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At first glance, the first quarter of 2026 looks like a standard crypto downturn. According to the 2026 Q1 Crypto Industry Report: Market Data & Insights from NFT Plazas, Bitcoin dropped nearly 23%, ...

Egyptian fintech startup INVIA has secured $1.2 million from angel investors and strategic partners to enhance its AI-powered financial operating system for small and medium-sized enterprises. INVIA ...

Africa’s telecom industry is at the centre of the continent’s connectivity brain, playing key roles in the digital economy drive and push for inclusive internet access. With about 150 operators across ...

Nigerian investment platform Risevest has suspended a senior executive after old social media posts containing ethnic slurs directed at Yoruba women emerged and spread widely online. The posts, dating ...

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Egyptian consumer credit startup Lucky has raised $23 million in Series B funding to expand across North Africa and develop new banking services. The funding round combined equity and debt financing ...

The first three months of 2026 (Q1) brought another wave of job cuts across the tech sector. Independent trackers such as layoffs.fyi and TrueUp logged dozens of confirmed reductions, with the total ...

Sunil Bharti Mittal is stepping down as chairman of Airtel Africa after seven years in the role. In line with this, the company is naming Gopal Vittal as his successor ahead of its annual general ...

Moniepoint has acquired Orda Africa, a cloud-based restaurant management platform operating in Nigeria, the company confirmed on Monday. The deal folds Orda into Moniebook, Moniepoint’s point-of-sale ...

YouTube has partnered with FIFA to become a preferred platform for the 2026 World Cup, expanding how fans can experience the tournament globally through unprecedented streaming access and creator ...

The African Big 4 tech startup ecosystems list experienced a rejigging in February 2026, with the two largest ecosystems on the continent falling off the rankings in the venture funding scene. Kenya, ...