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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-11 07:26:01

    Nigerian startups get funding boost   


    Today on Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria's funding boost, daily salary payments, and a new kind of data centre by Equinix.


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    Nigerian startups get funding boost   

    Today on Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria's funding boost, daily salary payments, and a new kind of data centre by Equinix.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-11 11:07:28

    How debt will drive the future of African startups


    As Africa’s startup ecosystem matures, relying only on equity is no longer sustainable. Regions like Latin America and Southeast Asia offer lessons. Their mix of structured debt, active banks, and innovative financing could guide Africa’s next growth phase.


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    How debt will drive the future of African startups

    As Africa’s startup ecosystem matures, relying only on equity is no longer sustainable. Regions like Latin America and Southeast Asia offer lessons. Their mix of structured debt, active banks, and innovative financing could guide Africa’s next growth phase.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-10 16:40:24

    Nigeria to deepen investments in tech startups with new funds


    Nigeria will launch two new startup funds via iDICE, boosting innovation amid economic challenges and growing competition.


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    Nigeria to deepen investments in tech startups with new funds

    Nigeria will launch two new startup funds via iDICE, boosting innovation amid economic challenges and growing competition.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-10 14:08:27

    The firm betting $100 million to build startups, not just fund them


    Money fuels the startup ecosystem. Whether from venture capitalists, family, or personal savings, startups do not run only on dreams or grit.  But in Africa, venture capital, once a lifeline for many startups, has slowed since the post-COVID boom.


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    The firm betting $100 million to build startups, not just fund them

    Money fuels the startup ecosystem. Whether from venture capitalists, family, or personal savings, startups do not run only on dreams or grit.  But in Africa, venture capital, once a lifeline for many startups, has slowed since the post-COVID boom.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-07 15:51:29

    7 African startups powering sales, sports, support, and settlements


    Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore seven Nigerian startups in the sales management, sports, event management, and creative economy sectors and why they should be on your watchlist. Let’s dive into it:


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    7 African startups powering sales, sports, support, and settlements

    Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore seven Nigerian startups in the sales management, sports, event management, and creative economy sectors and why they should be on your watchlist. Let’s dive into it:

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-06 08:30:41

    Crypto startups in licencing limbo as Nigeria moves forward with taxes


    More than a year since Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first provisional crypto licences under its regulatory sandbox programme, the regulator has yet to move to the next phase of approvals. Only two crypto exchanges, Quidax and Busha, received provisional licences in August 2024, despite earlier promises to transition them into full regulatory regimes within a year.


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    Crypto startups in licencing limbo as Nigeria moves forward with taxes

    More than a year since Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first provisional crypto licences under its regulatory sandbox programme, the regulator has yet to move to the next phase of approvals. Only two crypto exchanges, Quidax and Busha, received provisional licences in August 2024, despite earlier promises to transition them into full regulatory regimes within a year.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-04 11:08:16

    The regulatory quagmire stifling Francophone Africa’s startups


    Francophone Africa’s startup ecosystem is brimming with potential, but founders face a maze of outdated regulations, rigid company laws, and restrictive currency controls that stifle innovation and investment. From OHADA’s inflexible legal frameworks to banking systems unfit for startups, entrepreneurs are battling barriers that slow growth and repel investors. Until the region reforms its financial and regulatory systems, its most promising startups will remain trapped in a cycle of limited scale and untapped opportunity.


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    The regulatory quagmire stifling Francophone Africa’s startups

    Francophone Africa’s startup ecosystem is brimming with potential, but founders face a maze of outdated regulations, rigid company laws, and restrictive currency controls that stifle innovation and investment. From OHADA’s inflexible legal frameworks to banking systems unfit for startups, entrepreneurs are battling barriers that slow growth and repel investors. Until the region reforms its financial and regulatory systems, its most promising startups will remain trapped in a cycle of limited scale and untapped opportunity.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-03 09:55:12
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    Why African Edtech is abandoning children for adults


    Africa’s edtech dream once centred on helping schoolchildren learn online. But as classrooms reopened and parents stopped paying, startups began chasing a new audience


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    Why African Edtech is abandoning children for adults

    Africa’s edtech dream once centred on helping schoolchildren learn online. But as classrooms reopened and parents stopped paying, startups began chasing a new audience

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-11-03 16:52:52

    Yellow Card discontinues retail services, turns focus to businesses


    The shift mirrors a wider industry trend among African crypto startups such as Quidax and Busha, which have been betting on business-to-business (B2B) crypto payment rails to drive growth amid tighter regulation and volatile retail activity. Business clients, unlike retail traders, tend to be more stable and predictable, transacting in larger volumes that sustain platform liquidity and revenue.


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    Yellow Card discontinues retail services, turns focus to businesses

    The shift mirrors a wider industry trend among African crypto startups such as Quidax and Busha, which have been betting on business-to-business (B2B) crypto payment rails to drive growth amid tighter regulation and volatile retail activity. Business clients, unlike retail traders, tend to be more stable and predictable, transacting in larger volumes that sustain platform liquidity and revenue.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-10-31 15:05:37

    7 startups providing solutions for skin, sexual wellness, sales, and sustainability


    Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore seven African startups in the healthcare, waste management, culinary, and artificial intelligence sectors and why they should be on your watchlist.


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    7 startups providing solutions for skin, sexual wellness, sales, and sustainability

    Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. This week, we explore seven African startups in the healthcare, waste management, culinary, and artificial intelligence sectors and why they should be on your watchlist.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-10-29 14:02:37

    Western Union’s stablecoin takes on fintechs for bigger share of Africa’s $95B remittance market


    Western Union is entering the stablecoin space with USDPT, a dollar-backed digital token set to launch on the Solana blockchain in 2026. The move positions the 175-year-old remittance giant to compete with fintech startups and crypto-native platforms for a share of Africa’s $95 billion remittance market, where millions already use stablecoins like USDT and USDC to hedge against currency volatility and inflation.


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    Western Union’s stablecoin takes on fintechs for bigger share of Africa’s $95B remittance market

    Western Union is entering the stablecoin space with USDPT, a dollar-backed digital token set to launch on the Solana blockchain in 2026. The move positions the 175-year-old remittance giant to compete with fintech startups and crypto-native platforms for a share of Africa’s $95 billion remittance market, where millions already use stablecoins like USDT and USDC to hedge against currency volatility and inflation.

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  • Osayi Ejiga
    2025-10-29 16:50:12

    Antler’s new Lagos cohort features TC Battlefield startups


    Antler, a global investment network that focuses on early-stage investments, officially kicked off its latest Lagos cohort on October 20. Among the entrants are three startups from the highly competitive TC Battlefield competition— Ulé Homes, Polaroid, and Lexlytic — which earned direct entry into the program after standing out at this year’s pitch event. 


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    Antler’s new Lagos cohort features TC Battlefield startups

    Antler, a global investment network that focuses on early-stage investments, officially kicked off its latest Lagos cohort on October 20. Among the entrants are three startups from the highly competitive TC Battlefield competition— Ulé Homes, Polaroid, and Lexlytic — which earned direct entry into the program after standing out at this year’s pitch event. 

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