Category: Technology
Kenya Pushes Ahead with Safaricom Split, Even as Govern...
Kenya is determined to split Safaricom Plc—East Africa’s largest company—into three separate units, a plan the government is press...
Ghana Post Gets Ready To Launch Digital Logistics Platf...
State-owned enterprise Ghana Post is gearing up for a major digital pivot, launching “Mijo,” a logistics and ride-hailing app that...
Onafriq Announces Intra-Trade Partnership with PAPSS
Onafriq, a Pan Africa payments company, has partnered with the Pan-African Payments Settlement System (PAPSS) to help with intra-t...
Starlink Goes Live in Chad, Expanding Its African Footp...
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet provider, has officially launched in Chad after receiving final regulatory approval, marking...
Ghana Pushes Deadline of 5G Rollout to Q4 2025
Ghana’s much-anticipated 5G rollout has been delayed again — now expected by the end of Q4 2025. This update was given by Ghana’s ...
Ghana’s New SIM Registration Overhaul Underway With Sta...
Ghana is doubling down on its digital transformation with a sweeping overhaul of its SIM card registration system and a landmark S...
Nigerian Open Banking Startup Okra Quietly Shut In May ...
Okra, once Nigeria’s best-known open-banking startup, quietly shut down all operations, including Nebula, the cloud-services spin-...
Okra Co-Founder Fara Ashiru Joins UK’s Kernel
Fara Ashiru, co-founder and CEO of Nigeria’s open-finance startup Okra, has joined UK-based Kernel as Head of Engineering. Kernel ...
Flutterwave Cuts Half of Kenya, South Africa Staff Amid...
African fintech unicorn Flutterwave has laid off half of its staff in Kenya and South Africa as it sharpens its focus on profitabi...
South African Fintech Lesaka Acquires Bank Zero for $61...
Lesaka Technologies is doubling down on South Africa’s fintech boom, agreeing to acquire Johannesburg-based neobank Bank Zero for ...
WhatsApp To Add Voice Calling Feature Business Users
WhatsApp is doubling down on artificial intelligence, introducing new voice-calling capabilities and product recommendation tools ...
Africa Launches PAPSSCARD to Power Cross-border Payment...
On June 27, at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria, Africa officially launched PAPSSCARD — the continent’s firs...
Ghana’s Liquify Raises $1.5M to Digitize Trade Finance ...
Ghanaian fintech startup Liquify has secured $1.5 million in seed equity funding—plus additional debt financing—to modernize trade...
Wave Mobile Money Raises €117M to Expand Its Services A...
Wave Mobile Money has secured €117 million in debt financing to scale its affordable mobile-first financial services across Africa...
iSmart Marks a Decade of Digital Impact in Ghana and Be...
Leading Ghanaian-based value-added services (VAS) and payment solutions provider, iSmart International Ghana Limited is marking a ...
Cauris Deepens Backing for Jetstream Africa to Bridge A...
Investment marks third round since 2022 to support SME importers across West Africa The post Cauris Deepens Backing for Jetstream ...
Bank of Ghana Flags 10 Unapproved Money Transfer Operat...
The Bank of Ghana has blacklisted 10 Money Transfer Organisations (MTOs) for operating within the remittance and forex market with...
Ghanaian EV Startup Wahu Launches New Ecosystem App, “W...
Accra, Ghana, June 26th, 2025 — Wahu, the Ghanaian electric vehicle (EV) startup best known for its locally assembled electric bik...
WhatsApp Rolling Out AI Generated Summaries for Message...
WhatsApp users in the U.S. (English only) can now tap a button atop unread chats to get a bulleted summary of missed messages via ...
Ghana’s Complete Farmer Gets $2.5 Million Boost to Tran...
Complete Farmer, a Ghanaian agritech startup, has secured €2.2 million (~$2.5M) in funding from the EU’s AgriFI initiative to buil...
