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Day 1-1000

The empathetic debt collector: Day 1-1000 of DebtRecuva

Zia Yusuf

1st November 2025
Banking

From AI to credit bureaus: How Nigerian digital lenders are tackling rising defaults

Temitayo Jaiyeola

11th August 2025
Opinion

Digital lending isn’t about pretty screens, it’s about trust

Guest Author

31st July 2025
Analysis, News

MTN’s BankTech disburses $592 million in Q1 loans amid rising credit demand

Frank Eleanya

14th May 2025
Features, FinTech

Exclusive: Techstars-backed BlackCopper set out to disrupt lending, now it owes investors ₦1 billion

Ngozi Chukwu

22nd May 2024
Features, FinTech

Credit Direct, the digital lender with ₦4bn in 2023 profits wants a bigger piece of the pie

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

14th May 2024
East Africa, FinTech, News

Tanzania targets predatory loans: Central Bank excludes unlicensed apps

Adonijah Ndege

13th May 2024
Who Calls the Shots?

Who calls the shots at Sycamore?

Ngozi Chukwu

3rd April 2024
Newsletters, TC Daily

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Meta caught spying on Snapchat, Youtube and Amazon

Mariam Muhammad

29th March 2024
Features

No one likes debt shaming, but experts are skeptical about ethical debt collection

Faith Omoniyi

15th March 2024
FinTech, News

Crackdown on unlicensed companies cuts digital creditors in Kenya to 51

Kenn Abuya

11th March 2024
Ecosystem

Fintechs brace for competition as Nigerian banks charge into digital lending market

Ganiu Oloruntade

29th January 2024
Banking

Digital lending Battleground: Access Bank gets approval for standalone lending company

Joseph Olaoluwa

17th January 2024
Features

Emata’s collateral-free loans is helping smallholder farmers thrive in Uganda

Faith Omoniyi

10th November 2023
Moonshot Conversations

Customer education can help bridge credit gap in Africa

Faith Omoniyi

12th October 2023
FinTech, Newsletters, The Next Wave

Next Wave: Technology in financial services has a localised trust barrier

Abraham Augustine

10th July 2023
Newsletters, TC Daily

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Swvl’s fresh problems

Timi Odueso

12th April 2023
Newsletters, TC Daily

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Google v loan apps

Timi Odueso

10th April 2023
Newsletters, TC Daily

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Nigeria has licensed 173 loan apps

Timi Odueso

7th April 2023
News

Google is stopping loan apps from accessing user contacts and media

Caleb Nnamani

6th April 2023
News

FCCPC approves 173 loan apps in Nigeria, continues suppression of illegal players

Caleb Nnamani

5th April 2023
Ecosystem, News

10 digital lenders obtain the much-coveted CBK licence

Caleb Nnamani

27th March 2023
Newsletters, TC Daily

👨🏿‍🚀 TechCabal Daily – South Africa’s new crypto clause

Timi Odueso

24th January 2023
FinTech

This Indian startup is building credit profiles for Africans using mobile money data

Michael Ajifowoke

11th April 2022
News

Nigerian government shuts down 6 illegal digital loan companies

Damilare Dosunmu

12th March 2022
Features

Unchecked ambition, lax regulations: The genesis of predatory digital lenders in Nigeria

Daniel Adeyemi

11th January 2022
Companies, Features

How BFree is improving trust in the lending space

Daniel Adeyemi

14th September 2021
Startups

Fair Money raises $42 million as it evolves into a digital bank

Daniel Adeyemi

2nd July 2021
Startups

PayHippo raises $1 million pre-seed to improve access to funding for SMEs in Africa

Michael Ajifowoke

2nd July 2021
FinTech

Inside Branch’s 20 percent interest investment push to beat Nigerian bank offerings

Alexander Onukwue

30th June 2021
Features

The race is on to improve data for lenders in Nigeria

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

6th January 2021
FinTech

Carbon reveals the appeal of fintech transparency in second profitable year, with $17million in revenue

Alexander Onukwue

2nd July 2020
Business, Ecosystem, FinTech, Government, Mobile, News, Policy, Startups

The battle between banks and fintechs is just getting started

Abubakar Idris

7th November 2019