Nigerian Startup Targets 1M CNG Vehicle Conversions in Africa by 2027
Nigerian logistics startup Renda Africa is betting on compressed natural gas (CNG) as a cheaper, more practical path to cleaner ...
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Moniepoint, PiggyVest, Opay, Named Among World’s Top 300 Fintechs
Ten African fintech companies, including Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch, and OPay, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintechs ...
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£1bn AI Startup Collapses, Leaves UK Staff Unpaid
Around 200 former UK employees of Builder AI remain unpaid after the tech company’s collapse in May. Despite filing for ...
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Okra Shuts Down, Returns Millions in Unused Funds to Investors
Nigerian fintech Okra has shut down, but not because it ran out of money. In a rare move for a ...
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African Startups Raise $365M in June, Best Funding Month in Nearly a Year
African startups pulled in $365 million in June 2025, the strongest month this year and the best since mid-2024. The ...
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Meta in Talks to Invest Over $10 Billion in AI Startup
Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly in advanced discussions to invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI, according to a ...
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Fincra Secures South African Licence to Expand Payment Network Across Africa
Fincra has received a Third Party Payments Provider (TPPP) licence in South Africa. This allows the fintech company to process ...
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Layer3 Wins Big at 2025 African Beacon of ICT Awards
Layer3, One of Nigeria’s foremost ICT solutions providers, has once again solidified its place as a trailblazer in Africa’s technology ...
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Parent Company of Kwik Declared Bankrupt By Court
Africa Delivery Technologies (ADTL), the Dutch parent of Nigerian delivery platform Kwik, has been declared bankrupt by a court in ...
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Allawee Wants to Make Cards Cool Again in Nigeria’s Fintech Space
For years, cards have been a love-hate tool for Nigerian fintechs. While useful, they were expensive to maintain and unreliable. ...
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