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Bolt Brings Electric Cars to Johannesburg
The ride-hailing company is partnering with a taxi association and the carmaker BYD as it pushes toward 500 electric vehicles in South Africa by year's end.
JPMorgan Prepares to Open a Bank in Nigeria as It Completes Central Bank Deposit
The Wall Street giant is seeking a merchant banking license and wants to begin operating before the end of 2026. Regulators have not yet given approval.
Spotify Launches Audiobooks in Ghana
Listeners can now stream books alongside music and podcasts, with a GHS 20 monthly add-on that covers 15 hours of listening
Nigerian EV Startup MAX Pushes Funding Round to $29 Million
A new investment from U.S. climate lender Nithio extends the round, as MAX bets that rising fuel prices will push commercial riders toward electric motorcycles
Ghanaian Banks To Collect Tax On Digital Subscriptions Including Netflix and ChatGPT, Starting On October 15
Starting Oct. 15, banks will add a 20 percent charge to foreign digital subscriptions paid with Ghanaian cards. The tax isn't new. Who collects it is.
Microsoft Is Reportedly Winding Down Its Engineering Hub in Nairobi
Staff at the Africa Development Centre were told their jobs are going. Microsoft calls the changes "proposed" and has not used the word closure
Flutterwave’s CEO Joins a Silicon Valley Council Led by Tech’s Biggest Names
Olugbenga Agboola will sit alongside executives from OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft and AMD on a Semafor-backed board linking technology builders with policymakers
OPay Files for U.S. Listing, Testing Wall Street’s Appetite for African Fintech
The Nigeria-dominated payments company could raise up to $500 million on the New York Stock Exchange. Its filing leaves key questions about valuation and profit unanswered for now
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