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Africa Go Green Fund Doubles Spiro Financing to $36 Million as Electric Motorcycles Scale
Africa's electric mobility sector has received another significant financing commitment.
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A 2,000km fibre route now connects Mombasa to the DRC, and Paratus wants East Africa to notice
Paratus Group is highlighting its live 2,000km G2M fibre route linking Mombasa to Goma, DRC, alongside new satellite services, at ITW Africa 2026.
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East Africa's electric-mobility race is moving from vehicles to infrastructure
Electric motorcycles and fleet vehicles are scaling across East Africa, shifting the competition toward battery swapping, charging access and interoperability.
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Visa's new East Africa chief comes from mobile money, and that changes the strategy
Visa has appointed an executive who grew a mobile money challenger. Her task is to connect cards, wallets, banks and merchants across seven markets.
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Amazon Leo is coming for Starlink in Africa. Cheaper internet is not guaranteed
Amazon now has enough low-Earth-orbit satellites to begin service, but Africa needs gateways, licences and affordable hardware before competition reaches consumers.
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Africa has a seat at the AI governance table. Now it needs real leverage
A seat at the table matters, but it can become ceremonial. Africa needs coordinated policy, local research capacity and bargaining power to shape how AI is built and deployed.
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African fintech's second wave: from payments to credit
African fintech is moving beyond payment apps into credit, B2B infrastructure, embedded finance, and debt-funded models built around real cash flows.
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Africa links 11 stock exchanges as AELP Phase II launches
Phase II of the African Exchange Linkage Project expands the network to 11 exchanges and more than 50 brokers, pushing African capital markets closer together.
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Africa's fintech shakeout: the M&A wave, explained
African fintech is consolidating fast as stronger companies buy data rails, licences, local footholds, and distressed rivals.
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EVs could soon beat petrol on cost across Africa
New research says EVs are close to cost parity across much of Africa, with expensive financing now doing more to slow adoption than the technology itself.