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Stripe agreed to acquire Paystack in October 2020. Lagos-based startup helping businesses accept payments online, for $200 million. At the…

Circle Gas, the UK-based parent company of Kenyan clean-cooking business M-Gas, reported $67 million in contracted carbon credits awaiting delivery…

Safaricom is making it easier for Kenyans to pay with M-PESA at physical shops by partnering with payments company Pesapal…

Data centres are the backbone of modern cloud computing and artificial intelligence, but they usually require large buildings, huge amounts…

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is partnering with South Africa’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) to help 10 technology-focused small and…

Reni Onafeko has been appointed as Glovo’s new Country Managing Director for Nigeria, taking over from Lamide Akinola, who has…

Kenyan fintech Cloud9 has secured a $500,000 equity investment from Alliance, a New York-based crypto accelerator and founder community, as…

Meta is challenging a Nigerian court ruling that could change how Facebook and Instagram collect and use people’s data for…

African businesses are increasingly operating across borders. A company in Nigeria can source products from Ghana, hire talent in Kenya,…

The conversation around Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem is moving beyond technology alone, with industry leaders and policymakers calling for greater support…