Acumen raises $246M to scale clean energy in Africa
Impact investor Acumen raises $246.5 million for a blended finance programme designed to expand clean energy
Stanbic’s fintech arm grows revenue but remains unprofitable
Zest, the fintech subsidiary of Nigeria’s Stanbic IBTC Holdings, grew its income fourteenfold to ₦874 million
Kenya’s Watu targets $340 million revenue in 2025
Pan-African buy-now-pay-later firm, Watu, targets $340 million revenue in 2025 as it pivots towards smartphone lending,
Pesalink-TendePay partnership may change how Kenyan SMEs move money
Pesalink and Nairobi-based fintech TendePay have teamed up to make bulk and single payments faster, allowing
Trump put a $100K price tag on foreign talent
On Friday, September 19th, 2025, Trump signed an executive order slapping a $100,000 annual fee on
M-PESA’s biggest upgrade in a decade is completed
Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco with over 35 million subscribers, has completed the most ambitious M-PESA’s biggest upgrade since
What to expect from M-PESA upgrade on Sept. 22
Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telco, will execute its most significant M-PESA upgrade since bringing the service to
UBA cut fraud losses nearly in half, as profits hit ₦335bn
United Bank for Africa (UBA), with a market capitalization of ₦1.93 trillion ($1.29 billion) and operations
MTN Nigeria secures roaming agreement with T2 Mobile
MTN Nigeria secures roaming agreement with T2 Mobile Limited, formerly 9Mobile, for a period of three
Blockchain.com opens its first office in Nigeria
UK-based crypto company, Blockchain.com, opens its office in Nigeria, marking its first physical presence in Africa.
