Every bank transfer exposes pieces of personal information that fraudsters can use over time. Flex, a Nigerian fintech startup, believes replacing account numbers with paytags could help reduce fraud by masking users’ identities during transactions.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Airtel Africa's $813 million profit, how Paytags may change the way Nigerians send money, and an Abuja court ordering MTN and Airtel to stop blocking Nairtime.
Kenya’s capital markets regulator has warned the public against placing money in unlicensed online investment schemes as authorities respond to a growing wave of digital platforms promising fast returns through forex trading, cryptocurrency products and money market-style investments. In an investor
The Threadbare programme sits at the intersection of education, game development, and workforce inclusion, designed to help young people move from consuming digital content to actively creating it. Built by Endless Access, it uses open-source game environments to teach creative and technical skills
Across Africa, millions of young people are growing up immersed in digital culture of playing games, consuming online content, and engaging with technology daily. Yet for many, there is still no structured pathway that turns that interest into recognized skills, meaningful work, or economic mobility
Ugandan fintech infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd is advancing a payment and settlement stack aimed at structural inefficiencies in Uganda’s mobile money ecosystem. In parallel, it is positioning its cross-border remittance platform, MAM Fex, for broader East African deployment. The infrastruct
She earns in naira, saves in dollars, and refuses to stay in one country long enough to get bored. This is how Olayinka Oke built a life across three countries a year.
African startups raised a total of $145.85 million in April 2026, reinforcing investor confidence in sectors driving the continent’s digital and economic transformation. Funding activity during the month showed strong momentum across renewable energy, fintech, aviation, electric mobility, agricultur
The latest financial results from Airtel Africa highlight a major transformation quietly reshaping Africa’s financial system: telecom operators are increasingly evolving into large-scale digital financial institutions. With Airtel Money now serving more than 54 million active users across Africa, th
The National President of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Dr. Obioha Oti, has described agency banking as Nigeria’s most critical last-mile channel for achieving meaningful financial inclusion. The AMMBAN national president stressed that millions of Nigerians, particularl
In a move to strengthen ties with Nigeria’s premier travel professionals, the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Pan-Atlantic University, recently hosted the leadership and members of the Nigerian Association of Tour Operators on a landmark familiarization. The visit aimed at strengthening cultural touri
Canvas, an e-learning platform went offline after a data breach last week, raising probing questions on the safety of shared infrastructures. The breach temporarily left students and faculty at thousands of U.S. colleges, and K-12 schools, without access to course materials and communications during
The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy has declared that the conditions necessary for improved telecom service delivery in Nigeria have now been established, placing renewed responsibility on network operators to significantly improve quality of service across the cou
ARPU measures how much telecom operators earn per subscriber and is a key indicator of whether revenue is sufficient to cover operating costs and fund network investments.
