Airtel Africa raises investment to $900 million, partners Starlink in digital push
Airtel Africa has raised its full-year capital expenditure plans to between $875 million and $900 million, the telco giant’s most aggressive investm...
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Canal+ risks probe after demanding 20% discount from MultiChoice suppliers
Just weeks after finalising its takeover of MultiChoice, French media giant Canal+ is already shaking up South Africa’s broadcasting ecosystem, leav...
Access’s Hydrogen grows profit 305% as transactions hit ₦41.1 trillion
Access Holdings’ fintech subsidiary, Hydrogen, grew its profit by 305.88% in the first half of 2025 to ₦966 million ($664,928) from ₦238 million...
Kenyan court awards ex-Craft Silicon executive $751,000 after dispute over promised equity
Kenya’s Employment and Labour Relations court has ordered Craft Silicon, a Kenyan software firm, and its ride-hailing subsidiary, Little, to pay a f...
Sendy loses $635,000 VAT case in ruling that could redefine how Kenya taxes Uber, Bolt
Sendy, the Kenyan logistics startup that went into administration in 2023, has found itself at the centre of a ruling that could reshape how Kenya’s...
Airtel Africa’s mobile money processes nearly $200bn as it readies public listing
Airtel Money, the financial services arm of Airtel Africa, has seen its annualised transaction value climb above $193 billion, a 35.9% year-on-year in...
The Backend: How this Kenyan healthtech is tuning corner pharmacies into a connected health network
Neighbourhood pharmacies are the unrecognised backbone of healthcare in Africa. In Kenya alone, these small, independently run chemists handle most of...
Safaricom-backed M-Tiba hit by massive data breach exposing patient records
Hackers say they have stolen millions of medical and personal records from M-Tiba, a Safaricom-backed digital health wallet, in what could be one of K...
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