Africa

Telecommunications

Nigerian Telcos Spend $1.56 Billion On Network Upgrades As Service Complaints Persist

Banking, Finance

Kenya’s Push to Overtax Digital Payments Sparks Fintech Backlash Fears

Banking, Blockchain, Crypto, Finance

Bank of Tanzania Begins Controlled Testing of Stablecoins

Banking, Finance

Algerian Bank in Senegal Eyes Niger and Côte d’Ivoire Expansion

Finance

Nigeria Pushes Global Finance Reform Amid Staggering $11.6 Billion Debt Burden

Gas

Nigeria and Morocco Move Closer To $25 Billion Atlantic Gas Pipeline Deal

Finance, Investment

Africa’s Digital Finance Push Gets a $338 Million Backer

Investment

Macron Brings €23bn Pitch to Nairobi, But Colonial Habits Shadow France’s Africa Reset

Telecommunications

MTN Group Q1 Profit Jumps 27.9 Percent As Revenue Climbs To $3.44 Billion

AI

South Africa Unemployment Climbs To 32.7%, Worsened by AI-triggered Job Loses

Blockchain, Crypto, Finance

Crypto Anonymity Is Coming To An End in Kenya, Expect More Taxation

Finance

INTERVIEW: Why are Millions of People in the Global South Still Unable to Save Formally?

Finance, Investment

OPINION: The New Centre of Market Resilience in Africa

AI, Investment

AI Investment Push Dominates Africa France Summit As Leaders Demand Fairer Risk Ratings

Mining

The Hidden Problem of Corporate Idea Mining: The Case of Safaricom

AI, Telecommunications

AI Boom Fuels Vodacom Profit Surge Across African Markets

AI, Datacenter

AI Ambitions Hit Roadblock As Microsoft Kenya Data Centre Plans Stall

Banking, Finance

StanChart’s $231 Million Fund and Ziidi Signal Kenya’s Gen Z Investing Boom

Blockchain, Crypto, Finance

INTERVIEW: Can Tokenized Gold Become Africa’s Answer to Currency Volatility?

Economic

Ratings Agency Moody’s Sees South Africa Debt Stabilising

Finance

Safaricom Posts $767 Million Record Profit