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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 BabalolaMarch 4, 2026
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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