5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (375+ words) After a one-year pause, the develo PPP Ventures programme is officially returning to Ghana " reopening applications to identify and support a new cohort of high-potential, impact-driven start-ups. The last cohort in Ghana was selected in May 2025, making this a highly…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (416+ words) Bolt has officially launched an electric vehicle ride category in South Africa, starting in Cape Town through a fleet partnership with local operator Yugo Ride. The company is targeting 500 electric vehicles on South African roads by December 2026, with a Johannesburg…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (487+ words) The math has always been complicated for telecoms trying to connect rural Africa. Diesel generators are expensive, unreliable, and climate-hostile. Grid power, where it exists, is erratic. Solar has long been the obvious answer " but obvious answers don't always move…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (841+ words) For years, the digital economy existed in a kind of fiscal grey zone across much of Africa. A Rwandan startup could buy Google Ads. A family in Kigali could stream Netflix. A small business could run its entire operation on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (470+ words) In 2016, the global tech press viewed the African continent through a predictable, often reductive lens: a place of "leapfrogging" and "social impact" stories that rarely delved into the gritty mechanics of venture capital or scale. Jessica Hope, an alumna of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (153+ words) Solar Africa has secured R1. 5 billion in funding to reach financial close on Sun Central 2, a 114 MW utility-scale solar plant in the Northern Cape. This marks a significant acceleration in South Africa's shift toward "wheeling'allowing businesses to buy renewable energy from…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (204+ words) The Uganda Communications Commission (CCU) has directed all telecommunications companies and internet service providers to shut down public internet access effective immediately, citing the need to curb "misinformation" and "incitement of violence" during the country's election period. The directive, dated…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (191+ words) Uganda's top communications regulator is downplaying the hype around BITchat, an alternative messaging app being championed by opposition figures. The government claims it has the technical prowess to shut it down if it's used to bypass local laws. Nyombi Thembo,…...