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| 16.02.2026 | Nigeria: Amid Fintech Competition, Six Banks' Customers Loans Up 9.2 Percent to N33.99trn | Despite severe the challenge posed by Fintech companies last year, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated and five others deposit money banks (DMBs) declared N33.99trillion loans & advances to customers for the year ended December 31, 2025.... |
| 09.10.2025 | “We Need Patient Capital, Right?” (Hint: Investors Aren’t That Patient.) | The Wave Podcast is back, and we’re getting straight into it. For our first episode, we sat down with Odun Eweniyi, Co-founder and COO of PiggyVest, for a masterclass in building a tech novel-giant that changed how one of the largest Africa... |
| 03.10.2025 | Nigeria and Digital Fraud | ILIYASU GASHINBAKI writes that the country is losing billions to financial fraud
As Nigeria's digital economy grows into a continental force, the country stands at a crossroads, caught between rapid innovation and a rising wave of cybercrim... |
| 01.09.2025 | Kola Aina on AI in Africa, local capital, and exits | Kola Aina needs no introduction. As the founding partner of Ventures Platform, a $46 million early-stage fund, he has been a central figure in African venture capital for the past decade.
His firm has backed more than 90 startups across the... |
| 30.07.2025 | The Grace Hopper Effect: A conference set this U.S immigrant on a quest to close the gender gap in African tech | In September 2017, Gabriella Uwadiegwu stepped into the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, and saw the future. The hall, packed with 25,000 women attending that year’s Grace Hopper Celebration, pulsed with life. The Grace ... |
| 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... |
| 28.06.2025 | Building the Future: How Abdulhamid Hassan is Shaping Fintech in Africa | In the heart of Nigeria, a revolution is brewing. Abdulhamid Hassan, the founder of Mono, is on a mission to transform the fintech landscape. His journey is a testament to resilience, innovation, and an unwavering belief in the power of tec... |
| 25.06.2025 | Abdulhamid Hassan won’t stop building until Mono becomes a fintech backbone | On September 24, 2024, as venture capital funding for African startups plummeted and anxiety around the decline grew, Abdulhamid Hassan, the founder of prominent open banking startup Mono, posted a simple tweet: “don’t give up. don’t die.”
... |
| 18.06.2025 | Bridging the Quantum Divide: The Future of African Tech Startups | In the race for technological supremacy, African startups stand at a crossroads. They can either lag behind, shackled by outdated practices, or surge ahead, reshaping the landscape. The “quantum divide” is a stark reality. Yet, what if the ... |
| 17.06.2025 | The African Workforce Summit (AWS) Is Coming to Lagos! | This June, Lagos will host one of the most anticipated events of the year: the African Workforce Summit (AWS) 2025 — a dynamic two-day experience designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, jobseekers, creators, and thought leaders shaping t... |
| 05.06.2025 | How Nigerian founders are de-dollarising their startups | It used to be simple. You built something people wanted, got investments to buy the tools you need and create the team you need to scale exponentially—maybe a few smart hires from abroad. The tech ecosystem was flush with cash and hope for ... |
| 21.05.2025 | Navigating the Card Jungle: How Allawee is Reshaping Nigeria's Fintech Landscape | In the heart of Nigeria's fintech revolution, a new player is emerging. Allawee is not just another startup; it’s a beacon of hope for fintechs struggling with card issuance. The landscape has been rocky. Fintechs once embraced foreign card... |
| 20.05.2025 | Correction: Nigerian startup, Allawee, wants to restore fintechs’ confidence in cards | Nigerian fintechs have had a mixed relationship with cards. In the past, some offered foreign-issued cards like Visa and Mastercard to acquire customers and encourage online spending. However, as Nigeria’s economy worsened and bank transfer... |
| 25.04.2025 | Digital Nomads: Can you truly be hired from “anywhere in the world”? | For several weeks now, I have been speaking with people who live or grew up in one part of the world and now work in another. In the current clime of remote work, we see, ever so often, employers selling themselves as “equal opportunity” em... |
| 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... |
| 19.02.2025 | The Rise and Fall of Fintech: A Tale of Triumph and Turmoil in Africa | In the vibrant landscape of African fintech, two stories emerge, each revealing the duality of success and struggle. On one hand, we have Oui Capital, a venture capital firm that struck gold with its investment in Moniepoint. On the other, ... |
| 18.02.2025 | Africa’s tech opportunity: Building trust as the catalyst for growth | This article was contributed to TechCabal By Kola Aina
The African tech ecosystem is in the midst of transformation and a period of immense growth potential. While it presents unique challenges, the key to sustainable success lies in a powe... |
| 17.02.2025 | How Oui Capital made a 53x return on an early $150,000 investment in Moniepoint | Three years before Oui Capital, an early-stage African venture capital firm, invested $150,000 for a 1.2% stake in Moniepoint, managing partner Olu Oyinsan met Tosin Eniolorunda, Moniepoint’s CEO, and immediately knew there was something di... |
| 16.01.2025 | How Splice Is Changing Beauty And Wellness Management In Nigeria | When Layo Ogunbanwo first set out to assist her friend, a Lagos-based salon owner, in refining business processes during the chaotic months of the 2020 lockdown, she had no idea she was laying the foundation for a transformative solution in... |
| 16.01.2025 | How Layo is Changing Beauty And Wellness Management in Nigeria | Layo Ogunbanwo
When Layo Ogunbanwo first set out to assist her friend, a Lagos-based salon owner, in refining business processes during the chaotic months of the 2020 lockdown, she had no idea she was laying the foundation for a transformat... |
| 10.01.2025 | Legal Storms and Economic Currents: Navigating Nigeria's Financial Landscape | In the heart of Nigeria's financial landscape, two significant events are stirring the waters: a court's freezing of assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and a forecasted decline in inflation. These developments reflect the complex interpl... |
| 09.01.2025 | Court Freezes $225 million in assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and Nduka Obaigbena | A Federal High Court has issued a series of orders, including Mareva injunctions, to freeze assets and accounts linked to General Hydrocarbons Limited, its affiliates, and prominent individuals, including media mogul Nduka Obaigbena.
The co... |
| 28.12.2024 | The Fintech Surge: Nigeria's Digital Revolution | Nigeria is on fire. The fintech sector is booming, igniting a digital revolution across the nation. This surge is not just a trend; it’s a transformation. With a youthful population and a growing appetite for technology, Nigeria is becoming... |
| 28.12.2024 | Access Holdings and Juicyway: Two Titans Reshape Nigeria’s Financial Landscape | In the bustling world of finance, two stories stand out like beacons of innovation and ambition. Access Holdings Plc, a giant in Nigeria's banking sector, has achieved a remarkable milestone. Meanwhile, Juicyway, a rising fintech star, is p... |
| 27.12.2024 | Tech Revolution Africa Unveils MTN As Headline Sponsor | Tech Revolution Africa is making waves yet again! In a groundbreaking move, the team has announced MTN, Africa’s leading telecommunications giant, as the Headline Sponsor for its highly anticipated 2025 tech conference coming up on January ... |
| 27.12.2024 | Nigerian fintech Juicyway raised $3 M Pre-seed funding, emerges from stealth | After emerging from stealth mode, Nigeria’s JuicyWay, a payments startup that uses stablecoin technology to revolutionize cross-border payments, has revealed a US $3 million pre-seed round of funding.
Juicyway, which was founded in 2021 by ... |
| 18.07.2024 | Piggyvest Named Among World’s Top 250 Fintech Companies By CNBC | PiggyVest, Africa’s leading online savings and investing platform, has been recognised as one of the top 250 fintech companies globally for 2024.
The World’s Top 250 Fintech Companies 2024 report by CNBC, in collaboration with market resear... |
| 18.07.2024 | Linda Rottenberg’s visit to Nigeria showcases commitment to tech innovation and entrepreneurship | Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor’s Global CEO, recently visited Nigeria from 6-9 of July 2024, marking a successful series of events that underscored the country’s vibrant tech ecosystem and entrepreneurial spirit. Organized by Endeavor Nigeria, ... |
| 03.07.2024 | Experience the Future of Marketing and Technology at MarkHack 3.0- BEYOND LIMITS | MarkHack 3.0, a highly anticipated event on the marketing and technology calendar, is set to make waves at the prestigious Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria on July 5th, 2024.
Hosted by GDM Group and Eko Innovation Centre, this year’s theme,... |
| 13.06.2024 | Termii Announces 3rd Edition of Annual Conference, Elevate 3.0, Calls for Innovators and Entrepreneurs to Pitch to Win. | Lagos, Nigeria, June 12, 2024
Termii, Africa’s leading communication technology company, proudly announces the third edition of its free annual flagship event, Termii Elevate, themed “Communications Technology: Connecting Communities and Cr... |
| 26.04.2024 | Save the Date: Lagos Startup Week 2024 is Back! | This is calling on all startup founders, investors, budding talents, and key stakeholders, to save the date and prepare to attend the biggest tech event in Africa.
Lagos Startup Week returns in July. Prepare for a week-long celebration of f... |
| 12.04.2024 | Panache Ventures and Kora Empower Tech Founders for VC Funding in Africa | Lekki, Lagos – On Thursday, 4th April 2024, Panache Ventures, Canada’s leading early-stage venture capital fund, alongside Kora, a pan-African payment gateway, hosted a transformative event at Afronaut in Lagos, Nigeria. The event aimed to ... |
| 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... |
| 29.12.2023 | 5 Nigerian consumer trends we noticed in 2023 | Businesses don’t exist without consumers. Without them, ventures are, at best, funded ideas. In Nigeria, the consumer demographic is complex and dynamic. And that has a two-edged meaning for businesses seeking scale: they are hard to unders... |
| 14.12.2023 | 🚀Entering Tech #52: How to become a comms professional | Here’s how you can talk your way into tech!
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| 29.11.2023 | 🚀Entering Tech #50: How Jackleen Nnely became a project manager | Lagos traffic made her leave a 13-year career!
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| 17.11.2023 | Why is Bolt Food leaving two of Africa’s biggest economies? | Bolt Food, the food delivery service of the ride-hailing company Bolt, announced its exit from Nigeria in December 2023, after only two years of operation. The company said that it made this decision after thoroughly evaluating its performa... |
| 24.07.2023 | Nigerians, Beware of Facebook Account Offering to Double Your Money in the Name of Popular Investment App | IN SHORT: A Facebook page is offering investment opportunities in the name of a popular investment app in Nigeria. But beware: The company says it is not affiliated with the scheme.
"Good evening everyone I thank God almighty for makin... |
| 07.03.2023 | International Women's Day 2023: These Eight Women Tech Entrepreneurs Made Significant Changes In The Tech Industry | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 07 March 2023, 08:03 pm
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| 12.10.2022 | 🚀Entering Tech #007: Five myths about working in tech | There are no shortcuts
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| 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... |
| 12.08.2022 | Endeavor Nigeria hosts its annual networking and award event to honor its network members | Image Credit: Endeavor Nigeria
Last Wednesday, high-impact entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and investors, gathered under the soft golden lights in the restaurant Jinja (inside EbonyLife Place) for Endeavor Nigeria’s annual networking e... |
| 27.06.2022 | TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as partner to back more pre-seed and female-led startups | Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital has appointed Eloho Omame as a partner six months after announcing the first close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its $150 million second fund (it expects to reach a second close later this year, a... |
| 08.12.2021 | Techpoint Awards 2021: And the nominees are… | Share this article:
[Updated on December 15, 2021]: Payourse requested to be removed as a finalist in The Most Outstanding Crypto Exchange category.
[Updated on December 14, 2021]: The Most Outstanding Logistics Startup 2021 was renamed Mos... |
| 10.09.2020 | The BackEnd: What is Piggyvest’s hack for high engagement and customer loyalty? | The BackEnd explores the product development process in African tech. We take you into the mind of those who conceived, designed and built the product; highlighting product uniqueness, user behaviour assumptions and challenges during the pr... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
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| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
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| 24.09.2019 | Network glitches are preventing users from accessing online savings platform, PiggyVest | Share this article:
Since Monday, online savings platform, PiggyVest has been experiencing some glitches on both its web and mobile app. Users have already begun to take notice.
Pls piggy can't gain access to your app or website and I reall... |
| 03.09.2019 | Counting the cost as Nigerian fraud goes global | “I don suffer no be small, upon say I get sense,
Poverty no good at all ooo, Nayin make I join this business.
419 no be thief,
It’s just a game, everybody dey play am,
If anybody fall mugu, ah,
my brother, I go chop am.
National Airport, na... |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
