Capitec Bank, South Africa’s largest retail bank by client, is driving a conversation with its artificial intelligence-backed initiative. In contrast to the contemporary status of AI-driven layoffs in ...

Nigeria’s online gambling scene has ballooned into a multi‑million‑dollar industry in just a few years. Remote gaming, dominated by sports betting, pulled in an estimated $400 million in 2023 and ...

Moniepoint Inc., Africa’s prominent fintech platform, has secured an additional $90 million in its Series C funding round, pushing the company’s valuation above $1 billion and cementing its status as ...

For Nigeria’s financial sector, the first half of 2026 was less about new licences or flashy product launches and more about rules. Between January and June, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued ...

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Smartphone shipments into Africa hit 84.4 million for the entire 2025, representing 13% year-on-year growth and outperforming global market trends. The performance represents Africa’s strongest ...

Anthropic’s flagship AI models are back online. Claude, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, pulled from public access on June 12 under a US government export control directive, began returning to users worldwide on ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a new system that will allow voters who have lost, damaged, or defaced their Permanent Voter Cards to download replacement copies.

Nigeria’s digital economy is entering a new phase. For more than a decade, the conversation around financial technology has largely focused on access, bringing millions of Nigerians into the formal ...

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A Kenyan high court has ruled that government authorities lack the power to shut down websites without a court order authorising such action. This comes after the court nullified a major part of the ...