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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.

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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.

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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.

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BD Insider 215: Why the acquisition of Bluewave by Lami failed

Inside: Chowdeck onboards Shoprite, the failed acquisition of Bluewave by Lami, and the Nigerian tech journalist of the year award.

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BD Insider 214: 40% of Kenyan employers consider mass layoffs

Inside: About 40% of Kenyan employers consider mass layoffs + Nigeria wants to launch 100 electric buses as carbon reduction initiative.

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BD Insider 213: Saviu Ventures plans to back startups in Francophone Africa

Inside: The arrest of Patricia's cyber hack culprit, a court ruling in Kenya on suing social media handles and Saviu Ventures’ plan to back startups in Francophone Africa.

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BD Insider 212: Nigerian tech varsity wants to become the “MIT of Africa”

Inside: Sam Altman gets a new job, and Emmett Shear is now Open AI's CEO. We also covered the unapproved IMTOs in Ghana.

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BD Insider 211: Kenya to lead the dollar-dominance cut in Africa

Bolt Food has exited South Africa and Nigeria. We covered this and the Fixtbit shutdown in South Africa and the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System.

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BD Insider 210: Where is Starlink active in Africa?

Elon Musk is in the news for Starlink's expansion to Benin Republic and outstanding severance payment at the defunct Twitter Africa office

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BD Insider 209: Multichoice hikes prices by 19% in Nigeria

Starting this Monday, the subscription prices will be higher than before.

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BD Insider 208: Chargeback fraud costs Interswitch ₦30 billion in losses

₦30 Billion chargeback fraud hits Interswitch. We also covered Tizeti's plan to expand broadband penetration in Nigeria.

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BD Insider 207: Kenya ditches visa requirement for all Africans

Starting in 2024, Kenya will be visa-free to African visitors. We also explored the shuttering of African logistics startups and the downscaling at MarketForce.

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