Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups Meta has partnered with Nigeria's government to launch AI Academy Nigeria, 3 minute read
Egypt Completes Africa’s First 6GHz Mobile Services Trial Egypt's NTRA, Telecom Egypt and Huawei have completed Africa's first mobile 3 minute read
Nigeria Launches Single Digital Gateway for Government Services Nigeria has soft-launched the Government Service Portal, a single digital 3 minute read
Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan Lesotho has opened a five-day Maseru workshop to draft a National AI Strategy 3 minute read
Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups Meta has partnered with Nigeria's government to launch AI Academy Nigeria, byBolu BabalolaAugust 20, 2026
Egypt Completes Africa’s First 6GHz Mobile Services Trial Egypt's NTRA, Telecom Egypt and Huawei have completed Africa's first mobile byBetty WangariAugust 20, 2026
Nigeria Launches Single Digital Gateway for Government Services Nigeria has soft-launched the Government Service Portal, a single digital byFatima OladunniAugust 19, 2026
Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan Lesotho has opened a five-day Maseru workshop to draft a National AI Strategy byBetty WangariAugust 19, 2026
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 Flextock Just Raised $12.6M to Fix the Broken Backbone of Middle East E-Commerce. With a modular suite spanning fulfillment, shipping, cross-border trade, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 16, 2026 South Africa Just Made Digital Transformation a National Imperative—50+ Commitments, Zero Deadlines President Cyril Ramaphosa walked into Cape Town City Hall on February 12, 2026 byBolu Babalola
Editorial OpinionFebruary 11, 2026 Egypt’s $5B Startup Charter Wants to Stop the Brain Drain to Dubai—But Can It Actually Deliver? For the past five years, Egypt’s tech ecosystem has operated as an byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 4, 2026 TymeBank rebrands as GoTyme Bank, signaling global ambitions beyond South Africa South Africa–based digital lender TymeBank has officially rebranded as GoTyme byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 3, 2026 Africa’s $146.75m January: What Startup Funding Says About a Continent in Transition African startups raised at least $146 byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 3, 2026 GoCab Raises $45M to Build the Financial Plumbing for Africa’s Gig Economy—And It’s Already Profitable London-based startup scales drive-to-own vehicle financing across West Africa, byBolu Babalola
Editorial OpinionFebruary 3, 2026 The CBN’s Fintech Report: A Masterclass in Listening—But Will Nigeria Actually Execute? A critical analysis of "Shaping the Future of Fintech in Nigeria: Innovation, byBolu Babalola
Editorial ReportsJanuary 29, 2026 Nigeria’s 3MTT Program Trains 135,000 Tech Talents—But There’s Nowhere for Them to Work As Dr byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 27, 2026 AfricInvest Returns to Morocco With $100M Fund Targeting the “Missing Middle” The timing couldn’t be more deliberate byBolu Babalola
Africa News Rest of the WorldJanuary 26, 2026 Inside Khaby Lame’s $900M Deal: The Math Doesn’t Add Up the Way You Think Everyone saw the headline byBolu Babalola