Egyptian startup PraxiLabs has been selected as winner of Visa’s “She’s Next” programme, taking home US$20,000 in prize money. “She’s Next”, delivered in collaboration with CIB Business Banking and Shark Tank, is designed to empower women entrepreneurs and accelerate business growth through access t
The levels of gender diversity among funded African tech startups since Disrupt Africa started collecting data on the subject in 2021 have peaked and troughed, but numbers from 2024, 2025 and 2026 point to a worrying trend. That is according to the third edition of “Diversity Dividend: Exploring Gen
By Justice Winner, Senior Account Manager, IVI PR Nigeria’s startup ecosystem has entered a new era. Venture capital is no longer chasing bold ideas alone; investors are increasingly looking for businesses that combine innovation with sound governance, operational discipline, and long-term sustainab
Every time someone buys Bitcoin, the stablecoin USDT, or another cryptocurrency in Nigeria, the government will take a share of the transaction — and it wants that tax remitted in the same digital asset being traded.
Nigeria’s ambition to become Africa’s digital economy powerhouse now rests on a company that has yet to be legally incorporated. The federal government expects to register the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will oversee Project BRIDGE by July 31, laying the legal foundation for one of Nigeria’s
In today's edition: Nigeria issues crypto tax rules || South Africa’s new rules for spam callers || South Africa’s capital-control rules for crypto || DR Congo walks back on digital tax proposal
In today's edition: PalmPay eyes Hong Kong listing || Canal+ backs fintech Moment in latest funding round || Nigeria’s Globacom records highest Internet users in May || Kenya caps carbon credit exports
Elon Musk’s social platform X has officially launched X Money, a digital payments service that marks its biggest step yet toward transforming the platform into an “everything app” combining social networking, payments and financial services. Initially available to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers
Applications are open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa, a three-month programme designed to support 15 growth-stage, AI-driven South African startups with equity-free funding, technical mentorship and access to Google’s advanced AI technologies. The programme forms part of Googl
Kenya has launched a nationwide crackdown on digital piracy after the government estimated that illegal streaming, software piracy and unauthorized content distribution strip $708 million (KES 92 billion) from the economy each year and deny the Treasury about USD 131 million (KES 17 billion) in tax
Africa risks becoming a supplier of raw data for artificial intelligence while paying foreign companies to access the technologies built from that data unless governments and businesses urgently invest in digital infrastructure, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The rep
According to Visa, Kinuthia-Otieno will be based in Nairobi, where she will lead the company's efforts to grow digital payments, deepen partnerships with financial institutions and partners, and expand financial inclusion across the region.
Egyptian e-commerce operations startup Fincart has raised $2.8 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered merchant platform across Africa and the Middle East. The round was co-led by Launch Africa and Antler MENAP, with participation from Yango Vent
While its mobile money business continued to attract new users, the suspension of a single product was enough to push the entire fintech division into decline.
Between 2016 and 2020, she worked in advertising and branding, developing campaigns for clients including Nigerian tier-one lenders Access Bank and Zenith Bank.
Angelopoulos, who joins Nedbank on September 1, spent eight years overseeing technology strategy, cloud investments and digital infrastructure across MTN Group's 16 markets.
In 2022, after careers in banking and agricultural development, they founded Green Giraffe, a Zambian startup using AI and satellite technology to help smallholder farmers access premium markets.
