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Brutal Truths About African Tech Startup Funding in H1 2026

African tech funding held roughly flat in H1 2026 — but the headline number

July 8, 2026

Ghana and UNDP Strengthen Digital Transformation Partnership

Ghana's Communication Minister Samuel Nartey George met UNDP Ghana

July 7, 2026

Signal Alliance Rebrands Two Units Under Unified SATH Identity

Signal Alliance Technology Holding has renamed its cloud and consulting

July 7, 2026

Best AI Tools for African Startups in 2026: From Customer Service to Localized Marketing

African founders are getting enterprise-level leverage from a lean AI stack —

July 7, 2026

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CBN Fintech Guidelines Explained: A 2026 Compliance Guide for Nigerian Startups

Nigeria's fintech sector enters 2026 with its busiest enforcement calendar yet —

July 7, 2026

Google Unveils $1 Million Fund for Indie Game Studios in Sub-Saharan Africa

Google Play has launched its first Indie Games Fund for Africa, committing $1

July 6, 2026

Brand Press

Taiwo Oyedele and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Nigeria Moves to Reassure Investors With Public Finance Clarification

Nigeria's Federal Government has rejected claims that it spent over ₦8 trillion

July 6, 2026

FoodCourt Pauses Operations, Exposing Cracks in Nigeria’s Cloud Kitchen Model

FoodCourt, the Y Combinator-backed Nigerian cloud kitchen startup, has paused

July 6, 2026

Inside DeepTech_Ready’s Push to Position Nigeria for the Future of Work

Data Science Nigeria, The People Practice, and the Federal Government’s 3

July 3, 2026

Events

Interswitch Names Abdul-Hafiz Ibrahim Chief Technology Officer

Interswitch has appointed Abdul-Hafiz Ibrahim as its new Chief Technology

July 3, 2026

Nigeria Bets $170.6M on Home-Grown Tech Talent With Landmark iDICE Fund of Funds

The Bank of Industry has tapped Kuramo Capital to manage the iDICE Fund — one of

July 2, 2026

Nigeria Deepens Digital Economy Drive Through Finance Ministry–NIGCOMSAT Partnership

Nigeria’s push to build a $1 trillion digital economy is increasingly

July 2, 2026

Grey Launches Local Currency Deposits in Ghana and Kenya

Grey just removed a step Ghanaian and Kenyan users have been working around for

July 2, 2026

Nigeria’s Central Bank Revokes Licences of 46 Microfinance Banks in Sweeping Regulatory Crackdown

Nigeria's apex bank has shut down 46 microfinance banks in one of its most

July 1, 2026

NITA Stakeholders Engagement on E-wallet

Ghana’s Electronic Document Wallet Bets on Private Firms, Not Government

This week’s floods left Accra’s streets impassable, with vehicles

July 1, 2026

Open Startup Marks 10 Years with The Science Road for African Science and Deep Tech Ventures

Open Startup, the pan-African organization supporting entrepreneurs and

byGuest Post

June 30, 2026

The Olodo Uprising and How JAMB’s 150 Cut-Off Mark Is Quietly Costing Nigeria Its Next Tech Generation

JAMB's decision to retain its 150-point minimum cut-off mark isn't just an

byMuhammed Mustapha

June 30, 2026

NIMC Act 2026 Signing by President Bola Tinubu

NIMC Act 2026: Nigeria Just Built the Pipes for a Trillion-Naira Identity Economy

President Tinubu's NIMC Act 2026 makes NIMC Nigeria's Root Certification

byMuhammed Mustapha

June 29, 2026

News
Nigeria

NSIA Opens NPI 4.0 Applications With $275,000 Prize Pool

June 29, 2026

Marco Rebecchi, Country Manager Nokia Ghana & Nigeria and Napa Onwusah Managing Partner & CEO B4B Partners at ATE 2026

ATE 2026 Day Two: Lagos Charts a Bold Path on Convenience, Fintech and Smart Infrastructure

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Wakanow's Bayo Adedeji and Clinton Nnaemeka ATE Founder.

Wakanow’s Bayo Adedeji Says Africa’s Travel Sector Is “Wide Open” for Tech Disruption

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Opinion

My Father’s Shadow Exposes Africa’s Tech Ownership Gap

My Father's Shadow made history at Cannes and the Oscars, but it competed as