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WhatsApp Is Dropping Phone Numbers. You Can Now Reserve a Username
The Meta-owned messaging app is letting its three billion users claim a handle before the feature officially launches — a move that lets people chat without exposing their digits.
Ghana Court Orders Zeepay and Its CEO to Pay $11.6 Million to Customer
The ruling against one of Ghana's best-known fintech companies adds to a cascade of legal and regulatory setbacks that has put its future in question
Paystack Wants You to Let an AI Pay for Your Airtime
Nigeria's leading payments company is testing a product that lets ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI agents complete everyday transactions on your behalf — a bet on where commerce is heading.
Ghana Is Working On a Digital Wallet for Official Documents Including Drivers License and Tax Records
The country's tech regulator wants citizens to store IDs, certificates, and records on their phones. But unlike India's model, private companies will run the system
Kwame AI Releases AI Assistant Eskwai Clerk to Improve Judicial Service in Ghana
In a first for Africa, Ghana's judiciary is equipping all 445 of its judges and magistrates with an AI tool designed to ease crushing caseloads and speed up the delivery of justice
Paystack Launches Program to Help Nigerian Small Businesses Survive and Scale
The Stripe-owned payments company is offering up to ₦4 million in discounts on business tools — and eventual access to grants — as it deepens its bet on Nigeria's small business economy
Spiro Closes $270 Million to Build Africa’s Electric Mobility Machine
The African EV startup has now raised over $415 million, with its latest round drawing Chinese investment capital into a continent-wide battery-swapping bet
After Nearly 10 Years, Google Releases Significant Update for Street View in Ghana
A decade after its first Street View push, the tech giant has rolled out sharper, wider imagery across Ghana's cities, highways, and heritage sites — and deployed its latest camera to keep expanding
Ripple Invests in Flutterwave to Push Stablecoins Into African Payments
The blockchain company's investment in Africa's largest payments firm marks the most concrete move yet to replace correspondent banking with crypto-native settlement infrastructure
Payments Aggregator PawaPay Surpasses Three Billion Transactions
PawaPay's latest milestone signals that mobile money has moved well past novelty — and is now the backbone of everyday commerce across the continent.