Ezim Joshua 
Raising money used to be the hard part. Now, it’s raising the right kind of money. Across Africa’s startup ecosystem, founders are finding that capital hasn’t disappeared, it’s just become more selective. Investors are asking tougher questions. Growth alone isn’t enough anymore. Sustainability, compliance, and real-world use cases are back at the center of the … Read more
Somewhere in Nigeria right now, a woman is building something that works. Not a pitch deck. Not an idea waiting to happen. Something real. It might be a tool helping small businesses go digital, a platform connecting farmers to markets, or a service quietly solving a problem people deal with every day. The challenge is … Read more
For many startup founders, ESG tends to show up at the worst possible time. Usually during fundraising. Usually under pressure. And often as a checklist that feels disconnected from how the business actually runs. Talstack is trying to change that. The corporate learning platform has teamed up with British International Investment (BII) and Ventures Platform … Read more
Sometimes, a company’s results don’t just reflect performance. They reveal where the market is heading. That’s what Chams’ latest numbers seem to suggest. The Nigerian identity management and transaction technology company reported a 188.44% increase in profit for the first quarter of 2026, climbing to ₦429.40 million. It’s a sharp jump, especially in a period … Read more
Executive pay rarely tells a complete story on its own. But sometimes, the numbers point clearly to something bigger happening inside a company. That’s the case with MTN Nigeria. Karl Toriola, the company’s chief executive and Vice President for Francophone Africa, earned a total of R56.997 million in 2025, roughly ₦4.69 billion or $3.4 million. … Read more
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 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