CBN Local Hosting Mandate Puts Nigeria’s Data Centres to the Ultimate Test
Nigeria’s data centre industry is bracing for its biggest stress test yet as the Central Bank’s new local…
South Africa Satellite Internet: More Firms Seek Licences
Starlink is no longer the only satellite internet company knocking on South Africa’s door. Communications Minister Solly Malatsi…
Miami Startup GSX Builds Blockchain Rails for Africa
A Miami based blockchain infrastructure company is positioning itself to become the settlement backbone for African governments looking…
EazzyTranzact CEO Says FX Losses, Not Fraud, Behind N50bn EFCC Case
The founder and CEO of EazzyTranzact Payment Service Africa Limited, Olusanya Olumide Adeniran, has finally spoken publicly about…
Tony Elumelu Foundation $100 Million Bet Yields $4.2 Billion in African Founders Revenue
Tony Elumelu’s decision to commit $100 million toward African entrepreneurs a decade ago has turned into one of…
WeLight Secures $31M to Power Nigeria, DRC Homes
Africa’s largest solar mini grid operator, WeLight, has raised 31 million dollars in fresh funding to expand rural…
Meet the South African Executive Paid R26,000 a Day for Nine Years to Widen Access to Private Schooling
For nearly a decade, one South African executive quietly pocketed an average of R26,000 every single day, including…
Beta Glass Posts N37.5bn Revenue, Renews Board at 52nd AGM
Beta Glass Plc, West and Central Africa’s leading glass packaging manufacturer, has concluded its 52nd Annual General Meeting…
Nigeria’s Data Entry Academy Secures $10,000 UNDP Prize After Defeating 1,400+ Startups
A Lagos based edtech company, Data Entry Academy, has emerged winner of the United Nations Development Programme’s Get…
Alaa Hamadto: Sudanese Entrepreneur Rebuilds Solar Food Startup Amid Civil War
Alaa Salih Hamadto left dentistry in 2014 to build a solar food drying business with her father’s decades-old…