Africa’s start-ups turn to debt as funding crunch reshapes $1.2bn market
African start-ups are increasingly turning to debt financing as venture capital becomes harder to secure, reshaping what analysts say is...
- Monday, July 06, 2026
BusinessDay
African start-ups are increasingly turning to debt financing as venture capital becomes harder to secure, reshaping what analysts say is...
Women and girls across Africa are carrying the heaviest burden of the water crisis, campaigners said, as debate grows over...
Ultimate Health HMO said on Tuesday it is adopting the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) as...
Leaders across law, technology, culture and healthcare gathered in Lagos as the British Council hosted its Study UK Alumni Awards,...
Kenya’s plan to mobilise about $5 trillion Kenyan shillings ($38 billion) for infrastructure development is emerging as a potential model...
Nigeria’s first national health insurance law, enacted more than two decades ago, largely failed to protect the country’s vast informal...
Grace AI Lab, a Lagos-based technology company, is entering Nigeria’s banking technology market with artificial intelligence tools designed to automate...
Nigeria will spend about $6.1 million on consulting firms and individual advisers to support the rollout of its national fibre...
Airtel Africa has successfully tested SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile direct-to-cell service in parts of Kenya with no terrestrial mobile signal, bringing...
President Bola Tinubu’s flagship Student Venture Capital Grant programme has advanced 65 student ventures to the final stage, bringing them...