A fintech company from Mauritius just beat hundreds of African startups to win the continent’s most prestigious tech challenge. Black Swan, led by CEO…
The African Cities Innovation Fund (ACIF) launched this week in Nairobi, backed by Australia’s Judith Neilson Foundation and the Million Lives Collective. The fund…
The Tunisian Parliament has approved a measure allowing residents to open foreign currency bank accounts for the first time in 50 years. The vote…
Jobberman has launched Africa’s first-ever Remote Work Festival on December 11, 2025, in which remote workers, hiring companies, and digital nomads will be under…
Tanzanians no longer need traditional banking to pay merchants across three continents. Vodacom Tanzania just launched M-Pesa Global Payment, a service that lets 22…
South African fintech, Lesaka Technologies, just secured the green light for its R1.1 billion takeover of Bank Zero, the country’s pioneering zero-fee digital bank.…
In this spotlight, we meet inspiring women leaders who are rewriting the rules. They are bold thinkers and builders who are not only chasing…
The South African bank received approval to offer CIPS services during the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai. The integration went live in November and was…
OpenAI has terminated its relationship with analytics provider Mixpanel following a security incident that exposed personal details of thousands of API users. The breach…
Young Africans are ditching traditional career paths in record numbers. They’re choosing laptops over ledgers, code over cotton, and startups over state jobs. Technology…
While women lead 58% of all businesses on the continent, they’re getting less than 2% of tech startup funding. In 2024, female CEOs raised…
The United Arab Emirates has announced a $1 billion investment commitment to transform Africa’s artificial intelligence infrastructure during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg.…
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