Following its acquisition by Flutterwave, Mono will launch a treasury management tool in 2026, aiming to expand open banking solutions and empower businesses across Africa with new enterprise products.
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In today’s edition of Techpoint Digest, we discuss Ethiopia hiking data prices, Flutterwave acquiring Mono, and Zimbabwe hitting bg tech with new tax.
Breet reveals the truth about P2P in Nigeria after analysing 20,000 related tweets and initiating over 100 trades on different platforms.
Mono plans to launch a treasury management tool in 2026 after its acquisition by Flutterwave, aiming to expand across Africa with new enterprise solutions.
As funding slows and regulation tightens, African fintech leaders say the future belongs to infrastructure players, compliant operators, and firms built for scale.
In Techpoint Digest, we discuss CBK licensing 42 new digital lenders in Kenya, Warner Bros. renewing its DStv channel deal, and Starlink going dark in Uganda ahead of the elections.
Healthtechs in Nigeria are faced with bottlenecks such as fragmented payer systems, regulatory fog, and uncertain exit pathways —similar hurdles that fintechs battled with between 2015 and 2017.
The US sells Nigeria military equipment under strict conditions at premium prices, then the US and other external capital prevent Nigerian startups from building alternatives.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Angosat-2’s commercial launch for startups and ISPs, Ule Homes’ efforts to solve Nigeria’s rent problem, and X’s lawsuit against a startup attempting to revive Twitter.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Coursera buying Udemy in a $2.5B all-stock deal, when Cloudflare sneezes, the Internet catches a cold, and Warner Bros backing Netflix over Paramount.
So much of the Internet runs through Cloudflare that when it stops, sites stop too. From ChatGPT to X, a single layer now controls how we all browse. here’s why ‘everything’ stops when Cloudflare is down
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Guinea’s full control of Areeba following MTN’s exit, why Nigerian startups always end up selling airtime, and why Kenyan riders are turning against Spiro.
When Nigerian startups end up selling airtime, it is usually taken as evidence of innovation gone wrong when in fact, it reflects a rational adjustment to unforgiving market economics.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss how M-Pesa texts helped bust a bribery ring within the KRA, how Starlink is getting closer to legalisation in Cameroon, and how Starlink’s South Africa saga continues.
Today on Techpoint Digest, we discuss how one man scaled two digital banks, teleocm outages in Abuja, and why government can’t track bandits
We recently published an article about how a 17-year-old built an LLM called OkeyMeta from scratch. After expert review it has been clarified that the product is built on open-source models like Gemma-2B.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss an NGO’s push to stop Tanzania from shutting down the Internet, the startup making banking work in Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa, and NALA’s expansion to Ghana.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss banks being told to account for deductions or face sanctions, a tribunal dismissing all claims against Kuda, and MTN raising contract prices above inflation by 2026.
Discover the journey of Cubbes Technologies from Techpoint Africa’s Pitch Friday stage to winning a ₦30 million prize at the Zenith Tech Fair 5.0.
On Techpoint Digest, we talk about Canal+’s acquisition as MultiChoice exits the JSE, Starlink asks Namibians to support licence approval, and Ampersand bets big on a shared battery swap future.