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10 stories on the Nigeria Startups desk in the last 30 days (10 this week). Latest: Nithio backs Nigerian e-mobility platform MAX in $29 million Series B3 extension. Updated 15 October 2026.

Latest raise: Nithio backs Nigerian e-mobility platform MAX in $29 million Series B3 extension →

• Nithio backs Nigerian e-mobility platform MAX in $29 million Series B3 extension ↗

  15 October 2026 · raise card

• Nigerian Mobility Startup MAX Hits $29M in Series B3 Funding ↗

  14 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay’s Lending Business Has Quietly Overtaken Its Payments Empire As IPO Nears ↗

  13 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay wins board, shareholder nod for Nigerian Exchange listing after $4bn US IPO plan ↗

  11 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay Secures Approval for Nigerian Exchange Listing ↗

  12 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay: Nigerian listing plans echo NGX Group’s call for homegrown giants to list locally ↗

  11 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay Files for U.S. Listing, Testing Wall Street’s Appetite for African Fintech ↗

  10 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay Secures Approval For Secondary Listing On Nigerian Exchange ↗

  12 October 2026 · raise card

• OPay’s Nigerian Listing Plans Echo NGX Group’s Call for Homegrown Giants to List Locally ↗

  11 October 2026 · raise card

• Moove ends Nigerian operations one month after Uber exit ↗

  8 October 2026 · raise card