Apple has topped the global smartphone shipment rankings in 2025, achieving a 20% market share and 10% year-on-year (YoY) growth, and ranking first among the top five brands. According to a report by ...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT, e-hailing Uber, e-commerce Temu, and video streaming platform Netflix have topped the list of most downloaded apps on smartphones by global internet users in mobile in 2o25. This was ...

Airtel Nigeria has reported a mobile money revenue of $3 million for the first three months of 2026, reflecting the continued struggle to establish the services in the Nigerian fintech-controlled ...

After a decade of building Nigeria’s payment infrastructure, Paystack is making its most significant strategic shift yet, not by adding banking to its payments business, but by launching an entirely ...

Float, a South African fintech startup, has received $2.6 million (R46 million) in Invenfin and SAAD Investment Holdings-co-led fresh funding to accelerate its expansion across the country and prepare ...

At first glance, the first quarter of 2026 looks like a standard crypto downturn. According to the 2026 Q1 Crypto Industry Report: Market Data & Insights from NFT Plazas, Bitcoin dropped nearly 23%, ...

OPay is heading to Wall Street. The Nigerian fintech giant backed by SoftBank has hired Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase to lead a US IPO that could happen before the end of 2026, ...

Payments giant PayPal Holdings is planning to reduce costs and cut jobs, despite posting stronger-than-expected earnings, as it seeks to reposition itself in a more competitive fintech market. The ...

Airtel Nigeria has started rolling out airtime compensation to customers who experienced poor network service between November 2025 and January 2026. This is in line with the Nigerian Communications ...

South Africa is making an important move to modernise the way its citizens verify their identity. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has released draft regulations for a new smartphone-based digital ...

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In an era where the African diaspora is increasingly looking to invest back home, platforms that facilitate such investments are crucial. Borderless, a fintech platform designed specifically for ...