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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
NITA Names Shaq Express CEO Anthony Owusu-Ansah as Acting Deputy Director-General
The appointment fills the No. 2 post at Ghana's state IT agency, which is heading into a restructuring
Metro Digital Group and YMCA Ghana Plan Gaming-Led AI Learning Centers
The partnership will start in Kumasi and use video games, music and content creation to draw young people into AI training and digital careers. Funding and timelines have not been disclosed
Flutterwave Appoints Former CFO of Access Bank as Global Chief Finance Officer
Morounke Olufemi, who helped Access Holdings raise $300 million, becomes the African payments giant's global finance chief
Côte d’Ivoire Bets on Zipline to Fix Its Health Care Supply Chain
A government-backed expansion with Zipline will grow the country's drone delivery network tenfold, aiming to reach 12 million people with vaccines, blood and medicine
Ghana Farming Start-Up Complete Farmer Secures $2.4 Million Loan From World Bank Arm
Complete Farmer will use the financing, plus $660,000 in grants and advisory support, to connect more smallholders with lenders
Nigerian Cybersecurity Startup Aeon Raises $1 Million With Backing from Terra Industries
Terra Industries leads seed round as cyberattacks across the continent surge past $3 billion in losses since 2019.
AI’s Next Divide Isn’t Who Uses It. It’s Who Can Afford a Phone
A new GSMA report warns that surging memory chip prices, driven by the AI boom itself, are pricing billions of people out of the internet entirely