Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Moniepoint UK Limited generated $36,284 in revenue for 2025 following the migration of customers from its diaspora remittance product, MonieWorld. The figure reflects one month of activity as the group reassesses its UK market footprint amidst rising competition and operational expenses.
Former banker Watson Matsa founded eSusFarm Africa to bridge the gap between traditional banking frameworks and smallholder agriculture. By leveraging soil, weather, and crop data, the platform creates dynamic risk management tools designed around seasonal earnings rather than rigid monthly schedules.
Cascador and Sterling Bank's new $200m credit backstop fund covers part of lenders' losses, so Nigerian SMEs can borrow up to $1m with less collateral.
Africa's first listed bitcoin treasury company has lost its CEO after regulator FSCA debarred three executives over alleged share-price manipulation at its predecessor, Altvest. Reports now point to a board-level clash with shareholders.
Pan-African payments company pawaPay has received a Payment Service Provider licence from the Bank of Mozambique, letting it sign up merchants directly and connect them to the country's mobile money networks.
Subsea cable operator Seacom has placed group CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave while allegations about how the company is run are investigated. CFO Charl Slabbert is acting CEO.
UK firm FiveNines has been appointed to lead development of a 20MW AI data centre near Casablanca, the first piece of Nexus Core Systems' planned 180MW, renewable-powered AI Factory in Morocco.
Morocco's digital ministry and French AI company Mistral have released two open-source tools built for Moroccan Darija: a dialect identifier and a speech-to-text model that handles code-switching with French and English.
The World Bank says developing countries should stop chasing frontier AI models and focus on cheap, tailored tools that work on weak networks and in local languages. Its latest Africa update shows why the basics come first.
Airtel Money priced its London IPO at 196p a share, valuing the African mobile money business at about £5.3bn ($7bn). Full trading opens today after a soft start in conditional dealings.
After eight years running Ethiopia's dominant telecom operator, Frehiwot Tamru moves into government as Minister of Innovation and Technology. Her move raises questions for both the ministry and Ethio Telecom.
Divorced individuals, widows, and single parents in Africa face significant social stigma and privacy risks when using mainstream dating platforms. In response, specialized platforms like Runo are emerging to offer tailored environments, digital privacy safeguards, and community verification for second-chance dating.
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