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Jumia To Lay Off 200 Workers and Employ AI To Reduce Costs
Jumia is replacing workers with AI across logistics, finance, and marketing. For a platform selling to customers earning $200 a month, the math may finally be starting to work.
Ghana Announces Competitive National Bidding Process for 5G Spectrum
The government wants competitive bidding to replace a broken system — but it's walking a tightrope between state revenue and actually getting networks built
Africa EV MAX Mobility Raises $8 Million for Fleet Expansion and Battery Swap Infrastructure
MAX secures debt funding from Dutch impact investor Triple Jump — and it's a signal that institutional money is finally taking African EV infrastructure seriously.
Orange Is Betting Big on Solar to Power Africa’s Next Billion Connections
With fuel costs surging from the Iran war, France's largest telecom sees clean energy not as a sustainability checkbox — but a business imperative
MTN Ghana Continues To Dominate, Capturing 81% of the Data Market Share
With over 81% of Ghana's mobile data market locked up, MTN's grip on the country's digital economy is tightening
Safaricom Must Pay $10.8 Million After Court Rules M-Pesa Stole a Kenyan Inventor’s Idea
Kenya's High Court found that Africa's most valuable telco lifted a mobile wallet concept from an independent developer — and didn't even bother to ask permission
Kenya’s $1 Billion Data Center Project Stalls Due To Lack of Power Capacity
A $1 billion Microsoft data centre dream just collided with a hard reality: you can't build the AI future on a grid that can barely keep the lights on
Ghanaian Lawfirm Sam Okudzeto & Associates Partners With Eskwai To Integrate AI Into Their Legal Workflow
Eskwai's partnership with Sam Okudzeto & Associates signals that legal AI has crossed from novelty to necessity in Ghana's top-tier legal market
Mastercard Bets on Stablecoins for Africa’s Broken Payment Rails By Partnering With Yellow Card
The card giant is partnering with Yellow Card to pilot stablecoin payments across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the UAE
Nigerian Fintech Fincra Acquires Payment License To Operate in Ghana
The Nigerian fintech secured a Bank of Ghana EPSP licence, giving it direct access to mobile money rails, remittance termination, and B2B payments