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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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