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Cactus Creek Foundation in Partnership with USAforAfrica and Csquared Host AI Workshop for Women Professionals at Google AI Community Center
The event placed an emphasis on women who remain underrepresented in the decisions about how AI is deployed for policy, commercial, regulatory, and technical decisions across various industries
MTN Ghana and Telecel Preparing Bids for 5G Spectrum in Coming Weeks
The government is scrapping a decade-long exclusive concession held by a state-backed provider, clearing the way for the country's two dominant carriers to bid for licenses directly
Mobile Money Fraud Surges in Ghana as Digital Payments Outpace Security
Bank of Ghana data shows fraud cases jumped 48% in 2025, with payment service providers accounting for nearly all of the increase
Flutterwave Gets Investment From Circle Ventures To Help Fix Africa’s Payment Delays
A new investment from Circle Ventures pushes Africa's largest payments company deeper into stablecoins, as the technology moves from crypto niche to financial plumbing
Labari Media Launches “Labari Data”: A Comprehensive Data Resource Project for Africa
abari Media, the African independent media group which houses brands including Tech Labari and The Labari Journal, has…
Ghana’s Zeepay, A Rising Star in Ghanaian Fintech, Has Been Facing A Wave of Lawsuits and Regulatory Scrutiny
Zeepay grew from a small Accra startup into a pan-African payments name backed by international investors. A string of regulatory sanctions and unpaid debts is now testing how durable that growth really was
The Gambia Bets on Ghanaian Firm Margins Group to Fix Its Broken ID System
After years of stalled contracts and a scrapped deal with a Belgian supplier, The Gambia is turning to Margins ID Group to build a digital identity system it says will finally be stable — and stay on Gambian soil
Nigeria’s Market Regulator Adds Seven Crypto and Fintech Firms to Its Watch List
The Securities and Exchange Commission's incubation program is meant to bring order to a crypto sector still waiting on formal rules — but critics say the sandbox has already shown its limits
Google and Idris Elba Bet $1 Million on AI for African Creators
The partnership will give roughly 100,000 filmmakers, writers and artists across five countries access to Gemini and other tools, part of a broader push to close Africa's production gap
Visa Bets on AI Agents and Stablecoins to Rewire How Money Moves in Africa and the Middle East
The payments giant says tokenized transactions have nearly tripled in the CEMEA region since 2023, as it races to build the plumbing for an economy where software, not people, initiates purchases