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  • OnAfriq and PAPSS Partners To Make Digital Payments Seamless in West Africa.

    Nigeria and Ghana are now connected by a new cross-border payments pilot that allows instant transfers in local currency, marking a significant development in Africa’s push for seamless financial integration. The initiative, led by Onafriq Nigeria Payments Ltd in partnership with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), aims to simplify trade and payments for…

  • SkipCash raises $4 million Series A Funds to Scale Digital Payments Across African Markets.

    SkipCash, a mobile payments startup, has secured $4 million in Series A funding to expand its digital payment services across key African and GCC markets. The round was led by Qatar Development Bank, KBN Group Holding, Finjan Investments, and Doha Tech Angels, highlighting continued investor confidence in fintech solutions that simplify payments and drive financial inclusion….

  • From Idea to MVP: How KudaPay is Transforming Digital Payments in Nigeria.

    KudaPay, a digital payments extension of the Nigerian neobank Kuda Technologies, is redefining how small businesses and merchants manage transactions in Nigeria. The startup’s journey from concept to minimum viable product (MVP) demonstrates how African fintechs can address real market problems while scaling rapidly in a challenging environment. Kuda Technologies began in 2019 as a…

  • WAXAL Wants to Teach AI African Languages. What Will Be The Outcome?

    In early February 2026, Google Research Africa, working with several African universities and community organisations, unveiled WAXAL, an open speech dataset built to tackle one of African tech’s most stubborn problems: language exclusion in artificial intelligence. Named after the Wolof word for “speak”, WAXAL brings together more than 1,250 hours of transcribed speech and studio…

  • Airtel Africa’s Fibre Network Now Spans 81,500km. What Does That Really Change?

    Airtel Africa has pushed its fibre optic footprint past 81,500 kilometres, a milestone that says a lot about where Africa’s connectivity race is heading. The expansion, completed by the end of 2025, adds thousands of kilometres of fibre to the company’s network across its 14 African markets, quietly reinforcing the infrastructure that powers mobile data,…

  • Canal+ Is Cutting Costs at MultiChoice. But Who’s Really Paying the Price?

    French media giant Canal+ has set its cost-cutting machine in motion at MultiChoice, the South African pay-TV powerhouse that owns DStv, GOtv, and Showmax. Since completing its acquisition of MultiChoice last year, Canal+ has been vocal about extracting more than €400 million in annual cost synergies by 2030 to stabilise the business and improve profitability,…