IFC pours 15.3 billion CFA into Jumia to power up...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Africa’s e-commerce market is worth more than 30 600 Billion CFA as of 2024, and it’s still climbing. The catch: the digital infrastructure needed...
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Nigeria and Canada seal tech pact in Toronto 🤝 🇳🇬...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On August 11, in Toronto, Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) signed two memoranda of understanding with Canadian tech companies Goose FL and...
Africa’s climatetech boom hit $1.5 billion in 2025, but it’s...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Climate technology has become one of the fastest-growing forces in African venture capital. But behind the eye-catching numbers lies a market that’s still remarkably...
Gambia’s digital tax overhaul boosts revenue by 127% in three...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Gambia is reporting an unusual fiscal turnaround, and officials say digitization is behind it. Over three years, the country’s tax revenue reportedly climbed from...
Senegal’s new biometric ID system takes aim at informal gold...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Senegal is accelerating its push to digitize the mining sector. To better regulate artisanal gold mining, protect workers, and stem the tax losses tied...
X Money goes live: Musk turns X into a digital...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Elon Musk’s social network keeps pushing further into multi-purpose territory. On July 27, 2026, X officially launched X Money, an integrated payments service that...
Orange Maroc bets on Cash Plus’ 5,200 locations to crack...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In Morocco’s increasingly crowded mobile payments market — which counted more than 13 million digital wallets as of late 2024, according to Bank Al-Maghrib...
Libya bets on AI to revive its battered oil industry...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français After years shaped by political instability and armed conflict, Libya is trying to revive one of the pillars of its economy: oil. This time,...
After years of banking crypto out, Zimbabwe finally writes the...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français For years, cryptocurrencies in Zimbabwe operated in a kind of legal no-man’s-land — tolerated in practice, unrecognized on paper. That’s starting to change. Harare...
Guinea bets on TELEMO to bring transparency to billions in...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Across the world, governments are under growing pressure to modernize — or risk being left behind. In Guinea, that pressure has finally translated into...