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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
Africhange Secures Remittance License in Ghana
Africhange, a cross-border payments startup, has secured a license to move money directly into Ghana, joining a crowded field competing for diaspora dollars.
Nigeria’s Popular Investing Apps Buckle Under Pressure After Huge Demand for Dangote IPO
Bamboo and Cowrywise crashed under a wave of demand for the Dangote Refinery IPO. Bamboo's chief executive has now apologized and cut trading fees.
Madica Expands to Algeria and Cameroon, Adds Five Startups to Portfolio
The pre-seed program's latest five investments widen its map
MTN Ghana Secures 5G 700 MHz Spectrum for $100 Million
MTN wins the low-band spectrum outright. Two other bands are contested. But Goal Telecommunications, the wildcard the regulator cleared last week, is nowhere in the bidding.
The US Is Betting on Power Lines to Close Ghana’s Internet Gap with Help from CSquared
A new feasibility study will explore stringing fiber optic cable along electricity lines in northern Ghana, an area long left behind in the country's digital buildout
Flutterwave Joins Other Fintechs in Offering Seamless Digital Participation in Dangote IPO
Dangote Petroleum Refinery's public offering is being called Nigeria's first fully digital retail IPO, with payment companies racing to make stock ownership as easy as a mobile transfer.