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Inside: Opay will block non-KYC-compliant accounts in March + Cova's post-mortem + the African startups in YC W24.
Prime Video cuts funding and staff in Africa. Still Inside: The launch of Accelerate Africa + Tech VC trends that will shape Africa in 2024.
Inside: Layoff of Chipper's US-based employees, Starlink adoption in Zambia and Worlcoin's operation in Kenya.
Inside: Chowdeck onboards Shoprite, the failed acquisition of Bluewave by Lami, and the Nigerian tech journalist of the year award.
Inside: About 40% of Kenyan employers consider mass layoffs + Nigeria wants to launch 100 electric buses as carbon reduction initiative.
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.
Inside: Sam Altman gets a new job, and Emmett Shear is now Open AI's CEO. We also covered the unapproved IMTOs in Ghana.
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.
Elon Musk is in the news for Starlink's expansion to Benin Republic and outstanding severance payment at the defunct Twitter Africa office
Starting this Monday, the subscription prices will be higher than before.
₦30 Billion chargeback fraud hits Interswitch. We also covered Tizeti's plan to expand broadband penetration in Nigeria.
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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