Africa's $3bn payments champion trades Wall Street polish for regional banking steel as executive turnover points to deferred listing plans and domestic regulatory friction.
According to the programme, this model is designed to “effectively double the capital injection” without forcing founders to dilute their equity further.
The suspension of Ezra Olubi at Stripe-owned Paystack is the latest in a troubling series of founder-related crises, raising urgent questions about governance and trust in Africa's most-funded ecosystem.
As 2025 draws to an end, earnings reports from Jumia, Fawry, and Swvl reveal a new playbook. We analyzed the common themes and what they mean for the continent's tech future.
The African fintech, fresh from a major banking partnership, faces a formal complaint from a co-founder alleging a "grossly unfair" employee share buyback plan.
The Ghanaian healthtech, now under new leadership, has secured a strategic investment from BII-backed GIP Ghana to expand its pharmacy network into Togo and Benin.
The pan-African e-commerce player's Q3 2025 results show a strategic retreat from its standalone payment app, as it doubles down on core e-commerce and its path to profitability.
Africa's $3bn payments champion trades Wall Street polish for regional banking steel as executive turnover points to deferred listing plans and domestic regulatory friction.
Deal gives the crypto exchange an owned settlement layer across developed–emerging market corridors - but proposed South African rules may restrict the very activity it enables.
