Ghana’s central bank suspends proposed MTN mobile money transfer fee
Bank of Ghana suspends MTN Ghana’s planned 0.75% wallet-to-bank transfer fee pending consultations with industry stakeholders.
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Stablecoins are hard to spend. This startup wants to make it easy.
Rach Finance is building crypto payment rails and an OTC desk for stablecoin payments and currency conversion in Africa.
Africa risks losing billions to satellite internet operators, report says
The findings arrive as Elon Musk-owned Starlink has secured authorisation in at least 25 African countries.
AfricInvest partner George Odo on lessons African founders never receive
George Odo, a senior partner at pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest, has spent close to two decades reading markets before they fully reveal themselves.
South Africa delays AI policy to 2027 after citation scandal forces rethink
The setback has triggered renewed scrutiny over how generative AI is being used in policymaking and exposed weaknesses in government oversight.
Francophone Africa’s EV boom is held back by policy, not economics
Francophone Africa has the EV economics. What it lacks is the policy architecture to match. Here's where the gap is and what it costs.
Smartcomply expands to the UK with Africa-focused compliance platform
The expansion comes as African regulators move to tighten anti-money laundering controls and transaction monitoring requirements.
How dLocal’s planned AZA Finance acquisition became a $23.7 million asset deal
The drawn-out transaction tells a broader story: breaking into African payments infrastructure is slow, complicated and rarely goes according to plan. Licences, local relationships, and regulatory approvals can take years to build and are rarely readily available for sale.
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – No free exits in Kenya
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Launch Africa’s playbook for managing one of Africa’s biggest VC portfolios
Launch Africa backed over 170 startups across 22 countries. Jeffery Akemu explains how the firm supports that many founders.