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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...
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...
MacTay is Using VR to Transform Emergency Responses Across NigeriaÂ
More than 300 emergency service professionals in Lagos have been trained using virtual reality (VR) technology, marking a shift in how high-risk response skills...
How Ecobarter Is Making Nigeria’s Cities Cleaner and Greener By Using Digital Tools to Solve Waste Challenges
Nigeria’s urban population has grown steadily over the past decade, but its waste management systems have struggled to keep pace. Amid this environmental and operational...
Nigeria’s Fixr Technologies is Building Contractor-Led System to Fix Africa’s Broken Service Marketplace Model
When Ikechi Adolphus co-founded Fixr Technologies with Olamide Akangbe, the ambition was not to launch another tech startup chasing rapid valuations. Instead, the Lagos-based...
Alef Education and AfricAI Launch AI NextGen Learning to Bridge Learning Gaps Across 18 African Countries
Alef Education, a UAE-based global education technology firm, has signed a MoU with AfricAI, a Nigeria-based company with operations across 18 African countries, to...
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...
CcHUB Launches Five-Year ‘GATEWAY’ Programme to Train 340,000 Nigerians for Global Gig Economy
Co-creation HUB (CcHUB), Nigeria’s innovation centre and technology hub, has opened registrations for GATEWAY, to target the unemployment gap with nationwide digital skills push...
Nigeria’s Startup, Candle, Wants to Modernise How Brands Buy, Measure and Optimise Ads Across Africa
Africa’s billboard advertising industry is undergoing a transformation, as adtech platforms seeks to bring data, automation and accountability to a space long defined by...
Nigeria’s Fincra Secures Canadian Licence to Build Regulated Rails for Africa’s Cross-Border Payments
African businesses and diaspora communities spend billions each year on cross-border payments, yet delays and high fees remain a persistent problem. Wole Ayodele, co-founder...
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