There’s a weak point in Nigeria’s digital banking system that fraudsters have relied on for years. It’s not always the bank account itself. It’s the phone number tied to it. That’s now changing. In a new agreement between the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission, banks will gain real-time access to telecom … Read more
There’s a moment when a market stops being “promising” and starts proving itself. For Glovo, Nigeria seems to have crossed that line. After entering the country just a few years ago, the on-demand delivery platform now says Nigeria has become its fastest-growing market. Not just in Africa, but across its global footprint. That kind of … Read more
There’s a quiet bottleneck forming behind Africa’s digital growth story. Not in infrastructure alone, not in funding, but in people. As data centres expand across the continent, the question is becoming less about who can build them and more about who can run them. Rack Centre is trying to get ahead of that problem. Rack … Read more
There’s a quiet battle unfolding in Kenya’s financial system, one that most customers will never see but will eventually feel every time they move money. At the center of it is a simple question. Who controls the rails? Kenswitch’s new partnership with Visa suggests the answer is still very much up for grabs. Kenswitch and … Read more
There’s a pattern behind most digital fraud cases in Nigeria, and it often starts with something that seems small. A phone number gets swapped. Access shifts quietly. By the time the real account holder notices, the damage is already done. The Central Bank of Nigeria is trying to close that gap. In a new directive, … Read more
There’s a moment when payments stop feeling like a process and start feeling invisible. No waiting, no uncertainty, no “it should reflect soon.” Just money moving when you need it to. Namibia is edging closer to that moment. The Bank of Namibia has set June 2026 as the target for rolling out its national instant … Read more
There’s a point in every market where digital stops being a side channel and becomes the default. In Kenya, that moment isn’t coming, it’s already here. Absa Bank Kenya’s decision to commit up to KES 3 billion, about $23.2 million, every year to technology isn’t just another investment headline. It’s a signal. The bank is … Read more
There’s a certain kind of friction that doesn’t show up in product demos. Everything looks clean on the surface, APIs connect, dashboards load, transactions go through. But behind it, especially in Africa’s card ecosystem, things can get messy fast. That’s the problem Scale is trying to solve. The South African startup has partnered with Mastercard … Read more
There’s a quiet contradiction at the heart of Africa’s fintech boom. The products scale. The demand is there. The technology surprisingly travels well. But the rules? Not so much. A Nigerian fintech can plug into a new market and watch merchants onboard within weeks. Customers get it. Digital wallets, APIs, checkout tools, they don’t need … Read more
The Ethereum staking update in 2026 is redefining network participation and DeFi liquidity, as more capital shifts into validator ecosystems and liquid staking protocols.