“Access to internet should be a basic human right”: Minister Salima Bah on Sierra Leone’s tech ambition
When I spoke to Sierra Leone’s Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation, Salima Bah, last February, the ministry she led was less […]
How one telecom operator keeps users connected along Third Mainland
On a typical weekday morning, thousands of commuters crawl across Lagos’ Third Mainland Bridge, Nigeria’s busiest and longest bridge, stretching 11.8 kilometers […]
MTN MoMo joins South Africa’s rent-to-own smartphone market
MTN MoMo South Africa has launched a rent-to-own smartphone service that allows customers to own a 4G or 5G smartphone, from as […]
MTN invests $377 million to monetise network, lease infrastructure to competitors
MTN Nigeria is ramping up infrastructure investment to turn its network into a platform for other operators, betting that monetising access will […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Chipper Cash sets up shop in Zambia
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Wazzup! One of the most interesting things I saw yesterday was that […]
Benin’s ambition and Morocco’s maturity are driving the next wave of Francophone African innovation
30th July 2025 Lire en Français Welcome to The Next Wave: Francophone Africa, a twice-monthly newsletter on insider analysis about Francophone Africa’s […]
The Grace Hopper Effect: A conference set this U.S immigrant on a quest to close the gender gap in African tech
In September 2017, Gabriella Uwadiegwu stepped into the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, and saw the future. The hall, packed […]
Lipa Later sought $5 million from UK lender two weeks after entering administration
Two weeks after entering administration in March, Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Lipa Later co-founder, Eric Muli, tried to raise $5 million to […]
Duniya Healthcare is digitising medicine supply chains to reach Zambia’s most remote clinics
In a remote part of Zambia, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old named Chipego arrived at a Catholic-run clinic in Monze District, south of […]
Afriex expands to Asia to tap booming cross-border payments market
Afriex, the Lagos- and San Francisco-based money transfer startup, has expanded into Asia’s three biggest remittance markets—China, India, and Pakistan—to tap into […]
Sorry, Computer Village, there’s a new Sheriff in town (and it’s called Gamp)
There are three things you can’t live without: air, water, and yes, your mobile devices. In corporate settings, laptops and smartphones are […]
Scaling with discipline may be the new playbook for Nigerian fintechs
For years, the dominant storyline in Africa’s fintech sector has been growth – fast, aggressive, and often exhilarating. Startups raced to onboard […]