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One in 20 Nigerians now earns above ₦1 million ($723.26) monthly, according to data from savings platform Piggyvest’s new savings report.

Kenya’s tier-1 banks have largely exhausted the pool of new digital users, and I&M Group’s disclosure that 98% of its customers now transact digitally shows the

A dispute over $11.4 million in unpaid fees has put Nigeria's only operational communications satellite at risk of losing the technical support keeping it in or

In today's edition: Optasia wants to sell its technology to banks || NBK posts profit after Access Bank purchase || Namibia rejects Starlink || Circle, Cassava

In Liberia, universities have long relied on slow, manual processes for issuing and verifying transcripts, creating delays and raising questions about the authe

MTN Group is phasing out Ayoba, the messaging and lifestyle app once positioned as Africa’s answer to WeChat, as it pivots towards a unified digital platform

Starlink is rewiring Francophone Africa’s internet, shifting from rogue outsider to infrastructure partner as telcos, regulators, and politicians haggle over li

Nigeria will spend $6.1 million on seven consulting firms and five individual consultants to support the rollout of its national fibre expansion project

When Tosin Eniolorunda brought Dennis Ajalie into TeamApt as a senior business development officer in 2018, the company was still building software for financia

Accounts for KOKO Networks (UK) Ltd show turnover jumped to £39.8 million ($50.5 million) in 2024 from £1.8 million ($2.3 million) a year earlier.

littlefish, the South African startup building financial infrastructure for small businesses, has raised a $9.5 million Series A round to scale its merchant ope

In today's edition: Moniepoint acquires Orda || Legend Internet to merge with Spectranet || Kenyan SMEs face 16% VAT || SA’s GoMetro to launch e-buses in Octobe

Even as global VC funding in Africa slows down, ABAN's local networks keep deals moving. At the centre of all this is Fadilah Tchoumba, ABAN's CEO and the fund

Partech led the round, with participation from Futuregrowth Asset Management, 4Di Capital, E4E Africa, Equitable Ventures, and Felix Strategic Investments.

Nigerian artists have earned over ₦143 billion ($105.62 million) from Spotify since 2023, with annual revenues rising over the period. But that growth is beginn

The agreement, announced on March 21, paves the way for the over 450,000 individuals and businesses across Amhara to pay taxes through M-PESA.

The M-PESA update won't stop all fraud; criminals are nothing if not adaptive. But it does raise the cost of entry for the average criminal.

In today's edition: M-PESA extends its number masking feature || NGX launches two new index futures || ICASA hikes telecom fees

The acquisition reflects Moniepoint’s growing ambition to evolve from a payments processor into a full-stack operating system for African businesses.

He built Lara.ng so Lagosians could navigate chaos with a chat. From the US, Samuel Odeloye is now using that data to wire Nigeria’s last‑mile delivery infrastr

Space in Africa began as a website that published articles about Africa’s space industry.

Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecoms operator, plans to extend data minimisation across its mobile money service M-PESA by late 2026, expanding controls that lim

Rwanda's Ministry of ICT and Innovation launched Innovate Rwanda, a digital platform designed to connect startups, investors, and talent in the country.

Over the past several years, Ibukun has worked across lending, payments, commerce, and investments business areas, building and scaling digital products in comp