BD Insider 157: Is Soko Loan not a predatory lender anymore?

In this letter 157: Solomon Osadolo's journey to becoming a global content design talent, the latest on digital lending regulation in Nigeria and Cameroon's eVisa.

BD Insider 156: Liberia gets $3.9M to modernise its payment infrastructure

We examine the AfDB $3.9 million grant to modernise Liberia's payment infrastructure, the launch of AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator and Nigeria Air's commencement.

BD Insider 154: Venture funding in Africa slowed down this month

In BD Insider, Letter 154, we take a deep dive into Nigeria's $618 million tech and creative fund, the state of venture capital on the continent and the latest about Emirates operations in Nigeria.

BD Insider, Letter 153: African startups’ exposure to SVB

In BD Insider, Letter 153, we examine the latest about SVB collapse and how it affects African startups, uLesson's tertiary education arm and why Safaricom is being sued by its customers.

BD Insider: A timeline of Nigeria’s 2023 demonetisation policy

Letter 152 examines Nigeria's 2023 demonetisation policy, MFS Africa's plan for cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa and Namibia's residence by investment program.

BD Insider, Letter 151: Poor tech marred Nigeria’s election

In BD Insider, 151, we examined the Nigerian elections, Netflix's price reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, why BNPL startup Tabby is suspending operations in Egypt.

BD Insider, Letter 150: Over $400K spent on Starlink purchases in Nigeria

CcHub to invest $15 million into 72 African edtech startups. Meanwhile, Nigerians are gobbling up Starlink via Payday, Chipper and others.

Nigeria’s Treepz expands its vehicle rental offering into Kenya

About a year after its first East African expansion, Nigeria-founded mobility startup, Treepz has expanded its vehicle rental offering into Kenya.

BD Insider, Letter 149: Chaos in Nigeria as citizens scramble for new notes

In Letter 149, we examine the cash shortage in Nigeria, Starlink's Rwandan launch and Yango's woes in Cameroon.

BD Insider, Letter 148: Sendy is ceasing on-ground operations in Nigeria

In BD Insider, Letter 148 examine the latest on Flutterwave's fraud allegations in Kenya and why Kenyan logistics startup, Sendy is ceasing on-ground operations in Nigeria.

BD Insider, Letter 146: Nigeria’s card market heats up

The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched Africa’s first central bank-driven domestic card scheme. We covered this and more in this week's letter.

BD Insider, Letter 145: USSD in Nigeria, M-Pesa in Kenya, who should pay?

Read our analysis on the Safaricom lawsuit by a Kenyan on M-Pesa charges, alongside our report on Ethiopia's internet shutdown woes and MTN Ghana's $773 million tax fine.