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Bokra Secures VC and PE Licences in Egypt to Expand Revenue-Based Financing for Startups Egyptian fintech Bokra has secured venture capital and private equity licences byBetty WangariApril 24, 2026
Bfree Raises $3.1M to Turn Africa’s Bad Loans Into a Scalable Asset Class Lagos-based credit management startup Bfree has raised $3 byBolu BabalolaApril 23, 2026
NewsMarch 19, 2026 Kenya’s Big Tech Tax Strategy Collapsed When Trump Killed the Global Deal—But KRA Is Doubling Down Anyway Kenya spent years positioning itself to collect a 15% minimum tax from tech byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsMarch 4, 2026 Big Tech Must Pay Up: ECOWAS’ Emerging Strategy to Force Fair Compensation for African News in the AI Training Era While OpenAI pays Western publishers $1-5M annually for training data, African byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJanuary 14, 2026 Meta Loses Landmark Case as Lagos Court Awards $25,000 to Femi Falana A Lagos High Court has struck a decisive blow against Big Tech's "mere platform" byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsOctober 28, 2025 Meta Partners with Safaricom to Bring Second Submarine Cable to Kenya. Meta has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaJuly 26, 2024 63,000 Fake Facebook Profiles Removed in Nigerian Sextortion Bust. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has launched a comprehensive offensive byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 1, 2024 Monetization is live! Nigerian content creators can now profit from their work on Facebook and Instagram. Content creators in Nigeria can now earn money from ad revenue on Facebook and byFatima Oladunni
News Rest of the WorldMay 2, 2024 New Feature on WhatsApp Now Lets You Plan Events. WhatsApp is introducing a new feature that simplifies the process of planning byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 20, 2024 Kenyan content creators can monetize on Facebook and Instagram from June. Starting in June this year, content creators in Kenya will have the opportunity byMuhammed Mustapha
