Africa
Discussing developments, challenges, and achievements shaping the future of Africa in various sectors.
- News
Truecaller Opens Business Chat to Partners, Eyes Africa’s Enterprise Messaging Market
Truecaller opens Business Chat to global partners including Sling Africa, targeting African enterprises seeking alternatives to low-trust SMS.
- Startups
Kulipa Raises $6.2M to Help Fintechs Like Flutterwave Turn Stablecoin Balances Into Real Payments
Kulipa raises $6.2M to let fintechs issue payment cards funded directly from stablecoin balances, with Nigeria in its regulated footprint.
- News
Airtel Africa preps full voice calling over satellite using Starlink Mobile V2
If you thought today’s news about Airtel Africa testing satellite-to-phone messaging was a big deal, buckle up. While being able…
- News
Airtel Africa just tested Starlink satellite-to-phone connectivity, and it actually works
If you’ve been following the telecom space lately, you know that the battle for the African sky is heating up.…
- News
MTN successfully tests Starlink Direct to Cell in Africa, first on the continent
The space race for smartphone connectivity is officially heating up across Africa. While 2026 was already poised to be the…
- News
Samsung overtakes TECNO in Q4 2025 MEA smartphone market share
If you spend any time on tech social media in Kenya, you have likely noticed a recurring theme: the Samsung…
- News
GSMA launches Swahili AI reasoning model at MWC 2026
Artificial intelligence is advancing quickly around the world. But most AI systems are still built primarily for Western languages and…
- News
After Starlink, now Safaricom has Amazon Leo via Vodafone
Vodafone Group has inked a deal with Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network, to connect remote 4G and…
- News
Pesalink Finally Wakes Up: The PAPSS Integration That Bypasses the Dollar and Threatens the Fintech Ecosystem
Pesalink and PAPSS have unlocked instant KES cross-border payments. Discover how bypassing the dollar threatens the entire remittance startup ecosystem.
- Interesting Reads
The Galaxy S26 satellite snub: Why Africa is still waiting for a connection to the stars
Africa has always lived with a strange connectivity contradiction. Drive a few kilometres outside Nairobi, out past the bypasses and…
- News
INTERPOL smashes African scam rings with 651 arrests in 2 months, millions recovered
Another month, another sweeping cybercrime crackdown across Africa, and once again, Kenya and Nigeria are right in the middle of…
- News
Why you missed the Winter Olympics 2026: Canal+ now controls what DStv (SuperSport) airs
If you are a Kenyan sports fan wondering why your DStv subscription didn’t grant you a front-row seat to the…
- News
Canal+ eyes bringing Apple TV+ and HBO Max content to DStv subscribers
If you thought the big changes at MultiChoice ended with the takeover last September, think again. The new French owners,…
- Opinion
Opinion: The “Global” Smartphone Top 10 is an echo chamber, and Africa isn’t listening
Every year, Counterpoint Research drops the list of the top 10 best-selling smartphones globally. And every year, looking at it…
- Interesting Reads
The $196 Trillion Upgrade: How Teaching Kids to Read Rewrites the Global Economy
A new global analysis reveals that ensuring universal literacy by age 10 would add $196 trillion to the global economy…
