MTN Nigeria becomes first telco to cross 100 million subscribers
The addition of more than 2.2 million subscribers was MTN’s strongest monthly growth so far this year and its biggest since November 2024.
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Kenya’s first locally domiciled ETF get securities exchange approval
Wall Street Africa (WSA) has received conditional approval from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to list its banking exchange-traded fund (ETF) on its Main Investment Market Segment.
US-based Pigee to acquire 55% stake in Nigerian logistics startup ShipAfrica
The acquisition will occur in three stages over the next 18 months and will be funded through a combination of cash and equity, according to Pigee CEO Leroy Lawrence.
She gave up her childhood dream of becoming a doctor to fix what doctors cannot
At 14, Dami Oyenekan watched a patient die at LASUTH, an experience that changed her dream of becoming a doctor and led her to healthtech.
dLocal Ghana secures enhanced payments licence to deepen local operations
dLocal Ghana can now provide local payment collections, merchant acquisitions, mobile-money acceptance, bank-transfer collections and local payouts.
Africa doesn’t need to build the next ChatGPT to win the AI race
Africa’s AI opportunity may lie beyond chatbots, with AI transforming mining, business processes and other industries that power its economy.
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – ‘How to licence data centres’
In today's edition: Kenya to licence data centre operators || Leila Fourie to join Vodacom board || Global payout options are shrinking for Kenyans || Why SA is keeping old TV signals intact
This AI research company wants to put 1,000 African languages into AI
African Languages Lab has spent years building data for underrepresented African languages. Now, its Mansa AI platform brings 30 languages into production, with plans to reach 1,000.
Africa’s last-mile electricity problem cannot be solved by markets alone
Kenya illustrates the problem. Successive governments have spent years extending the national grid, including through the Last Mile Connectivity and rural electrification programmes. But Gitonga points to populations whose lifestyles make it particularly difficult to implement conventional electrica
Power Brunch: Nigeria’s data sovereignty push goes beyond local servers
With Nigeria’s financial sector facing a January 1, 2027, deadline to comply with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s data-localisation rules, the country’s debate over data sovereignty is moving beyond a simple question of where servers are located.