For African fintechs looking to expand into Europe, entering a new market will involve more than adapting a product, finding customers and securing a local licence. Compliance infrastructure will increasingly become a central part of the expansion strategy, particularly as the European Union prepares to apply its new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, or AMLR, from July…

Few African financial technologies have changed everyday money management as profoundly as M-PESA. What began in Kenya as a mobile money service has developed into a major financial platform, allowing millions of people to send, receive, save and access money without depending entirely on traditional bank branches. Launched by Safaricom in 2007, M-PESA addressed a…

Africa’s artificial intelligence ambitions are increasingly colliding with a basic question: who will provide the computing infrastructure needed to build and scale AI on the continent? That question will take centre stage at BUILD 2026, Africa’s Shared Compute and AI Infrastructure Conference, scheduled for October 21–22 in Abuja, Nigeria. The event is being hosted by…

Africa’s retail-investing market is expanding as more individuals gain access to digital platforms that allow them to buy stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other financial assets from their phones. But behind the growth in retail participation lies a less visible challenge: the financial infrastructure needed to support millions of small investors is still developing. The…

Copia Kenya’s long-running struggle to survive has come to an end after the High Court in Nairobi ordered the e-commerce company into liquidation, closing the door on a rescue process that had lasted more than two years. The court issued the liquidation order on September 17, 2026, following an insolvency process that began after Copia…

BuuPass began with a relatively straightforward problem: buying a bus ticket in Africa was often a fragmented, offline experience. Passengers relied on terminals, agents, phone calls and cash, while transport operators had limited digital tools for managing routes, bookings and customers. What started as an effort to make bus ticketing easier has since evolved into…