Piggyvest has been named on CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 list for the third consecutive year, becoming the only African company recognised in the Wealth Technology category alongside ...

Jack Dorsey has never been shy about wanting to dismantle the platforms he thinks have too much power over how people work, talk and transact. He walked away from the company he co-founded, Twitter, ...

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has introduced a mandatory Communications Equipment Distributor (CED) Licence for all companies that import and wholesale communications equipment such as ...

Last week, Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye sat in the front row at the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture show in Paris, right next to Cardi B, and Nigerian timelines have not recovered. If you ...

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If you asked the average investor to name the undisputed winner of the artificial intelligence boom, the answer would almost certainly be Nvidia. Yet, a rigorous new analysis of market data between ...

TECNO has officially unveiled the TECNO CAMON 50 Series, introducing CAMON 50, CAMON 50 Pro, and CAMON 50 Ultra 5G as a new generation of imaging-driven smartphones designed to combine advanced camera ...

The African startup funding scene witnessed an impressive bump in 2025, with investments hitting $3.2 billion, excluding mergers and exits, according to Africa the Big Deal. That number rises to $3.8 ...

My Family Cinema (MFC), a popular video streaming platform known for piracy, has shut down after facing copyright issues. The platform’s forced exit is linked to a recent crackdown on piracy networks ...

MoMo Rwanda, MTN Rwanda‘s fintech arm, has seen its revenue up by 30.2% year-on-year (YoY) to Rwf 109.4 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2025. This is according to the company’s ...

The boom’s bloody hangover. Remember when Nigeria’s fintech idans, flush with VC millions, torched cash on zero-fee bonfires to lasso unbanked millions and seize digital payment rails? Opay’s agents ...