Last week OPay, a payments-focused fintech with operations centred on Nigeria, raised US$400mn in a Series C funding round, attaining a US$2bn valuation. OPay has thus joined the rarified ranks of ...
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The African Union is drawing crucial lessons from its recent bid to end war in Tigray region of Ethiopia, where a two-year conflict had killed at least 100,000 people and displaced 600,000 others. And ...
African proverb of the day highlights the idea that titles do not create leadership. The proverb “A large chair does not make ...
G smartphone for Africa is being framed as a breakthrough moment, one that could finally close the gap between network coverage and actual internet ...
Before it turned off the switches in October 2022, the plant fed 121 megawatts into South Africa's grid - Copyright AFP PAUL BOTES Before it turned off the switches ...
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