Bolt backs Mombasa County push to formalise 400 delivery riders with training and licences
Bolt has partnered with the Mombasa County government to launch a programme to help 400 delivery riders in the county obtain formal licences.
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After the Cell C divorce, Blu Label is making a play for electricity
After its Cell C restructuring, Blu Label is looking to electricity as its next growth opportunity. Image Source: Techcentral
Zambiaâs carbon registry could mark a turning point for Africaâs carbon market
In AugusT 2026, the Government of Zambia launched a fully operational national carbon registry, becoming the second African country after Ghana to combine live registry infrastructure with a signed bilateral agreement and a completed transaction.
What 12 years of Tony Elumelu did to UBA in 10 charts
Sixteen years after leaving the bank he helped grow into one of Nigeriaâs biggest financial institutions, Tony Elumelu has left United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), again. But this time, he is leaving a bank whose assets have grown by 1,106.18% over the past decade, customer deposits by 1,051.44%, and
Peter Otobong: The software engineer who learnt to code on a âborrowedâ laptop
The technology was not the problem. For Peter Otobong and his team at Fraqtion Finance, the idea was simple enough: allow people to pool money to finance real-world trade, such as a Chinese company buying lithium from Nigeria. The software could be built. The architecture could be designed. The engi
Nigeriaâs NCC grants MTN conditional approval for IHS deal
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted MTN Nigeria a conditional Approval-in-Principle (AiP) for its proposed acquisition of IHS Towersâ Nigerian business
Intronâs new voice model can follow African speakers who switch languages mid-sentence
Intron has released Sahara v2.5, a set of voice AI models built for when Africans use multiple languages in one sentence.
Ventures Platformâs second fund closes at $84 million, almost double its first
Ventures Platform has closed its second fund at $84 million, just $23 million short of what all six African venture funds that closed in 2025 raised.
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