Access Bank takes over Standard Chartered Gambia after 130 years

Nigerian lender Access Bank steps into The Gambia, taking over Standard Chartered’s legacy operations. The move safeguards jobs and reinforces regional banking options.

AfDB commits $184M to Africa’s largest solar and battery project in Egypt

The African Development Bank has approved $184 million for Egypt's Obelisk solar project, Africa's largest clean energy and battery storage initiative.

Moove seeks $300 million to supercharge expansion and attain unicorn status

This latest fundraising effort underscores Moove's strategic aim to become a pivotal player in the evolving autonomous mobility ecosystem, beyond its current fleet management role for Waymo.

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Moniepoint executive sues unicorn over stock options worth nearly $1M

An ex-Moniepoint staff, claims that the fintech unicorn engaged in malicious actions to deny him of stock options estimated to be worth $889,600 in the secondary market.

MultiChoice loses 1.2 million subscribers as currency woes impact revenue

Nigeria, the continent's most populous nation, accounted for over half of the 7% subscriber decline in the Rest of Africa segment, which ended the year with 7.5 million customers.

Nigeria’s inflation and banditry crisis ignite food security emergency

Nigeria’s food crisis is exploding — inflation hits 35%, farms are under attack, and 100 million go hungry. Urgent action is needed now.

Salus Cloud raises $3.7M to expand secure software delivery in Africa

“We built Salus so a fintech can focus on loans, an e-commerce company on logistics not on securing Kubernetes or building core banking from scratch," CEO Andrew Mori said.

Developers can now use Apple’s advanced offline AI models

At WWDC 2025, Apple dramatically stepped up its AI ambitions with the introduction of the Foundation Models framework that works offline.

WWDC 2025: Everything announced and What it means for you 

Apple introduced its Liquid Glass UI, launched on-device AI tools via Apple Intelligence, and unified platform versioning (like iOS 26 and macOS 26).

Binance’s former crime compliance lead steps down after detention in Nigeria

Tigran Gambaryan, who helped steer Binance’s global compliance strategy, resigns months after a protracted legal battle in Nigeria tested the crypto exchange’s standing in Africa and beyond.

Nigeria’s Medsaf quietly shuts down after raising over $7 million to digitise drug supply

After raising $7M and working with 1,000+ hospitals, Nigerian health startup Medsaf has shut down due to FX shocks, investor pullouts and a failed acquisition attempt.

CAR’s Touadéra confirms $CAR land tokenisation platform launch, eyes natural resources next

Despite its rocky debut, the Central African Republic pushes its blockchain experiment further, launching a platform to sell tokenised land using the $CAR coin.