As a young boy in Lagos, Benjamin walked from Fadeyi to Mushin to buy electronic parts and sensors, building small robots from YouTube tutorials. Now he builds the infrastructure behind some of Nigeria's most used fintech and consumer apps.
The highly anticipated Enugu Gaming Conference (EGC) 2026 has been officially announced, positioning itself as Nigeria’s premier platform for exploring the intersection of technology, regulation, and investment within the rapidly evolving iGaming sector. Scheduled to take place in Enugu State, this
Egypt-based edtech firm iSchool has acquired software engineering company Rubikal, in a move to deepen its shift from a coding education provider into a full-stack AI-driven learning platform. The deal brings Rubikal’s 21 engineers and founding team into iSchool, bolstering its internal capacity to
A 19-year-old Thiel Fellow has raised $7.3 million in seed funding to expand Swoop, an African “super app” strategy that begins with food delivery in Lagos, Nigeria. Aubrey Niederhoffer, who dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley, has relocated to Lagos where his startup Swoop has lau
The Connected Africa Summit 2026 opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together policymakers, technology executives and investors to focus on turning Africa’s digital ambitions into measurable outcomes. The four-day summit, organised by Kenya’s ICT Authority and running through April 30 at The Edge
Egyptian fintech startup INVIA has raised $1.2 million from angel investors and strategic backers to expand its artificial intelligence-powered financial operating system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Founded in 2023 by Yehia Ashour, Ahmed Zeinhom and Omar Aboulmagd, INVIA is buildi
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Bayer Foundation have launched the first investments under their Food Systems Innovation Finance Facility, deploying $1 million in catalytic financing to agribusinesses in Uganda and Kenya aimed at strengthening food systems in underserved mark
Jambaar Capital has announced an investment in Trashcoin, a digital waste management platform that converts recyclable waste into economic value for communities across Africa. Trashcoin enables users to deposit recyclable materials and receive credits in a digital wallet, which can be withdrawn as c
Egypt-based startup Sinai.ai has raised $1.45 million in pre-seed funding to reimagine how books are created and consumed through AI-driven interactivity. The round was led by KAUST Innovation Ventures and DisrupTech Ventures, with additional backing from Maza Ventures, YOUXEL Ventures, and a group
In today's edition: South Africa’s AI policy row || Mastercard’s 10-year agreement with Nedbank || Kenya establishes gambling monitoring unit || Nigeria’s plan to upgrade Internet connection
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya's move to halt automatic loan limit increases, Speedinvest raises €100 million to double down on Africa, and Mozambique adopts cyber laws.
Interswitch, Flutterwave, and Paystack exist because of the 2001 GSM licence auction. Before it, Nigeria had 400,000 phone lines for 120 million people. Four years later, it had 10 million mobile subscribers. Two decades later, it has Africa's largest fintech market.
The serious push into stablecoins, B2B payment rails, futures, and more complex financial products accelerated from 2023 onward to diversify income beyond the volatile retail cycle. Recently, that strategy has become more pronounced.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss how Nigeria plans to combat SIM-based financial fraud, why global tech is reconsidering its approach to Africa, and how ICASA hopes to make it easier for Starlink to enter the country.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss MTN is set to begin subscriber payback, Nigeria’s telecom struggle before the GSM revolution, and the FCCPC approving new data and airtime lenders.
Amara Uyanna left Lagos with one goal: run a global oil company. A summer internship in the Niger Delta changed everything. What followed was a decade of reinvention across oil fields, newsrooms, fintech startups, and energy-tech operations in four continents.
