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Labari Data Launches Fundi and Utabiri: One Tracks Accra’s Local Issues, The Other Lets Africans Forecast What Comes Next
Two new tools from the pan-African media group turn citizen knowledge into public data, one about the present, one about the future
Tanzania Is Retiring the Airtime Scratch Card
A regulator-led phase-out pushes phone top-ups onto mobile money, in a bet on a cash-light economy. Street vendors and rural users stand to feel it most
Moove Is Exiting Nigeria, the Market That Made It
Uber's exit from Nigeria broke the car-financing model behind one of Africa's newest unicorns. Thousands of drivers still owe on their cars
Hackers Hijacked Ghana and Sierra Leone Web Domains. Google Says Chrome Users Are Safe
Attackers took over the registries behind .gh, .sl and .as addresses and obtained security certificates for Google and other major brands. Google blocked them, but warned that website owners cannot rely on browsers alone
Wahu Unveils Its New eMoto Bike for African Riders; Opens Pre-Orders
The Accra-based maker is taking pre-orders for the eMoto, a bike that charges from a wall socket and skips the battery-swap model many rivals depend on.
Telecel Says It Plans to Launch 5G in Ghana by December
The operator won a 5G license after Ghana ended a state-backed company's exclusive rights over the service, opening the market to MTN and Telecel
Nigeria Wants Every Building to Have a Digital Address. The Rollout Starts Today.
A new 11-character code aims to replace landmark-based directions. Its success depends on whether banks, couriers and citizens actually use it
Kora Adds Stablecoin Payments for African Merchants
The Nigerian payments company's new One Rail product lets businesses collect, hold and convert USDT and USDC through the same tools they already use for local currency payments
Ghana’s New License Plates Will Carry an RFID Chip. Here’s What It Does
The RFID plates are meant to end cloning and fraud. They also create a new data trail, and the rules around it are unclear
Zeepay, AI and Legislative Controversies: Examining Ghana’s Tech Ecosystem in 2026
A licensing scandal, a wave of failures and a funding slowdown are testing whether the country's startup scene has matured — or simply stalled