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Bolt Backs South Africa’s Move to Regulate E-Hailing
Bolt South Africa says it welcomes the government’s decision to officially recognize e-hailing as part of the country’s…
Morocco to Host Africa’s First Battery Gigafactory with $5.6B Chinese Investment
Morocco will host Africa’s first battery gigafactory after securing a landmark $5.6 billion investment from China’s Gotion High-Tech,…
Spotify Removes Restrictions From Its Free Tier
Spotify is rolling out global updates to its free service, giving listeners more control, personalization, and ways to…
Visa, Onafriq Team Up to Expand Digital Payments in the Democratic Republic of Congo
African digital payments network Onafriq has partnered with Visa to launch Visa Pay, a cloud-native Payments-as-a-Service platform aimed…
Toniic Investors Bet on Ghana’s Legendary Foods To Tackle Africa’s Protein Gap
Impact investors from Toniic — including Katapult, Africa Health Ventures, and Cornelia Tremann — have backed Ghana-based Legendary…
Africa’s VC Rebound: $2B+ Funding in First 8 Months of 2025
Africa’s startup ecosystem is clawing back from post-2022 bust years, with disclosed venture funding topping $2 billion through…
mPharma Names Kwesi Arhin as New CEO, Marking First Non-Founder Leadership
Pan-African healthtech company mPharma has appointed Kwesi Arhin as its new CEO, effective Sept. 1, 2025. He succeeds…
CMC Networks Taps Mahesh Jaishankar to lead AI-powered connectivity push in Africa
CMC Networks, Africa’s leading networking provider and a subsidiary of center3, has appointed Mahesh Jaishankar as Managing Director…
South Africa Officially Regulates Uber, Bolt Under Amended Transport Law
South Africa’s transport department has gazetted long-awaited amendments to the National Land Transport Act, effective Friday, September 12,…
Hubtel Adds Advisors, Including Former Uber Country Manager, To Push Pan-African Growth
Ghana’s leading payment service provider, Hubtel, has appointed finance veteran Simon Poole and digital transformation strategist Marjorie Saint-Lot…