Sterling Bank partners with Thunes to compete for Nigeria’s $20bn remittance flows
A tier-2 Nigerian commercial bank with a market capitalisation of ₦396 billion ($276.9 million), Sterling Bank partners with Thunes, a global B2B cross-border payments infrastructure company, to enable easier international money transfers for Nigerians living abroad. The deal integrates Sterling Bank into Thunes’ Direct Global Network to enable faster and more transparent
SORA Technology raises additional $2.5 million seed round
Japan-headquartered drone and AI startup, SORA Technology, raises an additional $2.5 million (JPY400 million) in the second close of its seed funding round. The raise follows a $4.8 million round in March 2025, bringing the company’s total funding to about $7.3 million. The latest round introduced three new investors, Daiwa House Group
When to outsource and when to in-house: A founder’s decision tree
Most founders learn this the hard way. At some point, usually when the product is half-built and the cash runway is starting to feel shorter than planned, a decision emerges and refuses to be ignored. It sounds like an operational question. In African startups, especially, this choice shapes everything that
Flutterwave acquires Mono in strategic push for open banking
Africa’s largest fintech by reach and scale, Flutterwave, acquires Mono, a Nigerian open banking startup, a strategic push to strengthen its position in digital financial services, a deal valued between $25 million and $40 million. The all-stock transaction, first reported by TechCrunch, marks one of the rare notable exits in African
A playbook for launching an MVP with less than $500
Launching an MVP in Africa has never really been about proving ambition. It’s been about navigating constraints with some honesty. Most founders here already know that capital is limited, timelines are unpredictable, and early support is rare. That’s not a secret or a myth. It’s the baseline. What’s less clear,
How to use customer discovery to avoid premature scaling
If you spend enough time around African startups, you start to notice a pattern that’s hard to unsee. The companies that collapse rarely fail because the founders were unserious. Most were ambitious, smart, and doing what the ecosystem rewards. In African markets, especially, early traction often hides unresolved misunderstandings about
Why blockchain could solve identity problems in Africa
You walk into a bank, a hospital, or a government office. You are asked a simple question. Can you prove who you are? For millions of Africans, that question is not simple at all. Across the continent, identity is fragile. Sometimes it does not exist; it exists only on paper,
How to create content that converts for your startup | 8 steps to follow
Content that truly converts is not about posting frequently or sounding sophisticated. It is about understanding how African buyers think, how decisions are made inside organizations, and how trust is earned in markets shaped by uncertainty, informal systems, and relationship-driven commerce. Content helps in explaining complex problems clearly, positions the
What first-time visitors should know before traveling in West Africa
If you’re planning your first travels in West Africa, or even just thinking about it seriously, this article is for you. Not the glossy version. Not the fear-driven version either. Just the honest stuff people wish they knew before they arrived. By the end of this, you’ll understand what traveling
What Peter Obi’s defection to ADC means for the Labour Party, APC, & 2027 elections
Peter Obi’s defection to the African Democratic Congress is one of those moments in Nigerian politics that feels sudden on the surface, but a little inevitable once you sit with it. It happened in Enugu, at Nike Lake Resort. Symbolic enough. Home region, friendly crowd, familiar faces. And yet, the
