10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (770+ words) | By: Francis Onyemachi Ovaloop Technologies has unveiled a retail operating system designed to help retailers across Nigeria and Africa manage inventory, payments, sales and business reporting from a single platform. The company said the expansion of Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem…...

18+ hour, 6+ min ago   (392+ words) | By: Tony Ajah A few years ago, the biggest threat to a small business owner in Lagos, Nairobi, or Accra was a better-funded competitor down the road. Today, the threat and the opportunity sit inside a laptop screen. AI has…...

23+ hour, 1+ min ago   (511+ words) The development makes Johannesburg the first ExpressRoute Metro location on the continent and gives businesses access to more resilient and secure cloud connectivity. The designation means organisations can connect privately to Microsoft Azure through two peering locations within the Johannesburg…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (275+ words) Mitchell Elegbe, founder and group managing director/CEO of Interswitch, has urged Africans to invest massively in energy infrastructure as a critical enabler of financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth across the continent. In a keynote address delivered on his…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) Gigbanc, a Nigerian neobank that built a base of more than 150,000 users across multiple countries, is winding down operations, the latest casualty in a startup funding environment that has forced dozens of African tech companies to shut their doors over…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (336+ words) The federal government has evacuated another batch of 284 Nigerians from South Africa, marking the fifth evacuation flight to bring citizens home since the xenophobic crisis began. The flight, operated by Air Peace, arrived at the Hajj/Cargo Terminal of the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (811+ words) R-l: Tomi Ayorinde and Chizaram Ucheaga, Timon co-founders Timon, the stablecoin-powered travel payments platform helping Africans spend, save and move money across borders, is deepening its presence in Kenya as it crosses 100,000 users. The expansion builds on momentum from Timon’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (598+ words) EMERGE Dashboard | Image Credit: EMERGE EMERGE, powered by TheBoardroom Africa, has launched its digital platform to connect young African professionals with the skills, networks, structured career support, and employer opportunities they need to build sustainable careers. Across Africa, talent is…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) | By: Francis Onyemachi African startups raised $3.9bn across 506 deals in 2025, marking a strong recovery in fundraising after a challenging period for the continent’s venture capital market. This was disclosed in a new report by Bloomwit Africa, which showed that total technology…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (683+ words) Middle East Escalation | Strait of Hormuz Global credit insurer Coface has downgraded risk assessments for eight countries and 45 economic sectors following more than fifteen weeks of Middle East conflict, warning that the inflationary and supply-chain disruptions triggered by the crisis…...