African tech: startups, talents and investors

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Benjamin Dada

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Benjamindada.com

Solomon Osadolo on a yellow background

Solomon Osadolo's journey to becoming a global Content Design Talent

Solomon Osadolo is a Content Designer at HubSpot, a global CRM platform. Before moving to the UK as a global tech talent, he was the Content Design Manager at Flutterwave. What's his personal and professional story?

Tosin Eniolorunda (Moniepoint CEO) and Favour Ori (Payday CEO)

Exploring the rumour and benefits of a potential Moniepoint acquisition of Payday

Moniepoint may acquire Payday last valued at $20 million. If the acquisition goes through, both parties could benefit from leveraging each other's infrastructure. Here is our analysis.

Payday team

Payday raises $3 million Seed funding to drive product expansion

Payday, with over 330,000 users and 40,000 daily transactions, has raised a $3 million Seed round led by Moniepoint Inc., a later-stage financial services holding company.

What you need to know about Nigeria's $618M iDICE fund to invest in startups

What you need to know about Nigeria's $618M iDICE fund to invest in startups

The Nigerian government in collaboration with local and international partners have launched a $618 million fund to invest in the country's digital and creative industries.

Starlink's website recommends Payday for payments from Nigeria. So I tried it out.

Starlink's website recommends Payday for payments from Nigeria. So I tried it out.

I used my virtual dollar Mastercard from Payday to order for Starlink to Nigeria and the transaction was smooth.

An objective analysis of seven payment gateways in Nigeria

An objective analysis of seven payment gateways in Nigeria

We compared seven payment gateways using five metrics to determine the best. The seven payment gateways are Interswitch Webpay, Paystack, Flutterwave, Remita, Seerbit, Fincra and Monnify.

National IDs are important for KYC, but frequent downtimes hinder their reliability, reports Smile Identity

National IDs are important for KYC, but frequent downtimes hinder their reliability, reports Smile Identity

In 2022, National ID databases in Africa experienced an average daily downtime of 6%, according to Smile Identity's KYC report. This frequent downtime hinders their reliability as a sole verification step in onboarding customers on the continent.