In Harare’s informal markets, business happens in social media chatboxes. A grocery vendor takes orders over WhatsApp, a carpenter closes deals on […]

On August 21, 2025, developer Dara Sobaloju posted what he thought was just another idea on X: “I want to build a […]

On July 17, 2025, Washington passed a law that could shape Africa’s financial future. The GENIUS Act is the first national law […]

Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telco, will now allow M-PESA users to send up to KES 500,000 ($3,850) in a single transaction to any […]

In a recent white paper, Standard Bank, South Africa’s biggest lender, called for mobile money to be integrated into traditional banking systems, […]

Nigeria’s smartphone market rebounded by 10% in Q2, 2025, after declining by 7% in Q1, 2025, according to Canalys, a global technology […]

It’s early morning in Accra, Ghana. Darlington Akogo stands at the edge of a 20-hectare cashew farm with a drone controller in […]

Ripple, the US-based crypto infrastructure company, is rolling out its dollar-backed stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), to Africa through new partnerships with fintech […]

Licenced digital lenders in Kenya have disbursed 5.5 million loans worth KES 76.8 billion ($594 million) in the past three years, underscoring […]

In August, the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) drew African attention for an unusual announcement: Japan proposed designating several […]

Access Tech Innovation and Research Center, a Lagos-based non-profit focused on digital inclusion for blind individuals, has launched GiveTechToTheBlind, a new platform […]

Every year, Zambia generates around 23,000 tonnes of electronic waste. Much of it ends up in open fires or unregulated dumpsites. As […]