Nigeria

The latest startup and technology news coming out of Nigeria.

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Crypto

African crypto startup Yellow Card raises $33M led by Blockchain Capital to scale its B2B pivot
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 16, 2024
Fintech

Waza comes out of stealth with $8M to power global trade for African businesses
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 19, 2024

Fintech

Conduit’s cross-border payments expand from LatAm into Africa with $6M round
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 12, 2024
Transportation

Uber leads $100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits $750M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 19, 2024
Crypto

Nigeria demands Binance disclose top users, executives remain detained
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 12, 2024
Biotech & Health

MDaaS raises $3M to improve healthcare access and expand network across Nigeria
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 6, 2024

Crypto

Binance to halt naira services amid ongoing regulatory probe in Nigeria
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 5, 2024
Crypto

Crypto users in Nigeria briefly lose access to Binance, Kraken and Coinbase
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 22, 2024
Fintech

Nigerian digital bank FairMoney in talks to buy Umba in $20M all-stock deal, sources say
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 20, 2024
Fintech

African neobank Kuda tried to raise $20M at flat valuation in 2023, missed user milestone projection by 3M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 16, 2024

Fintech

YC-backed African fintech Cleva, founded by Stripe and AWS alums, raises $1.5M pre-seed
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 8, 2024
Startups

Online grocery startup Pricepally to expand in Nigeria backed by $1.3M funding
Annie Njanja

Nov 17, 2023
Climate

New solar mini-grids in Africa to be powered by Husk Power Systems’ $103M Series D
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 24, 2023
Startups

African startups see their fundraising prospects dry up as capital availability falls yet again in Q3
Anna Heim

Alex Wilhelm

Oct 13, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

Akowe wants to fix Africa’s broken certificate system with blockchain
Rita Liao

Sep 22, 2023
Startups

Mecho Autotech raises $2.4M, ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 14, 2023
Fintech

Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with $4M led by Matrix Partners India
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 3, 2023
Startups

Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the rollout of data-driven perishables insurance
Annie Njanja

May 14, 2023

Fintech

African payment service provider Nomba raises $30M, backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify
Tage Kene-Okafor

May 2, 2023
Startups

Techstars-backed Fez Delivery gets funding to scale its last-mile logistics platform
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 28, 2023
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

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Lauren Simonds

Feb 27, 2023
Startups

Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 17, 2023

Startups

Nigeria’s Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 14, 2023
Startups

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria
Annie Njanja

Feb 3, 2023
Startups

SunFi aims to be the fastest way for Nigerians to find, finance and manage solar
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 3, 2023
Startups

Nigerian agritech Releaf gets more capital as it launches new tech for food processing
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 9, 2023

Startups

Nigerian startup Taeillo raises funding to scale its online furniture e-commerce platform
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 12, 2022
Startups

Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system
Tage Kene-Okafor

Nov 29, 2022
Fintech

Kuda takes digital banking play to the UK with its remittance product
Tage Kene-Okafor

Nov 8, 2022
Startups

Nigerian proptech SmallSmall raises $3M to provide flexible living solutions for customers
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 31, 2022