Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Johnstone is a journalist covering innovation and social responses in Africa. He is 2024 MTN Media Innovation Fellow at School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria. He was formerly a senior reporter at Condia.
Opinion

Why Nigerians will soon pay more for telco services

Nigeria’s telecom sector is under severe financial strain, with surging costs and mounting losses pushing operators to call for an urgent tariff hike.

News

MTN MoMo resorts to foot soldiers in South African fintech push

A new strategy focuses on grassroots efforts and personal engagement to drive mobile money adoption

News

FCCPC reinstates Nigerian fintech, Sycamore as an approved digital lender

Nigerian fintech, Sycamore has been reinstated as an approved digital lender in the country. This is coming barely a month after FCCPC erroneously delisted the company.

News

Iyin Aboyeji’s Accelerate Africa selects 10 African startups for its pioneer cohort

Four months after its launch, Accelerate Africa, a new accelerator program aiming to become the "Y Combinator of Africa," has selected its first cohort of 10 startups from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Eswatini.

Mobility

inDrive avoids ban in Nigeria’s capital, secures licence

inDrive started offering rides in Abuja in March 2023 and quickly became popular, with users averaging 212 rides each in the first few months. 

Fintech

Brass co-founders exit as fintech gets acquired by Paystack-led consortium

Following the acquisition, Brass will continue to build and support its customers and grow with a new leadership team.

Features

Inside the online food delivery market in Northern Nigeria

While phone calls remain the go-to method for online food delivery in Northern Nigeria, a growing appetite exists for a more streamlined approach. Vendors and users alike are craving an aggregator platform similar to the ones in the South.

News

Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet steps down citing “health reasons”

Maëlle Gavet, who has led Techstars as CEO for three and a half years, has announced her resignation due to health concerns.

News

Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Kenya to bridge digital divide in East Africa

Microsoft and UAE's G42 want to invest $1 billion into Kenya to enhance connectivity in East Africa, as well as the establishment of a new East Africa Cloud Region.

Newsletter

BD Insider 235: Inside the $152.5M Accion Digital Transformation Fund

We're starting with a story that's making waves in the global tech community: TikTok's move to automatically label AI-generated content on its platform.

News

ThriveAgric makes the top 20 fastest-growing companies list by the Financial Times and Statista

ThriveAgric, facing a near shutdown in 2020, bounced back to become one of Africa's top 20 fastest-growing companies according to the FT ranking.

News

Nigeria stakes claim in Bay Area with Startup House

Nigeria has announced plans to launch a Startup House in the San Francisco Bay Area to drive investment and boost the visibility of the country's startup ecosystem.

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