In-depth stories, expert insights, and real conversations from the heart of East Africa's tech ecosystem.
Accrue is targeting African businesses with a stablecoin-powered cross-border banking platform, joining a growing group of fintechs building around dollar balances, international collections, and supplier payments.
Accrue is targeting African businesses with a stablecoin-powered platform for collecting international payments, holding dollar balances and paying suppliers across markets — another sign that cross-border fintech is moving beyond consumer remittances.
Freddie Omany’s career path from French teacher to payments operator is a reminder that Africa’s fintech talent often comes from unexpected places. His story reflects how language, operations and cross-border experience can become assets in regional payments infrastructure.
Nigeria’s rise in a responsible AI ranking highlights how governance is becoming part of the region’s AI race. For African policymakers, startups and developers, the message is that AI adoption is now tied to trust, oversight and institutional readiness.
Nigeria’s rise in a responsible AI ranking is more than a national milestone. It points to a wider shift in African tech policy as governments move from AI enthusiasm to governance, accountability, and practical rules for deployment.
Ethiopian startup Better Auth has been acquired by Vercel after a seed round, adding to a growing body of evidence that open-source developer tools from Africa can attract global buyers.
Kenya’s proposed ride-hailing rules could push fares higher and redraw the economics for Uber, Bolt, drivers, and the platforms that depend on them. The debate is a reminder that transport apps are as much policy businesses as software products.
Ghana is moving away from a single-operator 5G model and opening the rollout to MTN and Telecel. The shift could shape how African regulators think about spectrum, competition, and the pace of next-generation network deployment.
Ethiopian-founded Better Auth has reportedly been acquired by Vercel after a seed round, a notable outcome for an open-source startup built in Africa and used by developers globally.
A proposed minimum fare in Kenya could reshape the economics of ride-hailing, forcing platforms, drivers, and regulators to confront the real cost of transport work in a market built on thin margins.
Administrators have begun marketing Koko Network’s assets, marking a sobering moment for one of Kenya’s best-known clean cooking startups and a reminder that hardware-heavy climate tech can be brutally capital intensive.
The sale of Koko Networks’ assets shows how hard it can be to turn climate-tech ambition into durable operations, especially when capital, execution, and market adoption collide.
Kenya’s proposal to double ride-hailing fares is more than a pricing dispute. It could reset how platforms, drivers, and regulators balance affordability, earnings, and market power.
Better Auth’s move into Vercel’s ecosystem is a notable signal for East African open-source founders: globally useful developer tools can scale from the region and attract strategic buyers.
Administrators have begun marketing KOKO Network’s assets, marking a sobering moment for one of Kenya’s best-known clean cooking startups and for climate-tech investors watching the sector.
Kenya’s proposal to raise minimum ride-hailing fares has triggered a standoff with Uber and Bolt, highlighting the tension between driver earnings, platform pricing, and consumer access.
Better Auth, an open-source authentication platform founded in Ethiopia, has been acquired by Vercel, underscoring how African developer tools can attract global buyers when they solve a universal problem.
Starlink has paused new subscriptions in seven Kenyan counties, underscoring the gap between fast demand growth and the infrastructure needed to support it.