14+ min ago   (1648+ words) On September 14, 2026, the Dangote Refinery, the largest single-train refinery in Africa owned by the continent’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will go public at ₦525 per share. The initial public offering (IPO) will be open to investors until October 13, 2026, and has drawn…...

44+ min ago   (556+ words) Nigerian fintech CreditChek has completed the acquisition of Algosys, a Ugandan core banking software startup, as it takes its first step into East Africa. Founded in 2024 by Innocent Bigega and Simon Tayebwa, Algosys provides core banking and lending software to…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (382+ words) Bluecore Energy, a clean energy startup founded by Ghanaian-American entrepreneur Kofi Asante, has raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round to accelerate its floating nuclear power technology. The round closed about seven weeks after the company’s $10 million pre-seed, bringing its total…...

20+ hour, 16+ min ago   (425+ words) Circle is acquiring Singapore-based cross-border payments infrastructure company Tazapay in a deal that could offer a glimpse into how the stablecoin industry expands globally and what that could mean for African fintech. The deal, announced on September 8, values Tazapay at…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1178+ words) Alexander Zanders did not set out to build a fintech. In the middle of the COVID pandemic and encouraged by his then fiancée, he began cultivating 100 acres of farmland in Nigeria. It was partly a personal project and partly in…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1431+ words) TikTok creators can find better video ideas by using search data instead of guessing what might go viral. The platform’s Creator Search Insights tool shows exactly what users are searching for, helping creators make videos that people actually want to…...

6+ day, 7+ min ago   (299+ words) Nomba has raised a $3 million debt facility through CardinalStone Finance Company Limited to expand its cross-border payments infrastructure out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its base for settling trade between Central Africa and Asia. Across its DRC operations…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (892+ words) For every 216 freelancers who signed up on Kenyan freelance marketplace WorkKE during its first year, just one completed a job, according to internal company data shared with Condia. Between September 1, 2025, and August 11, 2026, 7,140 freelancers across Kenya signed up on the platform....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (298+ words) 3C Coding School, an Egypt-based edtech startup, has secured $3 million in a seed round, its first outside institutional funding since it was founded over 10 years ago. The round was led by MRG Economic Group, headed by Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Ramadan, with…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (607+ words) Ten growth-stage businesses have joined Cascador’s latest Scale Up cohort, as the business support platform continues to focus on helping established Nigerian companies overcome the challenges of scaling. Cascador’s 12-week programme provides selected businesses with training and support across key…...