Guides, reports, and expert insights for African business
Case StudyOmniRetail was founded in 2019 by Deepankar Rustagi. By 2023 it was EBITDA positive. By 2024 it was net profitable. By...
Nigeria
Market ReportSub-Saharan Africa processed USD 1.4 trillion through mobile money in 2025, representing 66 percent of global...
Ghana
Market ReportBetween 2020 and 2022, African B2B e-commerce startups raised over USD 400 million to digitize informal retail. By...
Nigeria
NewsThe Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has advanced its Digital, Electronic, Online, or...
Nigeria
How-to GuideAfrican banks that want to acquire fintech capability face a specific set of diligence challenges that standard M&A...
South Africa
Case StudySmile ID was founded in 2017 by Mark Straub and William Bares with a seemingly impossible goal: build a single identity...
Kenya
Market ReportSub-Saharan Africa received over USD 205 billion in on-chain crypto value between July 2024 and June 2025, a 52 percent...
Nigeria
Case StudyMNT-Halan was founded in 2018 by Mounir Nakhla. By January 2023 it had raised USD 260 million in equity and USD 140...
Egypt
NewsMoroccan B2B e-commerce and fintech operator Chari has closed a USD 12 million Series A round, the largest ever raised...
Morocco
How-to GuideAfrican fintech fundraising usually combines capital from several distinct investor types: local angels, pan-African...
Nigeria
Market ReportOn 15 October 2025, Bank Al-Maghrib granted Chari the first payment institution license ever issued to a venture-backed...
Morocco
Market ReportFrancophone African startups raised at least USD 450 million in 2025. The CFA franc peg to the euro, once dismissed as...
Cote d'Ivoire