Before OPay became one of Africa’s largest fintechs with nearly 50 million users, it was a company wondering whether it would survive its first year. That is the honest account Dotun Adekunle, OPay’s ...

Despite recent increases in connectivity, the presence of telecom towers and smartphone adoption in many rural communities across Nigeria remains limited. A recent industry report revealed that ...

Amazon Leo, Amazon’s satellite internet service, is nearing its official launch in South Africa after securing a partnership deal with Herotel, the local company that will serve as its distributor.

On July 1, 2026, the way millions of Nigerians interact with digital finance changed for good. Without much public fanfare, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s mandatory CBN device binding rule went live, ...

The Nigerian telecoms industry has suffered more than 150,000 fibre cut incidents across April and May 2026, the highest number of such cuts on record. The figures reveal a continued struggle to ...

There is a particular kind of grief that comes from knowing that a loved one didn’t make it, not from a lack of medicine or doctors, but because nobody could find the right hospital with the necessary ...

In a significant victory for Kenyan consumers, the government recently published a revised regulation that addresses how telecom operators, internet service providers, and other ICT companies engage ...

Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal has ruled that works generated by artificial intelligence cannot attract copyright protection or be registered as original creations ...

Every year, millions of Africans travel for work, study, business and leisure, expecting that in an increasingly connected world, moving money across borders should be as simple as booking a flight.

MTN Group President and CEO Ralph Mupita has been appointed as a founding commissioner on the AI for Good Global Commission. The CEO will be working alongside other senior leaders such as the CEOs of ...

Before Flutterwave became Africa’s most valuable fintech, it was a pitch that made investors walk out of the room. In a past episode of the Afropolitan podcast, Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa ...

WeLight, Africa’s largest solar mini-grid operator, has announced a $650 million expansion plan that aims to increase its service capacity tenfold across Africa, just two weeks after securing $31 ...