BD Insider 226: Ethiopian bank scrambles to recover $40M+ lost in error

Inside: Ethiopia's bank suffers a $40 million technical glitch, Meta's monetisation programme and Nigerian mobile subscribers plummet.

BD Insider 225: Wasoko and Chipper Cash are shifting gears

Inside: Chipper Cash scale back from US and UK, Wasoko exits Zanzibar and crypto fees hike in Nigeria.

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BD Insider 224: Africa’s Talking faces lawsuits from ex-director

Inside: Turmoil at Africa's Talking, a Kenya-based communication API startup, women in tech and LemFi eyes the Chinese market.

BD Insider 223: Nigeria backtracks: $10 billion Binance fine “misquoted”

Inside: Nigeria crackdown on Bureau De Change operators + updates on Zoho's pricing structure in both Nigeria and Kenya.

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.

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.

BD Insider 220: Nigeria’s capital city plans crackdown on unlicensed ride-hailing startups

Gloomy news: Over the weekend, a tragedy gripped the Nigerian (and African) communities, especially those in the business and finance sectors, as Herbert Wigwe, the co-founder and group CEO of Access Holdings, died in a helicopter crash in California.

BD Insider 219: No, the CBN is not converting domiciliary accounts to Naira

Inside: We explore WhatsApp banking in Uganda and the latest public cloud region in Kenya.

BD Insider 218: Opay wants to block non-KYC-compliant accounts

Inside: Opay will block non-KYC-compliant accounts in March + Cova's post-mortem + the African startups in YC W24.

BD Insider 217: Why Iyin Aboyeji wants to build the “YC of Africa”

Prime Video cuts funding and staff in Africa. Still Inside: The launch of Accelerate Africa + Tech VC trends that will shape Africa in 2024.

BD Insider 216: African startups are trying to localise cost

Inside: Layoff of Chipper's US-based employees, Starlink adoption in Zambia and Worlcoin's operation in Kenya.