Why telcos struggle to keep you online on Nigeria’s busiest highway
If you have ever traveled on the Lagos–Ibadan expressway, chances are you’ve experienced sudden call drops, frozen maps, or a complete loss of int...
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Quick Fire ? with Greg Cooke
Greg Cooke is a South African entrepreneur currently based in the UK, leading Growth and Product at Rafiki, a startup he co-founded after several year...
Pesalink wants to be Kenya’s “digital payments rail.” Can it pull it off?
Sending money in Kenya is still more complicated than it looks. A payment that starts in a bank account often transfers through a mobile wallet before...
Kenya’s eRITS system will track landlords who dodge rental taxes
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has introduced the Electronic Rental Income Tax System (eRITS), a digital platform that lets landlords register prop...
Lisk’s $15 million fund wants to find Web3 unicorns in emerging markets
Lisk, a Swiss blockchain platform founded in 2016, has launched a $15 million fund to back Web3 founders in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia....
Car washers in South Africa’s biggest cities can now receive instant digital payments
Street Wallet, a South African cashless payment fintech, has partnered with Plush Car Wash, a popular car care brand, to introduce digital payments to...
Her consortium tackled Egypt’s COVID test kit shortages; now they’re taking on Africa’s diagnostic crisis
When Egypt reported its first COVID-19 case on February 14, 2020, the country found itself facing a critical shortage of PCR (polymerase chain reactio...
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