Image: WeeTrackerAfrican Tech’s Offshore ‘Paper Parents’ Face Tough Tax Reckoning
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Image: TechCabalNo one company will make stablecoins mainstream, says Paga’s Tayo Oviosu
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Image: TechCabalMoonshot 2026 goes fashion, too stylish to ignore
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Image: TechCabalAt Moonshot 2026, Africa’s tech future walked through the doors
Moonshot’s move to the National Theatre was an achievement. Over 7,000 people came through a venue whose size now leaves room for growth.
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Image: TechCabalJuicyway pitches connected capital markets to finance African growth
Juicyway has received an approval from the Nigerian SEC to build a blockchain-based exchange connecting African assets with global investors.
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Image: CondiaGrey secures IMTO licence as Nigeria’s remittance sector gets new competition
Grey has secured an International Money Transfer Operator licence from the CBN. It joins a field that has grown from under 15 operators in 2016 to over 100.
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Image: TechCabalMTN Nigeria moves MoMo to new platform as fintech revenue falls 26%
MTN Nigeria’s fintech revenue has yet to recover to pre-suspension levels after the company temporarily halted its airtime and data credit service between April and June 2026, even…
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Image: WeeTrackerAfrica’s Hottest IPO Sold Out Online, Giving Tech A Tough Act To Follow
When Dangote Petroleum Refinery opened its USD 1.6 B initial public offering in
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Image: TechCabalSouth Africa’s AI regulation problem is bigger than its delayed policy
South Africa’s revised AI policy must go beyond ethical principles to address regulatory capacity, consumer protection and the enforcement of rules governing artificial…
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Image: CondiaIs MTN Nigeria’s ₦95.5bn fintech sale really a win?
MTN Nigeria’s headline 2.1x MoMo sale premium relies on a heavily written-down paper value. Against the actual ₦137.95bn invested, the ₦95.5bn valuation is a 31% loss.
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Image: WeeTrackerOPay’s Scrapped IPO Exposes Gap Between African Fintech Hype & Public Market Reality
The most anticipated African fintech listing in years ended this week not with
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Image: CondiaOPay withdraws planned $304M US IPO after foreign inquiry
OPay Limited has withdrawn its planned New York Stock Exchange listing, citing an inquiry in a foreign jurisdiction it has not named. Reuters reported that the company had priced…
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Image: WeeTrackerIyinoluwa Aboyeji-backed Talent Nation Bags Pre-Seed Funding To Raise 1M African AI Engineers
Talent Nation, a Nigerian AI engineering talent platform co-founded by serial entrepreneur Iyinoluwa
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Image: WeeTrackerMadica Secures USD 6 M From Flourish Ventures To Back More African Startups
Madica, an Africa-focused pre-seed investment programme launched in 2022 and affiliated with Flourish
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Image: WeeTrackerSA-Born Healthleap Raises USD 38 M to Expand AI-Powered Clinical Screening
Healthleap, a clinical AI company founded in South Africa in 2022 by siblings
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Image: CondiaExclusive: CredPal launches Atom, an investment platform, as it expands beyond buy now, pay later
CredPal has launched Atom, an investment platform offering Nigerian and US stocks, digital assets and asset-backed loans as it expands beyond BNPL.
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Image: CondiaWith Paycheck, Grey expands beyond payments into credit, cards and savings
The fintech will now extend loans to its customers while providing savings will see it generate more value from its customer base.
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Image: CondiaIyin Aboyeji helped build 2 unicorns, now he wants to tackle Africa’s jobs crisis
After helping build African unicorns, Iyin Aboyeji is shifting from funding startups to building businesses he hopes can tackle the continent’s jobs crisis.
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Image: Africa: The Big DealQ3 2026: Where the money went (and who it missed🙋♀️)
Logistics & Transport overtakes Fintech. Nigeria is back on top for the first time since 2022. Women-(co)founded start-ups still get less than 10% of the funding.
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Image: Africa: The Big DealQ3 2026: Fewer start-ups. Fewer investors. Bigger cheques 🎯
311 start-ups raised $100k+ since early 2026, backed by 334+ investors, the lowest levels since we started tracking $100k+ deals in 2021. Exits, meanwhile, keep coming.
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Image: Africa: The Big DealQ3 2026: Equity takes the wheel 🚗
Start-ups in Africa raised $2.2b in Jan–Sep 2026 (-4% YoY). Behind a flat top line, equity is up +23%, debt is down -33%, and the momentum is clearly with equity.
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Image: Disrupt AfricaKenyan court orders e-commerce company Copia into liquidation
A Kenyan High Court has ordered Copia Kenya, the e-commerce company that raised over US$120 million to serve consumers outside the country’s major cities, into liquidation after…
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Image: Disrupt AfricaCameroonian startup lensX launches Alibaba-style marketplace for African businesses
Cameroonian startup lensX has launched an Alibaba-style online marketplace connecting businesses, vendors and customers across Africa, with augmented reality (AR) shopping on its…
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Image: Disrupt Africa58 African tech startups raise $583m in funding in Q3
Fifty-eight African tech startups raised just shy of US$583 million in funding in the third quarter of 2026, making it the most successful quarter of the year so far and boosting…
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