| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.10.2025 | The HR leader who learned to build tech teams from scratch | The tech ecosystem is attractive to many Nigerians for various reasons including its growth trajectory over the last decade. For Faith Emmanuel, the drive was more fundamental: a relentless pursuit of challenge, a desire to build, and a dee... |
| 12.09.2025 | The highest-paying tech jobs in Nigeria (2025) | Nigeria’s tech industry has seen turbulent shifts over the last few years, from the pandemic-era boom to the recent economic challenges. Despite the setback, some roles are still commanding eye-popping salaries and rapid career growth. Some... |
| 28.08.2025 | Apps push retail investments to ₦516.5bn on Nigeria’s stock market | Retail investors are tapping into Nigeria’s ₦89.06 trillion stock market as apps lower barriers to entry, pushing retail trades up 88.07% month-on-month to ₦516.50 billion in July 2025, from ₦274.63 billion in June.
Trading activity on the ... |
| 30.06.2025 | Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Opportunities, Challenges, and Regulatory Considerations | Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept for the future; it is already reshaping how we manage, save, invest, and even borrow money. We now have chatbots helping with online banking, and complex algorithms making stock trading de... |
| 15.03.2025 | The Clock is Ticking: AI's Struggle with Time and the Financial Future of Nigeria | In the world of artificial intelligence, the race is on. AI models are becoming adept at complex tasks. They can write essays, generate art, and even code. Yet, a recent study from the University of Edinburgh reveals a glaring shortcoming: ... |
| 13.03.2025 | FairMoney provides Nigerians with different savings options and interest rates of up to 30% | Muyideen, a medical student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, saves at least 20% of his monthly allowance. As the youngest child, he gets extra money from his elder siblings and extended family members, leaving him with excess cas... |
| 29.10.2024 | Football For Good: Cowrywise Combines Sports and Social Responsibility to Raise 1 Billion Naira to Support Education | Lagos, Nigeria – This weekend, Cowrywise held the inaugural Cowrywise Super Cup, a groundbreaking event uniting 12 corporate teams with a shared purpose to raise ₦1 billion to support underprivileged children’s access to quality education i... |
| 09.09.2024 | The Dollar's Dance: Navigating the Future of Currency Amid Fed Uncertainty | The U.S. dollar is in a precarious position. After a strong surge earlier this year, it has stumbled, losing ground against major currencies. Traders are now caught in a whirlwind of speculation about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Thi... |
| 09.09.2024 | Catalysing Conversations 2024: A Summit for Innovation and Collaboration in Nigeria | In the heart of Lagos, a transformative event is set to unfold. Catalysing Conversations 2024, organized by Endeavor Nigeria, will take place on October 3, 2024, at The Balmoral Convention Center. This summit is not just another gathering; ... |
| 09.09.2024 | Endeavor Nigeria Announces Catalysing Conversations 2024: Building Bridges, Co-Creating a Unified Ecosystem | Endeavor Nigeria is excited to announce that Catalysing Conversations 2024 will take place on October 3, 2024, at The Balmoral Convention Center, Lagos. This year’s summit will focus on the theme, Building Bridges: Co-Creating a Unified Eco... |
| 19.03.2024 | TechStars-backed GetEquity is raising $1 million to add bonds and fixed-income assets | When GetEquity launched in 2021, months after Stripe’s $200 million acquisition of Paystack, it entered a market where retail investors dreamed of big returns from angel investing. GetEquity helped these hopeful investors find and fund star... |
| 01.06.2023 | Quona Capital’s 2022 Impact Report reveals portfolio companies’ progress; firm provides deeper insights into Africa portfolio companies | Quona’s Africa portfolio companies recorded $4.5 billion in payment transactions processed / transaction volume in 2022
$278 million in loans financed across 1.1 million loans across Africa
Portfolio has served 408K retail customers and 353... |
| 25.03.2023 | 12 cities around the world where you can live cheaply, from $300-a-month rents to $1 cappuccinos | Many Americans are moving abroad in search of cheaper housing, food, and more laid-back lives.
Insider compiled a list of 12 cities around the world where the cost of living is relatively low.
They range from a tropical island off the coast... |
| 28.11.2022 | The case for a custodian: A necessary or dispensable partner to wealth-tech companies?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | There’s a serious need to distinguish between money managed by investment firms or fintech for investors and their own funds.
An important part of wealth building is ensuring the long-term safety of investments. What happens if a wealth-tec... |
| 08.11.2022 | Quona Capital, a fintech-focused VC, closes its third fund at $332 million | Companies powering financial services continue to take the leading position in cheque sizes globally. This situation is more pronounced in Africa where fintech startups received about two-thirds of the total $5 billion raised in 2021. The r... |
| 22.08.2022 | Amidst global investment downturn, Microtraction announces a $15 million first close of its community fund | For most of 2022, founders globally have had one question: where are investors, and why aren’t they deploying funds into our brilliant startups? Some investors have blamed the funding winter on the economic recession, others have blamed exc... |
| 19.08.2022 | Save in dollars in Nigeria with these apps
| Globally, currencies sometimes experience value fluctuation. However, due to severe economic issues, Nigeria’s naira has incessantly experienced more critical depreciation than subtle fluctuations. This consistent devaluation makes it frust... |
| 13.01.2022 | Twitter ban lifted, cracking YC’s SAFE, SeamlessHR’s $10m funding | Share this article:
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| 15.07.2021 | How technology is helping African youths gain skills for employment and entrepreneurship | Share this article:
Tessi Obasa is a young marine/offshore engineer in Nigeria who does video editing and special effects for fun. His first experience of online learning came in 2016 with a Udemy course on Android programming using Android... |
| 29.06.2021 | Nigeria’s Cowrywise secures licence from the SEC | Cowrywise, a Nigeria-based wealth management startup, has received a licence to operate as a Fund/Portfolio Manager from the country’s capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The license means Cowrywise’s op... |
| 29.01.2021 | Fintech Startup Cowrywise secures pre series A investment | Cowrywise, a Nigerian, YC-backed, fintech startup just secured a sum of US $3 million in a pre series A funding round announced today, January 28, 2021. Led by Quona capital with contributions from Tsadik foundation, Sahil Lavingia (CEO of ... |
| 28.01.2021 | Cowrywise raises $3 million in pre-Series A round | Nigerian wealth management startup, Cowrywise, has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Quona capital. Cowrywise co-founders, Edward Popoola and Razaq Ahmed.
Cowrywise, a Nigerian wealth management app that helps users get better at ... |
| 28.01.2021 | Nigerian fintech startup, Cowrywise, raises $3m pre-series A funding led by Quona Capital | Share this article:
Nigerian wealth management startup, Cowrywise, has announced that it has raised $3 million pre-series A funding.
The round was led by Washington DC-based Quona Capital, with participation from Sahil Lavingia, Tsadik Foun... |
| 28.01.2021 | Nigeria’s Cowrywise raises $3M pre-Series A to scale its wealth management platform | Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup that offers digital wealth management and financial planning solutions, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding. Quona Capital led the round as Tsadik Foundation, Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia, and a... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of Fame inductees | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of the Awards.
On January 1, 2020, T... |
| 29.05.2020 | Inspiring young Nigerians to save and invest | More than ever, it is clear that digital banking and app-based financial services are the way forward. Pandemic and social distancing concerns aside, young people prefer to interact digitally rather than over the phone or even in person.
M... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards 2020 | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: In accordance with GIG Logistics’ request following the decision to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of t... |
| 22.01.2020 | African fintech startups to benefit after Catalyst Fund nets $15m from UK Aid, JP Morgan | Fintech startups in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa that target financial inclusion, are among those set to benefit from grants of up to $100 000 after US fintech accelerator Catalyst Fund secured $15-million in funding from JP Morgan and U... |
| 22.01.2020 | African fintech startups to benefit after Catalyst Fund nets $15m from UK Aid, JP Morgan | Fintech startups in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa that target financial inclusion, are among those set to benefit from grants of up to $100 000 after US fintech accelerator Catalyst Fund secured $15-million in funding from JP Morgan and U... |
| 20.01.2020 | Catalyst Fund gets $15M from J.P. Morgan, UK Aid to invest in 30 fintech startups across five emerging markets | Despite marked progress on reducing poverty over the past decades, nearly half of the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day. Catalyst Fund is a new venture fund on a mission to address the issue head-on. The fund was created in ... |
| 19.01.2020 | Catalyst Fund gets $15M from JP Morgan, UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups | The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the next three years.
The Boston based accelerator provides mentorship and non-equit... |
| 23.12.2019 | Insight: Microtraction’s strategy for investing in ‘remarkable’ startups | Venture capital firms desire merry returns on investment. Placing good bets in a business environment like Nigeria’s requires a flexible yet consistent philosophy.
For Microtraction, the early-stage venture capital firm, two principles are ... |
| 05.08.2019 | No, Cowrywise and PiggyVest are not building digital banks – yet | Over the last two weeks, two of Nigeria’s most popular financial startups, PiggyVest and Cowrywise, unveiled new features for their users. In late July, Cowrywise, a wealth management startup, launched Stash, a wallet that holds cash for us... |
| 09.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Microtraction launches Scout Initiative to search for more deals | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction has launched a bid to source more deals and identify “high-trajectory” founders.
It follows the announcement yesterday by Microtraction of the launch of its Microtraction Scout Init... |
| 09.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Microtraction launches Scout Initiative to search for more deals | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction has launched a bid to source more deals and identify “high-trajectory” founders.
It follows the announcement yesterday by Microtraction of the launch of its Microtraction Scout Initi... |
| 21.03.2019 | Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Demo Day | At least seven African startups were among the 189 companies that participated at Y Combinator‘s Winter 2019 Demo Day on Monday and Tuesday this week (18 and 19 March).
Twice a year, the US seed accelerator invests $150 000 in selected sta... |
| 21.03.2019 | Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Demo Day | At least seven African startups were among the 189 companies that participated at Y Combinator‘s Winter 2019 Demo Day on Monday and Tuesday this week (18 and 19 March).
Twice a year, the US seed accelerator invests $150 000 in selected star... |
| 22.02.2019 | Microtraction looking to invest outside Nigeria says partner Dayo Koleowo | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction is looking to do “some non-Nigerian” deals this year, its former principal investment officer and newly appointed partner Dayo Koleowo has revealed.
Last year Microtraction — which w... |
| 22.02.2019 | Microtraction looking to invest outside Nigeria says partner Dayo Koleowo | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction is looking to do “some non-Nigerian” deals this year, its former principal investment officer and newly appointed partner Dayo Koleowo has revealed.
Last year Microtraction — which ... |
| 09.10.2018 | Nigeria’s Microtraction announces its sixth deal, with cloud accounting startup | Lagos-based investment platform Microtraction has announced that it has invested in cloud accounting startup Accounteer — bringing the investor’s portfolio to six startups.
While Microtraction did not reveal the terms of the deal, the plat... |
| 09.10.2018 | Nigeria’s Microtraction announces its sixth deal, with cloud accounting startup | Lagos-based investment platform Microtraction has announced that it has invested in cloud accounting startup Accounteer — bringing the investor’s portfolio to six startups.
While Microtraction did not reveal the terms of the deal, the platf... |
| 02.10.2018 | Y Combinator increases deal size to $150k, adds investment contract types | US seed accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has increased its standard deal size of the investments it makes, from $120 000 to $150 000, while keeping its equity stake in such deals unchanged at seven percent.
The announcement was made in a blog ... |
| 02.10.2018 | Y Combinator increases deal size to $150k, adds investment contract types | US seed accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has increased its standard deal size of the investments it makes, from $120 000 to $150 000, while keeping its equity stake in such deals unchanged at seven percent.
The announcement was made in a blog... |
| 31.07.2018 | Online savings platforms that offer higher interest rates than your bank in Nigeria | Share this article:
Financial institutions like commercial banks are one of the major choices for savings aside contribution and thrift schemes. But one of the major concerns of Nigerian savers is that these banks offer relatively lower int... |
| 25.07.2018 | 9 Companies from the YC Summer 2018 Batch | At Y Combinator, founders decide when they want to announce that they’re part of the program. Meet 9 of the companies who have announced that they’re part of the YC Summer 2018 batch.
Emptor helps companies find local facilities and mainte... |
| 20.07.2018 | CowryWise micro-savings service opens high-yield government bonds to everyday Nigerians | In emerging market countries where economic volatility is a way of life, there aren’t a lot of relatively safe options for members of the burgeoning middle class to park their money.
For instance, countries like Nigeria have experienced a t... |
| 13.06.2018 | Announcing Microtraction’s investment in CowryWise | Share this article:
As an investor, deals come from everywhere. We first found out about CowryWise from Twitter; an account I follow had retweeted one of CowryWise CEO, Razaq Ahmed’s tweets about the startup.
I was immediately intrigued bec... |
| 24.08.2017 | NIGERIAN STARTUP COWRYWISE LAUNCHES DIGITAL SAVINGS PLATFORM | CowryWise launched in June of this year, but the work on the platform began in the middle of last year. The startup’s platform focuses on making personal savings, asset, and wealth management services available to all Nigerians.
The startup... |
| - | NIGERIAN STARTUP COWRYWISE LAUNCHES DIGITAL SAVINGS PLATFORM | CowryWise launched in June of this year, but the work on the platform began in the middle of last year. The startup’s platform focuses on making personal savings, asset, and wealth management services available to all Nigerians.
The startup... |
