African Telecommunications
Kenyan Banks Undercut M-Pesa With Nearly Free Transfers
Nineteen Kenyan banks have signed on to PesaLink's new pricing model: free transfers under KSh 1,000 and a flat KSh 20 fee up to…
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African Telecommunications
Kenya Now Requires a Licence to Import Phones and Routers
Kenya has introduced a mandatory licence for anyone importing or wholesaling phones, routers, and modems, effective July 21. The rules require IMEI reporting, type…
FinTech & Digital Money
Nigeria’s Airtime Lending Ruling Was a Split Decision
Nigeria's court battle over airtime lending regulation ended July 20, and the FCCPC is calling it a win. Look closer, and the ruling was…
African Telecommunications
Third Safaricom Executive Exits as Vodacom Takes Control
Esther Waititu, Safaricom's Chief Financial Services Officer and the architect behind M-PESA's Fintech 2.0 migration, has resigned, the third senior executive to leave the…
African Startup Ecosystem
The AI Jobs Boom vs. the Brain Drain
Every headline says AI jobs are exploding across Africa, and they're not wrong. But a mid-level developer earning $150-800 a month locally can earn…
E-Commerce
Why Delivery Is So Expensive in African E-Commerce
Your parcel's shortest leg of the journey, from a local hub to your door, is also its most expensive. Globally, that "last mile" eats…
African Telecommunications
Who Actually Controls Africa’s Internet? The Cable Story
When Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and half a dozen other countries lost internet access within hours of each other, most people had no idea why.…
FinTech & Digital Money
USSD Isn’t Dead: It Still Powers Most of Africa’s Mobile Money
Everyone talks about Africa's app economy and smartphone boom. Meanwhile, USSD, the star-and-hash codes that work on any phone without internet, still carried 63.5%…
African Startup Ecosystem
Why African Startups Are Choosing Debt Over Equity in 2026
For years, the startup playbook was simple: raise equity, give up a slice of your company, grow. In 2026, more African startups are borrowing…
FinTech & Digital Money
Zeepay CEO Personally Owes $11.6M After Ghana Court Ruling
Ghana's High Court ordered Zeepay and its CEO, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, to jointly pay over $11.6 million after finding that customer funds meant for onward…
Funding news
Google and Idris Elba Give African Creators Free AI Tools
Google and Idris Elba have launched a $1 million initiative giving 100,000 African creators free access to Gemini and other AI tools across Nigeria,…
Policy & Regulations
Nigeria Probes Meta, Google, X Over News Content and AI
President Tinubu has ordered Nigeria's competition regulator to investigate Meta, Google, X, and generative AI platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and unauthorized use…
