Africa’s digital payments ecosystem will take centre stage as Digital PayExpo 2026 returns to Lagos on June 17–18, 2026, at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, under the theme: “Seamless Digital: ...

MySpace is preparing for another comeback. The platform’s current owners, brothers Chris and Tim Vanderhook, say they are actively working to relaunch the once-dominant social network, positioning it ...

In March 2025, Paystack, the Nigerian fintech giant acquired by Stripe for $200 million in 2020, made its first major leap into consumer payments with the launch of Zap, a mobile app built around a ...

Amazon’s official confirmation of 16,000 global job cuts may only be the beginning of a sweeping organisational overhaul. While the Seattle-based technology giant has publicly framed the redundancies ...

Moniepoint says it disbursed over ₦1 trillion in credit to Nigerian businesses in 2025, processed ₦412 trillion in transaction value, and now powers 8 out of every 10 in-person POS payments across the ...

Mastercard, the global payments giant, has today announced a definitive agreement to acquire stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for up to $1.8 billion. The acquisition, first reported by Bloomberg ...

Online design platform Canva has increased the price of its Pro subscription in Nigeria from ₦2,800 to ₦5,500 per month, marking a significant rise for creators, students, and small businesses that ...

Behind the Founders and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of fintechs are the Chief Operating Officers (COOs), who drive day-to-day operations. African fintechs have raised over $1 billion in funding ...

Nigerian drone maker Terra Industries has signed a joint venture agreement with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria to supply security equipment and training to the country’s armed forces, ...

The boom’s bloody hangover. Remember when Nigeria’s fintech idans, flush with VC millions, torched cash on zero-fee bonfires to lasso unbanked millions and seize digital payment rails? Opay’s agents ...

Anchor, a global banking and payments platform that enables businesses to integrate financial products into their own systems, has processed over $2.5 billion in transactions since its inception in ...

The European Union and the Government of Denmark have committed an additional €11 million to Nigeria’s 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme. The funding was announced on Thursday, March 26, ...