The tech-investment stories moving Africa's markets — what moved, and why it matters.
Sun, Aug 2
Onafriq has announced four stablecoin partnerships in six months. That sounds like momentum. But read the company's own answers closely and a different picture emerges.
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MTN approaches 100 million Nigerian subscriber milestone as industry-wide total reaches 189.4 million.
An IMF paper quantifies Nigeria's artificial intelligence opportunity gap and identifies infrastructure inadequacy as the primary constraint limiting returns on AI investment in the country. The finding provides an external analytical anchor for the infrastructure-first argument in Nigeria's technology policy debate.
Safaricom has announced plans to build 300 additional network masts and improve its data bundle offerings as part of an expanded connectivity investment in Kenya. The deployment directly extends the operator's infrastructure footprint across the country.
Safaricom has raised the fee-free payment threshold on its Pochi la Biashara merchant product to KSh200, a pricing change that affects millions of Kenyan small businesses. The adjustment is being read as a competitive signal for mobile money pricing across the region.
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