Stitch enters South Africa’s BNPL market with merchant-first model
South African merchants on Stitch can now offer customers the buy-now-pay-later option for online and in-store purchases.
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Four Nigerian banks processed $208 billion in mobile transactions in 2025
Fintechs like OPay and PalmPay built their dominance on reliability and speed. For years, failed transfers on bank apps and downtime pushed millions of Nigerians toward these fintech apps for everyday payments. Their adoption accelerated during the cash crunch triggered by the failed naira redesign
StanChart Kenya cuts staff below 1,000 in 11th year of restructuring
The decline extends a retrenchment that has seen headcount more than halve from a peak of 2,048 in 2014.
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Four graduates are building an AI video-dubbing tool for African filmmakers
Reedapt is now focused on becoming the go-to dubbing and real-time multilingual streaming platform for Nollywood filmmakers, churches, and African content creators who want their work to travel further than the English language will take it.
Nigeria’s data consumption hits record 4 million terabytes in a quarter
The new record surpasses the previous high of 3.86 million terabytes recorded in the last quarter of 2025.
Talstack partners BII, Ventures Platform to teach ESG to African startups
As investors place greater emphasis on ESG, this programme is an attempt to turn compliance into what founders can understand and implement early.
Quick Fire 🔥 with Michael Emeeka
Meet Michael Emeeka, the Business and Customer Operations Lead and Country Lead for Blockchain.com in Nigeria, where he oversees user operations, market growth, and customer-centric strategies.
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MTN Nigeria CEO Karl Toriola earned $3.4 million in 2025
MTN Group’s record performance year and a higher share price drove up his bonuses and equity awards. It is Toriola's highest single-year compensation, including bonuses, since 2021, when he became CEO of MTN Nigeria.