BD Insider 230: Inside Nigeria’s first multilingual AI model

Inside: YC-backed MarketForce exits B2B e-commerce and the latest about Tiktok's regulation in Kenya.

BD Insider 228: Multichoice hit in ₦7.9 billion fraud

Inside: Nigeria wants to launch another national ID, Kenya's e-mobility policy and Hauwei's $10 million cloud credit grant for African startups.

BD Insider 227: Why Cellulant exited the Nigerian mobile money market

Inside: Cellulant exits Nigerian mobile money market and Uber's statement on its data sharing agreement with Lagos.

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.