Oleh Kovalskyy thinks that Starlink terminals are built as if someone assembled them...

A 50% hike in telecom tariffs has propelled MTN and Airtel’s earnings in Nigeria, sending their combined average revenue per user (ARPU) up 31.6% in the second quarter of 2025. The gains are unlocking long-delayed network investments, but they are also squeezing consumers already battered by inflation and a collapsing currency. Airtel’s ARPU grew 23.53%

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Africa’s agricultural potential is enormous. The continent is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and a growing youth population ready to work. In sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers produce up to 80% of the food consumed locally. The continent has the resources and traditional knowledge to transform from a net food importer into

NASA and IBM have released a new open-source machine learning model to help...

The first time she realised Zoie Health might be more than just a scrappy start-up, she was sitting in her kitchen, watching her laptop screen refresh as a new order came in. It was not from a friend trying to be supportive, or a cousin curious to see if the system worked. It was from

Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telco, has introduced a new product that could reshape how customers pay for mobile internet. The product, called B-Live and launched on Wednesday, allows users to buy data by the hour instead of the traditional megabyte or gigabyte bundles.  Prices range from KES 20 ($0.16) for 1 hour to KES 150 ($1.16)

Niger, the largest state by land mass in Nigeria, is a land of rivers, hills, and green plains dotted by stout trees. Here, agriculture feeds millions, and traditions run deep. It is not the kind of place you’d expect advanced technology to reshape government services,  but in this vast corner of north-central Nigeria, artificial intelligence

Table of contents These days, your phone, laptop, and online accounts are part of your daily life. But with that convenience comes risk. Many people feel “safe enough” online because they think hackers only target big companies or that their information isn’t worth stealing. This false sense of security is precisely what cybercriminals rely on.

When Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest banks, announced that it had agreed to acquire iKhokha for about R1.65 billion (over $93 million) on August 13, the news was not just the price tag that drew attention; it was what the deal represented. A thirteen-year-old fintech startup, built in Durban to serve the needs of

Bolt is giving its drivers in Kenya access to a dash cam app, a move aimed at curbing disputes and boosting safety in the country’s competitive ride-hailing market. The feature, built by New York-based Driver Technologies, allows drivers use their phones to record both the road and inside the vehicle, with footage stored in the

Funding to Africa’s Web3 and blockchain sector has declined over the past two years. In Nigeria, the continent’s most active market, the pullback stems from a mix of global shocks and local hurdles:  the 2022 collapse of FTX, the Central Bank’s 2021 ban on crypto, and a wave of high-profile struggles, abrupt shutdowns, lack of