2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (426+ words) My Life in Tech Nigeria’s fintech users have spent years managing separate apps for separate needs, one for crypto trading, another for gift card exchange, a third for airtime and bills. As that market matures and trust becomes as important…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (291+ words) My Life in Tech Lagos, Nigeria — 8 September, 2026 — G Elias, a leading full-service commercial law firm, today announced its partnership with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) to host a Masterclass, themed “Startups & Their Legal Environment.” The event will hold…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (883+ words) Fido, an Accra-based fintech, has secured a $200,000 grant from the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to expand its digital lending, savings, and financial literacy products for women- and youth-led small businesses in Ghana. The programme is expected to help…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (270+ words) As Nigeria grapples with doctor shortages and overburdened hospitals, a quieter crisis drives worse outcomes for millions — fragmented records, broken continuity, and patients navigating a complex system entirely alone. Medbankr is built to fix that. LAGOS, Nigeria — 10th September, 2026 Nigeria has…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (970+ words) Africa’s construction sector is on the rise. According to research by Brookings, as of 2024, an estimated $812 billion worth of large construction projects were scheduled or underway across the continent, spanning housing, commercial real estate, healthcare infrastructure and transport projects. Africa’s…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (596+ words) Wall Street Africa (WSA), a Nairobi-based financial media and fintech startup, has received conditional approval from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to list its banking exchange-traded fund (ETF) on its Main Investment Market Segment. The approval follows an earlier nod…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (911+ words) Following the acquisition, Algosys will operate as a subsidiary of Creditchek, marking Creditchek’s formal entry into Uganda and representing an important milestone in the company’s broader expansion across East Africa. Founded just two years ago by Innocent Bigega and Simon…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1292+ words) But the changes expose a growing vulnerability in Kenya’s digital economy. Freelancers, creators and businesses depend on a small number of foreign platforms and financial companies to receive income from abroad, leaving them exposed whenever a provider changes its products,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (568+ words) HashLiquid brings supported exchange accounts, Web3 wallets, local payment methods and merchant liquidity into one marketplace—designed to make P2P access more connected and more accountable. HashLiquid is not building another isolated P2P order book. It is building an independent, exchange-connected marketplace where…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1065+ words) With Nigeria’s financial sector facing a January 1, 2027, deadline to comply with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s data-localisation rules, the country’s debate over data sovereignty is moving beyond a simple question of where servers are located. The practical questions are becoming…...