When you pay for suya with your card at 11 p.m. in Lagos and the POS machine chirps “Approved” within seconds, you probably think it’s just your bank doing its job. But behind the scenes, there’s an ...

What if the next global voices shaping culture didn’t come from Hollywood or London but from Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town? In 2026, African content creators are no longer just participating in global ...

X, the micro blogging platform formerly known as Twitter, is launching a new marketplace that lets users buy or request inactive handles (usernames), a move designed to monetise one of its most ...

From left to Right: Ravi Baldev Singh, Senior Director, Sales Engineering – Emerging Markets CEE, CIS & META – Commvault; Waheed Adeoye, Sr. Sales Engineer, West & Central Africa – Commvault; Nnenna ...

MTN Group’s mobile money platform processed $500.3 billion in transaction value in 2025, a 37.6% jump in constant currency terms. That number alone demands context. On a reported basis, comparing the ...

Smartphone shipments into Africa hit 84.4 million for the entire 2025, representing 13% year-on-year growth and outperforming global market trends. The performance represents Africa’s strongest ...

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When you examine how money moves in Nigeria, the picture is more nuanced. The real story lies in the rails everyone uses, the way fintech platforms and banks connect to those rails, the design of ...

Moroccan property technology startup Agenz has successfully secured a $5 million seed round, co-led by the Paris-based venture firm Breega, Attijariwafa Ventures (the corporate investment arm of North ...

Luno, one of Africa’s leading crypto platforms, has today rolled out a tokenised global stocks service in Nigeria, following a successful debut in South Africa earlier this year. The move makes Luno ...

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PayPal has frozen funds and restricted access to an unknown number of Kenyan accounts after tightening its anti-money laundering and compliance checks, leaving freelancers, online sellers, startups, ...