Introducing Quest: A podcast about building in Africa

What does it really take to build something meaningful in Africa? That’s the question Quest sets out to answer.

Acumen raises $246M to scale clean energy in Africa

Impact investor Acumen has secured $246.5 million to expand clean energy access in Africa’s hardest-to-reach markets.

CMC Networks appoints ex-Google exec, Mahesh Jaishankar as Managing Director to lead AI push in Africa

Mahesh Jaishankar as Managing Director will now expand AI-driven connectivity across 62 markets in Africa and the Middle East.

“Solve boring problems,” African AI leaders say at Builders Summit

For builders in the room keen on learning about areas to focus, the advice from the panel of experts was clear: solve repetitive problems.

Afrieximbank launches PAPSS Card. Why now and what about AfriGo?

Afrieximbank announces PAPSS card, following in the footsteps of Nigeria's AfriGo. Why are there more domestic card schemes in Africa? Verve.

Nigeria captures 33% of African blockchain deals as continent outpaces global adoption

Nigeria grabs 33% of all blockchain deals across Africa while the continent doubles global blockchain adoption rates, reaching 7.4% of total VC funding.

Salus Cloud raises $3.7M to expand secure software delivery in Africa

“We built Salus so a fintech can focus on loans, an e-commerce company on logistics not on securing Kubernetes or building core banking from scratch," CEO Andrew Mori said.

BREAKING: Stripe now supports tax payments in five new African countries

By adding tax support in five African nations, Stripe is signalling a deeper commitment beyond just payment processing. It’s building infrastructure for end-to-end compliance across the continent.

Airtel Africa defies devaluations, posts $328M profit in FY ’25

Voice revenue regained control, rising to $1.96 billion and towering data revenues of $1.80 billion. Mobile money revenue grew to $994 million, with a continued strong performance in East Africa of 31.9% and Francophone Africa of 22.2%

EXCLUSIVE: MTN’s MoMo PSB courts old users via voice calls

This low-cost customer acquisition strategy follows a restructuring of MoMo’s sales incentives, aimed at optimising monetization and reducing acquisition expenses

Wave appoints former APO comms director Yasmina Bileoma as Regional Director of Public Relations

The appointment comes as Wave seeks to strengthen brand awareness in the company’s growing markets

How strategic PR can supercharge revenue for African startups

When PR campaigns prioritize product features over customer needs, they generate poor results and squander marketing budgets.