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Image Source: Tenor The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN), the country’s telecoms regulator, has rejected Starlink’s application for a telecom licence and access to radio spectrum. While CRAN said it would issue a statement later, and there is a 90‑day window to revisit the decision, for Starlink, which has been steadily expanding across Africa

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MTN Group is phasing out Ayoba, the messaging and lifestyle app once positioned as Africa’s answer to WeChat, as it pivots towards a unified digital platform. The decision, announced in March 2026, reflects a broader rethink of how the telecom giant delivers digital services under its Ambition 2030 strategy. The company said the move is

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Nigeria will spend $6.1 million on seven consulting firms and five individual consultants to support the rollout of its national fibre expansion project, according to a World Bank procurement report released on March 17, 2026.  The engagements form part of the Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE) Project, a $2 billion initiative aimed at

When Tosin Eniolorunda brought Dennis Ajalie into TeamApt as a senior business development officer in 2018, the company was still building software for financial institutions. TeamApt had, in Ajalie’s words, “two and a half products,” which were mostly focused on helping banks reconcile the messy reality of manual tracking.  The year Ajalie joined TeamApt, the

KOKO Networks’ United Kingdom carbon trading arm collapsed weeks after reporting a surge in revenue, as a regulatory setback in Kenya cut off access to a higher-value carbon market central to its business. Accounts for KOKO Networks (UK) Ltd, signed on  February 5, 2026, and seen by TechCabal, show turnover jumped to £39.8 million ($50.5