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The Afro Insider

February 18, 2026. Start up

Meet Tayo Oviosu, The Entrepreneur Bringing PayPal into the Nigeria Finance Scene after a Two-Decade Hiatus

For years, one of the biggest frustrations facing Nigerian freelancers, entrepreneurs, remote workers, and online businesses was simple: getting paid by international customers. While platforms like PayPal became the standard for online payments across much of the world, Nigerian users often faced limitations that made receiving international payments difficult. This created barriers for businesses trying […]

February 17, 2026. Start up

How David Nandwa built a $150M-a-month system to make sure African money never gets stuck at the border again.

Five years ago, a young software engineer in Nairobi completed a freelance project and received a $5,000 payment from a client. The work was done. The client was satisfied. The money had been sent. But there was one problem. PayPal froze the funds for three months. The reason had nothing to do with the quality […]