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Une veille curatée sur l'innovation technologique en Afrique et en France, mise à jour en continu.
Une veille curatée sur l'innovation technologique en Afrique et en France, mise à jour en continu.
OPay currently serves 46 million users in Nigeria (according to its own estimates) — roughly 0.23% of Nigeria’s over 200 million population. Outside Nigeria, the fintech has footprints in Egypt, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

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.

Rank is betting that digitising community-based finance can offer an alternative route to accessing capital for young entrepreneurs and workers.

The new phone brings 5G, a faster chipset, and a screen that changes color depending on the temperature.
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.

At the launch of the State of Tech in Africa H1 2026 report, investors and founders got candid about why early-stage capital has dried up, what African venture capital owes the ecosystem, and where the next wave of growth is actually coming from.

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
The conference is the highest decision-making body of the African Telecommunications Union and comes at a significant moment in Africa's digital transformation journey.
Premium womenswear brand Luciana launches Nigeria's first artificial intelligence-powered virtual...

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.

His departure comes after a tenure in which GTBank Kenya sought to strengthen its balance sheet and reposition the business for growth.

What FoodCourt got wrong, what Chicken Republic got right, and why cloud kitchens are harder than they look.

Startups operating in regulated or trust-sensitive sectors can now apply for VOVE ID's Compliance Infrastructure Program, designed to identify gaps in their onboarding, fraud prevention, and other compliance processes.