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Young Kenyans are putting Sh9bn into StanChart’s digital money market fund

Standard Chartered Kenya’s SC Shilingi Fund shows how mobile-first wealth products are pulling younger investors into formal money market funds.

Amara NwosuMay 10, 2026

Crypto

MiniPay’s 15 million wallets show stablecoin payments are finding a real African use case

MiniPay’s wallet growth points to rising African demand for low-cost digital dollars, but stablecoin products still face trust, regulation, and consumer-risk questions.

Amara NwosuMay 09, 2026

Terra Industries Is Building Africa's Largest Drone Factory in Ghana

Glovo, Chowdeck, and the trust gap in Nigeria’s food delivery market

WayaWaya’s Teddy Ogallo shows why African fintech still depends on hard integration work

Yoco’s new CEO marks a harder chapter for South Africa’s SME fintech market

Nala Secures $50m Credit Line to Scale Its Stablecoin Payment Rails

Kenya’s proposed VAT on payment platforms tests the cost of digital money

Zimbabwe’s digital X-ray rollout shows why rural healthtech needs infrastructure first

Microsoft’s stalled Kenya data centre shows Africa’s AI ambitions need harder infrastructure maths

Anthropic’s $1.8bn Akamai deal shows why AI builders must understand compute economics

Egypt's Sinai.ai Raises $1.45m to Turn Books Into AI-Native Experiences

BFree Raises Growth Round to Buy Up Africa's Bad Loans With AI

African startup funding is nearing $1B, but fewer companies are carrying the market

SA's Aions Ventures Backs Early-Stage Founders With $6.1m Seed Fund

Namibia's Bellatrix Launches a $10m Seed Fund for Southern Africa

Digital Africa Launches $58m Seed Fund for Overlooked Tech Markets

Wasoko's Daniel Yu Launches a $100m Fund Betting Africa's Problem Is Jobs, Not Apps

User Acquisition

Young Kenyans are putting Sh9bn into StanChart’s digital money market fund

MiniPay’s 15 million wallets show stablecoin payments are finding a real African use case

Terra Industries Is Building Africa's Largest Drone Factory in Ghana

Glovo, Chowdeck, and the trust gap in Nigeria’s food delivery market

WayaWaya’s Teddy Ogallo shows why African fintech still depends on hard integration work

Yoco’s new CEO marks a harder chapter for South Africa’s SME fintech market

Nala Secures $50m Credit Line to Scale Its Stablecoin Payment Rails

Kenya’s proposed VAT on payment platforms tests the cost of digital money

Zimbabwe’s digital X-ray rollout shows why rural healthtech needs infrastructure first

Microsoft’s stalled Kenya data centre shows Africa’s AI ambitions need harder infrastructure maths

Anthropic’s $1.8bn Akamai deal shows why AI builders must understand compute economics

Egypt's Sinai.ai Raises $1.45m to Turn Books Into AI-Native Experiences

BFree Raises Growth Round to Buy Up Africa's Bad Loans With AI

African startup funding is nearing $1B, but fewer companies are carrying the market

SA's Aions Ventures Backs Early-Stage Founders With $6.1m Seed Fund

Namibia's Bellatrix Launches a $10m Seed Fund for Southern Africa

Digital Africa Launches $58m Seed Fund for Overlooked Tech Markets

Wasoko's Daniel Yu Launches a $100m Fund Betting Africa's Problem Is Jobs, Not Apps

Young Kenyans are putting Sh9bn into StanChart’s digital money market fund

MiniPay’s 15 million wallets show stablecoin payments are finding a real African use case

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