Twiga Foods, one of Kenya’s most funded e-commerce startups, is temporarily suspending its Nairobi operations for two months as part of what the company calls “the final stage” of its ongoing business overhaul. The move follows months of internal restructuring, acquisitions, and layoffs to cut costs and shift to a leaner, more data-driven distribution strategy.

For decades, much of Africa’s development conversation has revolved around foreign aid. Yet in today’s world, that chapter is rapidly coming to a close.  Across the UK, the US, and Europe, development spending is being slashed as governments turn inward, caught in cycles of political isolation, economic strain, and international conflicts. For African nations, this

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Semicolon, the Nigerian edtech that trains software engineers, has partnered with Nigeria’s first technical varsity, Abiola Ajimobi Technical University (“Tech-U”) in Oyo State, to introduce a credit transfer pathway that allows Semicolon alumni to gain an undergraduate degree in computer science in two years instead of four. The partnership gives Tech-U graduates access to Semicolon’s

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Kenyan banks are intensifying loan recovery efforts as household debt stress deepens, signalling a hard turn from pandemic-era leniency. More than 30 lenders are now targeting overdue personal and household loans, a category flagged by the Central Bank of Kenya as the most likely to see more defaults this quarter. In its latest Credit Officer

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