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Nigerian Fintech CreditChek Acquires Uganda's Algosys, Plants Flag in East Africa

CreditChek, a Lagos-based credit infrastructure startup that reached profitability in Nigeria, has acquired Ugandan banking software firm Algosys for an undisclosed sum — its first operating base in East Africa. The deal

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Nigeria's Tech Bet: 1,490 Startups, Three Unicorns, and a Government Willing to Write $350,000 Checks

Nigeria ranks #62 globally and #1 in West Africa for tech startups, with 1,490 companies tracked and three unicorns valued over $1 billion—but the real signal this September is the government's new $350,000 accelerator p

Nigerian Fintech CreditChek Acquires Uganda's Algosys, Plants Flag in East Africa

Nigeria's Tech Bet: 1,490 Startups, Three Unicorns, and a Government Willing to Write $350,000 Checks

Kenya's Mobile Money Juggernaut Hits 53.4 Million Accounts—And the Fintech Race Is Just Beginning

Africa's Tech Funding Puzzle: Why $1.44 Billion Raised Masks a Tougher Reality for Early-Stage Founders

The 2026 Remittance App Toolkit: How M-Pesa Global, Wise, and New Rails Are Saving Kenyan Diaspora Households Hundreds of Dollars Per Year

South Africa's PayShap Reaches Millions of Users as Digital Payments Reshape How Money Moves Across the Country

Nigerian Fintech LemFi Pushes Into Europe With Three Acquisitions, Eyes Diaspora Banking Market

The 60-Day Countdown: African Tech Workers Face Mass Visa Crisis as Silicon Valley Layoffs Accelerate

TymeBank Hits 10.7 Million Customers as South Africa's Neobank Revolution Accelerates

The Remittance App Wars: How LemFi, NALA, and Seven Rivals Are Cutting the Cost of Sending Money Home

Nigeria Pushes for 'Sovereign AI' as GITEX 2026 Draws Global Tech Investors to Abuja and Lagos

Flutterwave Launches Stablecoin Remittance on Send App, Cutting Costs on Key Diaspora Corridors

The Ledger That Watches Back: Kenya's New Blockchain Watchdog and the Diaspora's Crypto Pipeline

The Renewal Line: Why the Real H-1B Story for Kenyans in America Isn't the Lottery at All

The Jet That Tweeted Back: Why the Arrest of 'Princess Halima' Has Kenya's Online World Watching the Skies

The Sewers of Kisumu Are Talking: How a Kenyan Scientist's AI Bet Could Warn the World of the Next Outbreak

The Floor Beneath the Fare: Kenya Moves to Set Uber and Bolt Prices, and the Diaspora's Favourite Side Hustle Feels the Tremor

The Number You No Longer Give: What WhatsApp's New Usernames Mean for the Kenyan Family Group Chat

The Backup Plan in Britain: Why Kenya's H-1B Professionals Are Quietly Filing for the UK's Global Talent Visa

Majority Rule: How Vodacom Took Control of Safaricom, and What It Means for Diaspora Money

The Seven Notices in Nairobi: How a Silicon Valley Lender's Pivot Tests Kenya's Place in the Digital-Money Economy

The Number You No Longer Have to Give: What WhatsApp's Username Switch Means for Kenyans Abroad

The $98,000 Door: How a US Wage Rule Could Price Kenya's Coders Out of America

The Raise That Could Cost a Job: How a US Wage Rule Reshapes the Path for Kenya's Skilled Workers

The Phone That Beat the Bank: How Mobile Money Quietly Took Over Kenya's Diaspora Lifeline

Built in California, Felt in Nairobi: How Tala's Global Reset Puts Up to 100 Kenyan Tech Jobs on the Line

The Girl Who Counted Satellites: How a Nairobi Stargazer Built a Space Company and Landed on Forbes

The Phone That Beat the Bank: How Mobile Money Became the Diaspora's New Way Home

From a Nairobi Rooftop to the Forbes List: How Wanjiku Kanjumba Is Forcing Africa Into the Space Race

The Girl Who Watched Satellites: How a Nairobi Dreamer Named Wanjiku Kanjumba Pushed Africa Toward Forbes and the Stars

The Rails Beneath the Remittance: How Kenya's Mobile-Money Surge Is Quietly Rewiring the Diaspora's Lifeline Home

The Satellites She Watched as a Child: How a Nairobi-Born Engineer Landed on Forbes and Pulled Africa Toward the Stars

The Face the State Will Remember: How Kenya's Plan to Wire Its ID Database to City Cameras Reaches the Diaspora