Innovation Village Newsletter

💵Moniepoint Secures Extra $90M, Closes $200M Series C

Plus: 🤖 ChatGPT Price Increase in Nigeria

📱CBN, NCC to fix failed airtime/data payments

Plus: ☁️ AWS Outage Disrupts Canva, Snapchat, and Global Platforms

⛴️ Lagos launches €410m Omi-Eko water transportation project

Plus: 🍪 NBC adds Plazma biscuit to the menu

Innovation Village Weekly Roundup: Issue 41/25

💵 IFC Invests $25M to Power Africa’s Green Transition

Plus: 🕊️Nestlé to Cut 16,000 Jobs

🤖 OpenAI Academy Lands in Lagos

Plus: 🔋 Sun King partners REA to power up Nigeria

💰Africa startups raised $141.7m in September; Q3 $813.7m

Plus:🔋Rana Energy secures $3m

🩺 Nigeria, NHIA Partner to Link Digital ID with Health System

Plus: 🚗 Uber Faces Backlash in South Africa Over Poor Service

💸Flutterwave UK posts £2.27M loss in 2024

Plus: 💵 Raenest enters U.S. market

💸 LemFi launches “Send Now, Pay Later” for remittances

Plus:📱ntel on track for 2026 relaunch

🛰 Lagos Deploys Drones to Strengthen Workplace Safety

Plus: 🤖 Google Gives African Students Free Access to Gemini AI

⚖️ FCCPC Withdraws Case Against MultiChoice Nigeria

Plus: 🏢 Sorce joins YCombinator