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Morocco’s WafR Just Raised $4M to Turn 100,000 Corner Stores Into Digital Banks. Here’s Why That Actually Works With 20,000 neighborhood shops already processing mobile top-ups, bill payments, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
Wasoko-MaxAB Is Quietly Purging Its Founder DNA — And Betting Everything on Fintech A year after Africa's biggest B2B merger, the growth-at-all-costs founders are byBetty WangariFebruary 24, 2026
Anthropic Just Accused DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax of Running a $450 Million Heist — Using 24,000 Fake Accounts In the most detailed public accusation of AI model theft to date, Anthropic says byBolu BabalolaFebruary 24, 2026
Africa NewsFebruary 20, 2026 Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsNovember 3, 2025 Safaricom Launches ‘Shangwe @25’ Nationwide Promotion to Celebrate 25 Years of Transforming Kenya. Safaricom, Kenya’s telecommunications giant, has launched a major byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsOctober 31, 2025 M-PESA Foundation Launches Ambitious “Citizens of the Future” Education Programme to Transform Kenyan Learning. The M-PESA Foundation has launched Citizens of the Future, a groundbreaking byBetty Wangari
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
Africa NewsOctober 2, 2025 Safaricom Selects 10 Startups for Second Cohort of Spark Accelerator Program. Safaricom has announced the selection of 10 startups as finalists for the second byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsMay 20, 2025 Application now Open for Safaricom Spark Accelerator Africa Program. The Spark Accelerator is a powerful launchpad for bold and visionary startup byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupMarch 27, 2025 Safaricom Hosts Investor Demo Day for Inaugural Cohort of Spark Accelerator Program. Nine innovative startups from the inaugural Safaricom Spark Accelerator Program byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 17, 2025 Safaricom Honored as Top Employer in Kenya by the Top Employers Institute. Safaricom has been certified as a Top Employer 2025 in Kenya and Africa by the byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 Safaricom picks 9 Kenyan startups for M-Pesa Spark Accelerator. Nine early-stage Kenyan startups have been chosen to participate in the Spark byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 23, 2024 Kenyan Tech Gets A Boost With Spark Accelerator. Safaricom, M-PESA Africa, and Sumitomo Corporation are currently accepting byMuhammed Mustapha
