Techpoint Africa

こんにちは, Victoria from Techpoint here, Twiga Foods enters administration after years of pressure Airtel Kenya Telesonic is shutting down after two years Spiro wants more electric bikes on African roads Twiga Food Twiga Foods, one of Kenya’s agritech startups, has entered administration after years of financial pressure.

For Anthony Adejuwon, something as simple as an email address kick-started his journey into technology. Two decades later, that curiosity has taken him from urban planning and construction to building civic tech tools that help people make sense of Africa’s opaque mining sector. Today, Adejuwon runs Urban Alert and has built Minetrix AI, a conversational tool that turns difficult-to-find mining data into information people can actually use.

Witam, Victoria from Techpoint here, Here’s what I’ve got for you today: Cassava backs $1B Egypt AI data centre Côte d’Ivoire to get its first state data centre Uber says UberX drivers won’t lose jobs in SA NCC sounds alarm over masked calls MTN’s Dabengwa Data Centre Cassava Technologies, founded by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, is joining Vodafone Business and Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric to build a major data-centre operation in Egypt.

Esohe Igbinoba is the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Businessfront (publishers of Techpoint Africa). Her carreer spans over a decade, building teams and bringing communities together. Over the years, she has answered numerous questions from fresh entrants in program management who are always eager to know what the career progression looks like and how they can position themselves to attract the right opportunities.

Cham reap sour, Victoria from Techpoint here, Here’s what I’ve got for you today: Zambia’s Zoyk gets DRC payments approval Ghana pushes to meet 5G deadline Lesaka profits surge ahead of Bank Zero deal X changes how creators get paid Image by Zambian fintech Zoyk is taking its payments business into the Democratic Republic of Congo after receiving authorisation from the Banque Centrale du Congo (BCC) to offer payment aggregation services through Zoykpay.

For years, I have told the young professionals in my community that ownership is what carries wealth across generations, while a salary only carries you through the year. On 14 September, Nigerian investors get their clearest chance in a decade to act on that idea. Dangote Petroleum Refinery opens its public offer at N525 per share, with a minimum subscription of 10 shares.

Speaking on the exhibition floor at GITEX Nigeria 2026 in Lagos, Chief Executive Officer of BluDive Technologies Limited, Mr Abdul-Azeez Musa, said it was high time the Nigerian tech ecosystem reduced its dependence on foreign technologies and strengthen its capacity to own and control critical technologies. Mr Musa stated: “It is high time for the Nigerian technology industry to begin owning certain technologies.

inDrive, a global mobility and delivery services platform, is gaining traction among Nigerian consumers as the country’s ride-hailing market continues to evolve, recording a 96 per cent increase in app installs and emerging as the number one ride-hailing app in Nigeria by installs.

Mastercard has partnered with Busha, a pan-African digital asset exchange, to expand Mastercard Crypto Credential across Africa and bring greater trust and simplicity to digital asset transfers. Effective immediately, all eligible Busha users in Nigeria are enabled to use a unique Crypto Credential alias, expanding the network of verified users and making it easier to send and receive cryptocurrency across participating exchanges and wallets in the Crypto Credential ecosystem.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of a 27-year-old Nigerian lady, Haufsat Abubakar, who is believed to be behind the viral OPay shutdown tweet, according to a report by Channels. The National Cybercrime Centre (NCC), an arm of the NPF, effected the arrest following a petition by OPay, after Abubakar circulated a forged document purporting to be information from the fintech company.