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...
Frank Ireri, a banker who tried to reshape Kenya’s mortgage market, dies at 63
Frank Ireri, the former Housing Finance boss who spent more than a decade trying to turn one of Kenya’s oldest mortgage lenders into a modern financ...
When the doctor won’t listen to you, MyDébboApp bets it will
She asked me to give her a symptom, something ordinary and real. I mentioned a small issue that had lingered longer than it should have, one which I h...
Stanbic’s Zest turns profitable with ₦543 million Q3 gain
Zest, the fintech subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has reported its first profitable quarter since its 2023 launch. The turnaround reflects the gr...
Zambia’s Duniya Healthcare says its distribution model helped avert 578 rural deaths
Duniya Healthcare, a Zambia-based pharmaceutical and health logistics startup, says it helped rural health facilities avert 578 deaths in six months, ...
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