Tech Investment Africa
Daily tech-investment intelligence across Africa — the biggest story from every market, scored and threaded into Insights.
WIOCC: the raise that matters because of what it's building, not what it signals
$300 million into fibre, data centres and subsea cables is the unglamorous kind of capital the continent actually needs.
Hot Storylines
What’s developing right now — ranked by recency, momentum, and importance.
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Nigeria Advances Crypto Tax Framework, Traders Warn of Business Slowdown
Latest: SEC draft rules formalise the ₦2 billion minimum capital threshold, with industry warning the requirement could eliminate indigenous digital asset operators
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Former Flutterwave COO Bode Abifarin Named CEO of MTN Nigeria's MoMo PSB
Latest: MTN Nigeria confirms Abifarin appointment as MoMo PSB CEO and MD, adding formal title detail to yesterday's announcement.
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MTN Migrates MoMo to Cloud Infrastructure Across Four African Markets Under Ambition 2030
Latest: MTN's banking licence pursuit gains new reporting detail, with fresh coverage framing the move as a continent-wide competitive challenge to incumbents.
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FTSE Russell Confirms Nigeria's Frontier Market Return From September 21
Latest: Stock rally materialises as FTSE Russell upgrade draws fresh global investor attention ahead of September 21 effective date
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MTN Posts $7.18 Billion H1 Revenue and Record Margins, Nigeria and Ghana Lead Growth
Latest: New reporting names Dubai-based tycoon Al Ashram as MTN's partner in the 150MW AI data centre programme, adding deal-partner specificity to the Africa Data Hub spinout.
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Africa's First Chip-Design Seed
Wed, Sep 2
Nigeria's Multilingual AI Debut
Wed, Sep 2
China Rewrites Open-Source Rules
Wed, Sep 2
JAMB's Facial Recognition Rollout
Wed, Sep 2
AI Safety Fails African Users
Wed, Sep 2
Google SecOps Expands Across Africa
Wed, Sep 2
Intel AI Training in Kenya Libraries
Wed, Sep 2
Kenya's AI Use-Case Call Opens
Wed, Sep 2
Eskom's Theft and Hack Crisis
Wed, Sep 2
Energy CP Oversubscribed in Nigeria
Wed, Sep 2
Odyssey's $74M Solar-Data Raise
Wed, Sep 2
Eskom-Business Truce on Grid Reform
Tue, Sep 1
Nigeria's CNG Rollout Underdelivers
Tue, Sep 1
Spiro Builds Out West Africa Team
Tue, Sep 1
Eskom Profit Doubles Amid Debt Risk
Tue, Sep 1
Uganda EV Transit Scales to Kira
Tue, Sep 1
Paystack Swallows Allawee
Wed, Sep 2
IFC Bets on Gig-Worker Fintech
Wed, Sep 2
MoMo Tests South Africa Market
Wed, Sep 2
Grey Opens Africa-China Yuan Payments
Wed, Sep 2
Shoprite Targets Spaza Fintech
Wed, Sep 2
Gabon's $330M Debt Deadline
Wed, Sep 2
Nigerian Banks' CBN Borrowing Collapses
Wed, Sep 2
Capitec Lists on A2X at $33B
Wed, Sep 2
Starlink Goes Live in Uganda
Wed, Sep 2
Airtel's $1.1B Africa Capex Bet
Wed, Sep 2
MTN Nigeria's Outdoor Broadband Push
Wed, Sep 2
SA Smartphone Market Contracts, Premiumises
Wed, Sep 2
MTN and Airtel Drive Telecom GDP
Wed, Sep 2
Cook's Africa Gap at Apple
Wed, Sep 2
Nokia's AI Network Pivot
Wed, Sep 2
Telecel Ghana's SME Digital Push
Wed, Sep 2
SARB Eyes Fintech Parity Rules
Wed, Sep 2
Kenya Creators Fight YouTube Tax
Wed, Sep 2
Francophone Startup Barriers Mapped
Wed, Sep 2
Mozambique Central Bank Orders Refunds
Wed, Sep 2
Please Call Me's Black Rock Twist
Wed, Sep 2
Senegal's $2.2B IMF Deal
Wed, Sep 2
Kenya Joins DCO Digital Body
Wed, Sep 2
Tanzania Influencer Sues Meta
Wed, Sep 2
Fintech Leads Africa's H1 Funding
Wed, Sep 2
Eastern Capital Anchors Africa Rounds
Wed, Sep 2
Africa Funding Claims Under Scrutiny
Wed, Sep 2
Nigeria's Five-Year GDP Peak
Wed, Sep 2
Nigeria's NASENI Enters Startup Support
Wed, Sep 2
Nigeria Pensions as VC Fuel
Wed, Sep 2
Hungry Lion's Nine-Month Data Breach
Wed, Sep 2
Egypt's Arabic Gaming App Launches
Wed, Sep 2
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