1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (930+ words) In 2017, Jephte Ioudom Foubi was running Juu Bots AI in Cameroon, building chatbots for beauty brands and entertainment companies. The work was exciting; the learning curve was steep, but something was missing: accountability. At the time, Cameroon's AI ecosystem was…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago  (685+ words) The difference between ideation and institutional capital is judgement. By the time a venture reaches the venture capital stage, the asymmetry that matters most (the intellectual kind) has already been captured by someone who showed up earlier. For Tomi Davies,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (494+ words) Pan-African climate venture fund Catalyst Fund has hit the second close of its debut fund, securing $30 million in total commitments as it nears its target. The fund is doubling down on backing founders building practical solutions to Africa's intensifying climate…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (541+ words) That possibility is now the explicit goal of a formal government-backed initiative. Malawi has launched the Malawi Low-Resource Language Data Trust Initiative, a structured programme aimed at building AI systems that understand and respond in Chichewa, the national language spoken…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (207+ words) The app itself confirmed in a statement to the press that the subscription is "optional" and "designed for users who want more ways to organise and personalise their experience". This approach mirrors what rivals have already done. Snapchat launched Snapchat…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (868+ words) The launch brought together operators, founders, technology executives, and retail stakeholders for conversations that extended beyond product features to a broader question: what will it actually take to make digital commerce work at scale across Africa? Shopaza enters the market…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (297+ words) In a country where modern economic history is written in the harsh ink of currency volatility, digital assets stopped being a speculative gamble; they became a financial necessity. After years of banishing the crypto sector to the regulatory wilderness, Zimbabwe…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (559+ words) South African fintech company Lesaka Technologies has acquired Mobilemart in an all-cash transaction worth $2. 5 million, strengthening the enterprise payments platform it has been building over the past two years. The deal is all-cash, which is important for more than just…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (230+ words) Barely two weeks later, the whole thing was quietly withdrawn. Minister Solly Malatsi acknowledged that several academic references in the policy, at least six, possibly more, were completely made up. Journals that didn't exist. Papers never written. Authors who appeared…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (494+ words) Vodacom has sold more than 51, 000 refurbished smartphones through its Good As New programme, the South African telecoms giant has announced, as the country grapples with one of the continent's worst e-waste problems. The programme offers customers affordable, high-quality smartphones by…...