4+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 6+ 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,…...

5+ day, 1+ 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…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1202+ words) This article is based on a conversation from Voices & Visions, a podcast produced through a partnership between Tutto Passa Agency and TechCabal, which explores the people and ideas shaping Africa’s innovation economy. Africa’s electricity problem becomes harder, not easier, as…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (304+ words) ARC Ride, a Kenyan electric mobility startup, has raised $33.3 million in asset-backed debt and equity to expand its battery-swapping network and electric motorcycle fleet across Africa. The funding comes as African EV companies race to build the charging and battery-swapping…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (398+ words) Nigerian payment and logistics super app platform joins Temu’s courier network to strengthen e-commerce fulfilment for Nigerian buyers and businesses.Kwikpik, Nigeria’s smart payment wallet and logistics super app, has been approved as a last-mile courier partner on Temu, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (648+ words) The founders of Flexitech Group Limited, the company behind the Kenyan save-now-buy-later fintech FlexPay, have been arrested over the alleged theft of KES 31.2 million ($242,000) belonging to an unnamed major retail chain, adding to scrutiny of the startup after months of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1597+ words) A South African startup can have customers, revenue and a product people are willing to pay for, and still struggle to find the money it needs to grow. That sounds like a contradiction in a country where startup funding is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1690+ words) In 2021, Kayode Adeniyi built a data collection app for Nigeria’s Ministry of Education to gather information on libraries across several states, from their facilities to the resources they held. His team tested the app, deployed it to the field, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (740+ words) For South African startups, getting customers is only half the battle. Even after people start paying for their products, raising enough money to grow can remain difficult. That is the funding gap Mamor Capital Ventures wants to target with its…...