StartUPs

In early 2021, Nigeria’s tech ecosystem seemed unstoppable. Venture capital flowed, bold founders emerged, and headlines talked about unicorns, startups...

“South Africa is not short on ambition when it comes to artificial intelligence. What we are short on is execution,”...

Five years after its landmark acquisition by global payments giant Stripe, Nigerian fintech company Paystack has reported group-level profitability, driven...

Quick Read: TSG launches as the parent holding company to a family of complementary brands - including Paystack, Paystack MFB,...

The round was led by Ideaspring Capital with participation from prominent angel investors globally

The acquisition gives the fintech, owned by Stripe, direct control over deposits and lending, areas where small businesses usually face...

Nigeria’s Terra Industries, a homegrown defence technology startup, has just secured $11.75 million in seed funding, a milestone that signals...

Deepgram, the real-time API platform underpinning the Voice AI economy has reached a unicorn status after raising $130 million in...

Small and medium enterprise (SME) businesses in South Africa closed off the last half of 2025 with a paradox. On...

Investors are betting big on Nigerian logistics startups due to Nigeria's massive, growing consumer market, increasing urbanization, rising demand for...

LambdaTest, the AI-native, agentic quality engineering platform, today announced its rebrand to TestMu AI, marking a bold step forward in...

Skills that have lost their shine and what modern employers are actually looking for as we move into 2026.

Interswitch played a pivotal role in supporting innovation and early-stage entrepreneurship as a sponsor of the maiden Kano Startup Weekend,...

Flutterwave acquires Mono to expand open banking services in Nigeria

Nigerian education technology platform Class54 has introduced new artificial intelligence–powered features aimed at supporting students preparing for major secondary school...