From Lagos to Nairobi

Cumulus HQ has announced it is waiving its $1,000 cloud cost diagnostic fee for African startups, a move aimed at helping early-stage companies better understand, optimize, and control their cloud spending at a time when operational costs remain a major challenge across the continent’s tech ecosystem. For many African startups, cloud infrastructure is both essential…

Attending 271 tech events in just two years is no small feat, but for Esohe Igbinoba, it became a defining part of her professional journey—and a powerful source of insight into Africa’s growing tech ecosystem. In sharing her experience, Igbinoba frames events not as social checkboxes, but as learning laboratories. From intimate founder meetups to…

For many founders, PayPal remains a symbol of missed opportunity. The platform has long limited key features in Nigeria, including full merchant services and seamless withdrawals, citing regulatory and risk concerns. These restrictions have made it difficult for Nigerian businesses to receive international payments as easily as peers in other markets. On social media, PayPal…

Moniepoint disbursed over ₦1 trillion in loans to 70,000 businesses in 2025, marking one of the largest single-year credit expansions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria’s history and underscoring the fintech’s growing role beyond payments. For decades, access to credit has been a major constraint for Nigerian businesses. Traditional banks have often required…

Moniepoint handled an estimated 80% of Nigeria’s in-person payments in 2025, cementing its position as the country’s most dominant payments infrastructure provider and one of Africa’s most influential fintechs. The figure reflects Moniepoint’s deep penetration into Nigeria’s offline economy—markets, neighborhood stores, transport hubs, pharmacies, fuel stations, and thousands of small and medium-sized businesses that rely…

Today, the African tech ecosystem turns its attention to South Africa, where digital innovation, investment, and policy developments are shaping the country’s technology landscape. From fintech and e-commerce to mobility and telecommunications, South Africa continues to serve as a hub for solutions that impact both local and regional markets. Recent developments highlight the country’s growing…