets, local payment methods and merchant liquidity into one marketplace—designed to make P2P access more connected and more accountable. HashLiquid is not building another isolated P2P order book. It is building an independent, exchange-connected marketplace where…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (304+ words) ARC Ride, a Kenyan electric mobility startup, has raised $33.3 million in asset-backed debt and equity to expand its battery-swapping network and electric motorcycle fleet across Africa. The funding comes as African EV companies race to build the charging and battery-swapping…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (646+ words) Botswana has a phone in almost every hand, but millions of adults remain outside the formal banking system The country has mobile penetration of about 166%, equivalent to roughly 4.2 million connections for a population of 2.5 million. Yet an estimated 38% of adults…...