Airtel Money reported a sharp rise in revenue and transaction volumes in the six months to September, as the mobile financial ...

A failed purchase of a SMEG kettle has prompted Cape Town entrepreneur Tertius Wait to build Pakstoor, a new kind of online ...

Safaricom Plc is expanding M-PESA from a payments service into savings, investment and insurance, Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa said, while a court dispute over who controls the Kenyan operator ...

Nomba is extending its cross-border payments infrastructure into Zambia through licensed local partners, targeting businesses trading ...

Are you about to post an entirely new Instagram Reel, then look after an hour at the number of views and try to figure out if your view count is good enough? Well, you definitely are not alone! This ...

Mastercard whitepaper links rising cyber threats to Africa’s expanding digital economy, with technology, government and financial services accounting for 44% of observed activity. The report dubbed ...

Jubilee Group and FSD Africa’s BimaLab accelerator have partnered with 7 insurtech companies to develop affordable insurance products for small businesses, informal workers, farmers and low-income ...

The College Date, a Nigerian student-focused social platform, has reached approximately 1,010 registered users as it looks to raise $250,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate growth across university ...

Tanzania’s East Africa Foods has raised $40 million to expand its agricultural supply chain into Kenya, targeting 100,000 smallholder farmers as Kenya’s once high-profile food distribution startup ...

MAM Telecom Ltd., a Uganda-based financial infrastructure company, has secured a $250,000 grant from an anonymous South African businessman to develop technology aimed at addressing liquidity and ...

TECNO has photographed 20 Kenyans for a global portrait project showcasing its skin-tone imaging technology, using the CAMON 50 Ultra to document people across different complexions, environments and ...

Nigeria-founded mobility company Moove has ended its operations in the country, weeks after Uber’s departure disrupted the ride-hailing ecosystem that underpinned its local vehicle-financing business.