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Top Story: Why Roqqu’s Product Expansion Could Change How Nigerians Trade and Spend Crypto
Roqqu, a Nigerian cryptocurrency start-up, is accelerating its evolution beyond basic trading services after attracting more than 30,000 users to its locally built futures derivatives product during beta testing, signalling growing appetite for advanced crypto tools among Nigerian traders.
The futures product, which launched in beta in December 2025 and has now exited testing, marks a significant step in Roqqu’s transition from a simple buy-sell platform to a more comprehensive digital asset ecosystem.
“We already have [over] 30,000 accounts that started testing and using it during the beta period,” said Emmanuel Peter, Head of Trading and Markets at Roqqu. “It’s reassuring to us that things developed within our ecosystem are appealing to users.”
The company is further exploring tokenisation and reward-based products, all developed in-house as part of what it describes as a product-first approach.
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On Startup Spotlight:
Happy Pay Secures $5m Seed Round to Expand Africa’s Ad-Supported Payments Network
Happy Pay, a South African buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) start-up, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to expand what it describes as Africa’s first ad-supported payments network.
It says this is an emerging model that shifts the cost of credit away from consumers and towards merchants and brands. The round was led by Partech, with participation from Futuregrowth Asset Management, 4Di Capital, E4E Africa, Equitable Ventures, and Felix Strategic Investments.
Founded in 2021 by Wesley Billett, Patrick Postrehovsky, and Mark Geary, Happy Pay offers interest-free instalment payments for online shoppers and has grown to more than 600,000 registered users.
“Our mission is simple, to make cash-flow management free for consumers,” said Wesley Billett, co-founder and CEO of Happy Pay. “If we can connect the right product to the right person at the right moment and remove payment friction, commerce itself can fund the flexibility.”
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
Also Read:
Bumpa and Flowcart Secure Strategic Backing as Jobtech Alliance Bets on Africa’s Informal Commerce Engine. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
