Damage causes outage for Africa’s first subsea cable

The outage has had an impact on some clients’ businesses but the operator has been working diligently to ensure service continuity

BD Insider 222: Uber in talks to invest ~$100 million in Moove

Inside: BDC reforms in Nigeria, Kenya's national digital ID programme and the truth about Gmail.

Equinix to invest separate $390 million in Africa play

The money plans for investment includes the construction of data centers at its current operations, but excludes plans for additional markets

RightCard (LemFi) doubles down on Bank of Ghana Approval with Nsano partnership

LemFi announces approval by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to partner with Nsano Limited to deliver money transfer services to Mobile Money Wallets and Bank GAccount Beneficiaries in Ghana.

Verod buys i-Fitness stake for $12 million in PE Shuffle

West African private equity firm Verod has acquired a 65% stake in Nigeria's leading fitness chain i-Fitness from CardinalStone in a $12 million deal.

A fresh crypto crackdown is brewing in Nigeria

Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bola Tinubu administration called on the central bank to ban some exchanges

Meet the Africans behind Ocular AI: The startup making history at Y Combinator

Silicon Valley startup Ocular AI, founded by a Zambian and Zimbabwean software engineer duo, has been selected for the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch.

MultiChoice renews distribution deal with Disney+

Both broadcasting platforms have entered an agreement that will see Disney channels keeping airing on DStv

War-rocked Sudan jumps on Starlink to beat internet cuts

The country is experiencing a near-total telecoms blackout, as mobile network providers have been critically hit by disruptions

Laid-Off Twitter Africa team finally receives severance

More than a year after X (formerly Twitter) laid off its Ghana-based Africa team, the company has finally resolved the severance dispute with the employees after facing advocacy and legal pressure.

BD Insider 221: EFCC drops charges against Nigerian fintech Leatherback

The Disha link in your bio won't work anymore. Also inside, we cover Africa’s biggest streaming platform and the latest on EFCC charges against Nigerian fintech Leatherback.

Breaking: Flutterwave shuts down Disha temporarily

Disha, a popular no-code platform owned by Flutterwave, will temporarily shut down operations effective March 31, 2024.