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$300 million into fibre, data centres and subsea cables is the unglamorous kind of capital the continent actually needs.

A 94% repayment rate across 10,000 vehicles, daily payments capped at a third of what a rider earns, insurance and paperwork bundled in. Gigmile has already done the hard work of proving the model holds.

When Mubadala backs Moove three times running, that's not a tourist making a continent bet — it's a sovereign wealth fund buying into autonomous-vehicle infrastructure it already owns pieces of globally, from Waymo to EV charging networks…

The headline number is impressive. But buried in the CEO's own comments is the thing that could quietly undermine all of it.

Uganda's Starlink launch is a connectivity headline. But the more interesting story happened before today.

Right now, every South African fintech that wants to move money must partner with a licensed bank to do it legally. There is no standalone mobile money licence — so the bank sits in the middle, taking its cut and setting the terms.

The Pordware case is the sharpest line in Launch Base Africa's new verification policy. The firm announced a $12 million fund and a $5 million deal with Nigerian proptech Leequify — yet Launch Base Africa found no corresponding legal…

Allawee's users lose their accounts in December. Their transaction histories won't migrate automatically. That's a real cost to real people.