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Business Corner: How to Start a Profitable E-commerce Business in Africa’s Digital Market
On a Monday morning in Yaba, a small online store launches a new product line, which is women’s footwear sourced from Aba. By Friday,...
How Nigeria’s Myaza is Using Stablecoins to Fix Africa’s Cross-Border Payment Problems
In 2022, Charles Archibong faced a decision to relocate to Europe for a stable, well-paid role, or remain in Nigeria to pursue an uncertain...
Nigerian Startup, Trazo Launches ‘Pay-for-Me’ Feature to Scale Food Delivery Across the CountryÂ
After six years of building a loyal customer base across Asaba and Warri, food delivery startup OliliFood has rebranded to Trazo. Central to Trazo’s...
Flutterwave Denies $75m Government IPO Investment Claims: What This Means for African Fintech
Flutterwave has dismissed widespread reports suggesting that the Nigerian government plans to invest $75 million in its proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO), stating that...
Egyptian Startup, Sinai AI Raises $1.45m to Build Publisher-Friendly AI Reading Ecosystem
Egyptian edtech startup, Sinai AI has raised $1.45 million in a pre-seed funding round to build an artificial intelligence-driven reading platform that transforms traditional...
Credit Direct and vivo Partner to Expand Smartphone Access in Nigeria with Pay-Later Model
Credit Direct, one of Nigeria’s leading embedded finance companies, has entered into a partnership with Chinese technology firm, vivo to expand access to smartphones...
Inside Nigeria’s Terra Industries Plan to Build Africa’s Largest Drone Factory in Ghana
Terra Industries, Africa’s defence technology startup, is constructing a 34,000-square-foot drone manufacturing facility in Accra, Ghana, as it seeks to position itself at the...
How Nigeria’s Esca Finance is Building FX Infrastructure to Protect Businesses from Currency InstabilityÂ
Esca Finance, a foreign exchange infrastructure startup founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Shalom Osiadi, is seeking to solve one of Africa’s currency instability. Esca is building...
MoneyHash and Visa Expand Cybersource to Simplify Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure
MoneyHash, a payment infrastructure platform focused on emerging markets, has entered into a multi-year partnership with Visa to enable Cybersource across its platform, in...
Tulupay Launches Financial Operating System to Link Banks, Mobile Money and Blockchain in Africa
Tulupay, a fintech infrastructure company with operations spanning Estonia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and other markets, has announced the pre-launch of its Financial Operating...
Mashreq and Toothpick Brings Banking-as-a-Service to Healthcare, Simplify Treatment with Digital Financing
Mashreq, a financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa, has partnered with healthcare platform Toothpick to launch an embedded financing solution that...
Kenya’s Zuri Health Expands Mobile Clinic to Deliver Affordable Care to Underserved CommunitiesÂ
Kenya-based healthtech startup, Zuri Health, is expanding its fleet of mobile clinics in Nairobi after its first bus reached operational breakeven, providing a proof...
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