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Even the most well-liked femtech apps are nonetheless leaving African ladies behind

Even the most well-liked femtech apps are nonetheless leaving African ladies behind

Femtech apps are popular with young women in Africa but the solutions they provide exclude some of those who need them the most. Twenty-year-old *Salamatu has a small jotter in her bedroom where she keeps…

Newest on utilizing the KPLC self service 2023

Newest on utilizing the KPLC self service 2023

Kenya Power, the leading electricity distributor in Kenya’s Self-Service Portal (KPLC), offers a range of services, from registering your account to paying bills and tracking your consumption. In this article, we will walk you through…

MultiChoice share value has plunged by nearly 50% within the final six months

MultiChoice share value has plunged by nearly 50% within the final six months

In the last six months, MultiChoice’s share price has plunged by 49%, wiping R32 billion (~$23 million) in shareholder value. On March 6, 2023, MultiChoice’s stock was trading at R147. As the Johannesburg Stock Exchange…

East Africa data 51 personal fairness exits in a decade

East Africa data 51 personal fairness exits in a decade

East Africa also reported 478 private equity deals and closed $8.6 billion in private equity over the same period. In the last 10 years, there have been 51 private equity exits out of 427 investments…

How may Nigeria leverage digital infrastructure for digital public service supply?

How may Nigeria leverage digital infrastructure for digital public service supply?

 This article is contributed to TechCabal by Blessing Ajimoti, Public Digital’s programme manager on the Nigeria Digital Capabilities programme. On the margins of the G20 Summit held in India early this month, Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s…

Battling file inflation, Nigeria’s Central Financial institution postpones assembly to resolve rates of interest

Battling file inflation, Nigeria’s Central Financial institution postpones assembly to resolve rates of interest

Nigeria’s Central Bank has postponed this month’s scheduled Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting that will decide the nation’s interest rates  For the first time in eight years, Nigeria’s Central Bank postponed the Monetary Policy Committee…

Unique: Inside Francis Dufay’s pressing plans to rescue Jumia, the struggling Amazon of Africa

Unique: Inside Francis Dufay’s pressing plans to rescue Jumia, the struggling Amazon of Africa

Francis Dufay has spent most of his career working in e-commerce. But as CEO of Jumia Group, Africa’s most recognised e-commerce brand, he is facing his most challenging task ever. More than a decade after…

iPhone 15 collection value in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa

iPhone 15 collection value in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa

The iPhone 15 has been greeted with mixed reactions since its unveiling at the recent Apple event. However, it doesn’t mean there aren’t people who’d still love to get the variations of the new smartphone…

TikTok’s sister app LetsChat desires to grow to be the WhatsApp various for Africans, however customers aren’t satisfied but

TikTok’s sister app LetsChat desires to grow to be the WhatsApp various for Africans, however customers aren’t satisfied but

TikTok’s sister app LetsChat is expected to compete with WhatsApp and Telegram, but users believe the data-saving app isn’t a worthy challenger. When Yusuf Balogun first downloaded LetsChat after seeing its ads in online comedy…

After introducing a blockchain act, Nigeria’s first transfer is to tax 10% of crypto earnings

After introducing a blockchain act, Nigeria’s first transfer is to tax 10% of crypto earnings

In a surprising move, the Nigerian government has introduced a new law that will create a tax on cryptocurrencies. Crypto traders say that it might not work. In 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria banned…

KPMG: Larger taxes key to fulfilling Tinubu’s GDP development targets

KPMG: Larger taxes key to fulfilling Tinubu’s GDP development targets

Independent auditors have warned President Bola Tinubu that raising the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to an average of 6% is ambitious and unattainable for him Nigerians will pay more taxes if President Bola Tinubu’s goal…

Binance is illegitimate in Nigeria

Binance is illegitimate in Nigeria

Lire en français Read this email in French. Editor’s Note Week 23, 2023 Read time: 5 minutes Hello hello everyone 👋🏾 While you settle in for the long weekend, read a few of this week’s…