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The findings arrive as African governments compete to attract founders and foreign investment by simplifying the mechanics of starting a business.

In today's edition: LemFi, BVNK partner to use stablecoins for remittance || Shareholders agree on Nedbank-NCBA merger || Court settles Nigeria’s airtime lending dispute || Kenya introduces new telecom licence

Only about 15% to 18% of South Africa's trade is with African countries, highlighting how much work remains before AfCFTA can achieve its ambitions.
Zipline is preparing an expansion backed by a US government grant across Nigeria, evolving from state-by-state partnerships to engaging healthcare stakeholders at the local, state, and national level.

How Francophone West Africa's corner shops became the continent's most overlooked commerce opportunity and the startups racing to serve them.

While the court upheld the validity of the regulations, it agreed with one of WASPAN's central arguments: the FCCPC's consumer protection powers do not extend to licencing telecommunications operators.

In today's edition: South Africa overhauls SIM registration || GTBank Kenya needs a new managing director || Cyberattacks in Kenya || Malawi wants to break telecom duopoly
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI comp

Launch Africa has invested in 15 startups so far in 2026, with a focus on early-stage startups, as other investors slow down on funding.

South Africa is overhauling its SIM registration system to strengthen identity verification and curb digital fraud.

Over the past decade, the playbook for Nigerian fintechs has been remarkably consistent: build payment products, acquire merchants, scale transaction volumes, obtain microfinance bank licences, expand into lending, and eventually launch savings products.

Under the revised charges, published on the country’s electronic visa portal on Monday, Somali and Burundian citizens will pay $100 to enter South Sudan.