The $60 million startup tackling Africa’s travel payments problem
TurnStay launched in 2023 to reduce the cost of cross-border payments for African travel businesses.
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Why Rwanda’s development bank is backing a $6 million venture debt fund
The Development Bank of Rwanda is investing $6 million in a venture debt that wants to lend to businesses capable of reaching $20 million valuations.
Airtel targets Kenya’s small businesses as mobile money war shifts to merchants
Airtel Money Kenya is targeting small businesses with a new digital wallet as it seeks to deepen customer engagement after increasing its share of Kenya's mobile money market to 10.9%.
How Airtel Africa plans to cross $7 billion in annual revenue
Airtel Africa is on course to become a $7 billion business by the end of its next financial year ending March 2027. Its latest earnings reveal the three growth engines that could get it there.
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya’s piracy hunt
In today's edition: South Africans are paying less for TV, shopping || Kenya to tackle piracy || HSBC Egypt finds a buyer for retail business || Telecom Namibia extends acting CEO tenure
Digital Nomads: How a Nigerian tutor relocated to Thailand on a $500 visa
Between 2016 and 2020, she worked in advertising and branding, developing campaigns for clients including Nigerian tier-one lenders Access Bank and Zenith Bank.
South Africa’s Nedbank taps MTN executive to lead technology transformation
Angelopoulos, who joins Nedbank on September 1, spent eight years overseeing technology strategy, cloud investments and digital infrastructure across MTN Group's 16 markets.
How two high school sweethearts built an AI company for farmers
In 2022, after careers in banking and agricultural development, they founded Green Giraffe, a Zambian startup using AI and satellite technology to help smallholder farmers access premium markets.
MTN Nigeria’s fintech revenue slumps after airtime lending pause
While its mobile money business continued to attract new users, the suspension of a single product was enough to push the entire fintech division into decline.
Quick Fire 🔥 with Omolara Dada
Meet Omolara Dada, a senior product marketing manager at Busha, where she is building the business-to-business (B2B) marketing function from the ground up.