Unitel IPO: the cyberattack didn't matter — and that's the real story
An oversubscribed IPO the day after a nationwide cyberattack is a striking thing.
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The tech-investment stories moving Africa's markets — what moved, and why it matters.
Wed, Jul 29
Kenya's AI Draft: claiming the right to regulate OpenAI is the easy part
An effects-based jurisdiction — if your AI touches Kenyans, you answer to Kenyan rules — is a genuinely bold move for a country without the market size of the EU, which pioneered the same approach.
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Kenya Stablecoins: the 30% reserve rule is where the real argument lives
The headline is that Kenya has built Africa's first stablecoin framework. The detail that actually decides things is one specific provision: issuers must park at least 30% of their reserves in segregated accounts inside Kenyan commercial…
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iDICE debt window: 10% interest is the number that changes everything
Nigerian startups have been told to go to commercial banks for years. Commercial banks charge 30%-plus. So they don't go.
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Data Rollover: the EFF's anger is real, but it may not move the courtroom
The EFF is right that MTN and Vodacom are defending a system where customers pay for data they then lose. That's not spin — it's how bundle expiry works.
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Casablanca: a stock exchange that startups can actually exit on
Two oversubscribed tech IPOs in eight months — a fintech in December, a medtech company this week drawing 43 times the shares on offer — tells you something specific: Moroccan retail investors are genuinely hungry for tech exposure, and…
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Airtel Money IPO: 25% growth means nothing if London misprices the story
Mobile money revenue up 25.8% is a genuinely strong number — the kind that should make investors lean forward.
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Agusto & Co.: the global vote of confidence that local credit markets needed
S&P Global buying into Agusto & Co. isn't just a corporate deal — it's the world's most recognisable credit-rating brand saying that African debt markets are real enough to own a piece of, not just visit.
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