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On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Ghana’s decision to halt MTN’s MoMo fee before it even begins, CashAfrica wanting Nigerians to tap rather than transfer, and Kenya EV prices rising by 16%.
Teenagers today are growing up in digital environments where visibility, validation, and comparison are constant. This article explores the quiet emotional pressure social media creates for teens.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss NIBSS going to court over ₦13.66 billion glitch, this Nigerian teen fixing freelancing with AI, and Ethio Telecom making history with Ethiopia’s first IPO.
Nigeria ranked first in Africa in the ecosystem value functional category, outperforming its third-place overall ranking in Africa and indicating a high level of financial value from startup activity.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya’s $21 million plan to monitor social media, Airtel and Glo restoring airtime borrowing services, and Kenya’s 15% cut of foreign startup exits.
Many Nigerians have expressed frustration regarding the quality of service on the MTN network. The firm’s Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer, Tobe Okigbo, has provided some answers
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss how Branch laid off staff despite posting $30 million in profit, Cameroon’s move to disconnect up to 700,000 unregistered phones, and the growing wave of violence targeting ride-hailing drivers in South Africa.
Building enterprise software in Lagos and getting an American company to stake their operations on it is not a story about a great pitch. It is a story about a few years of decisions we made before we were ever in a room with them.
Google maintains that the goal of Search has always been simple: to help users ask anything on their mind — from quick facts to the deep, complex or hyper-specific questions that can be hard to articulate.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Nigeria’s putting government services on WhatsApp, Paystack’s addition of an AI brain to its dashboard, and a Kenyan court expanding what constitutes harm in data breaches.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss M-KOPA unlocking $82 million in credit across Ghana, Airtel and Starlink begin satellite phone testing in Uganda, and Meta cuts 8,000 jobs worldwide.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Yango targeting Africa’s ride-hailing behemoths, Nairobi breathing again after a transport strike, and MultiChoice preparing for significant job cuts.
Sulfman Consulting introduces Eagle Watch, its AI-powered digital investigation platform designed to help organisations investigate digital footprints, monitor publicly exposed assets, and access intelligence tools that have traditionally been expensive or restricted.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya giving Safaricom a 25-year lifeline, Your NIN is now your tax ID in Nigeria, and Bolt wants 500 EVs on South African roads
The report insists that this decline in page visits does not reflect reduced relevance, but rather a recalibration driven by artificial intelligence.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Uganda approving Starlink, a Cameroon-born consultant building AI, Kenya giving X 90 days to open a Nairobi office, and Bharti Airtel tightening its grip on Airtel Africa.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Jumia cutting 200 jobs and betting big on AI, Ghana ending its 5G monopoly experiment, and Kenya recently targeting M-Pesa with a new 16% VAT.
AI platforms rely on continuous data processing, and even brief interruptions can compromise diagnostics, delay treatment, or disrupt critical workflows.
On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya taxing smartphones again, how South Africa’s Starlink standoff is turning into a political disaster, and the fake Amazon email problem in South Africa.
Venture growth and innovation firm, Clarus is partnering with Norrsken East Africa to solve this problem with the first cohort of a GTM accelerator program called the Scale Velocity Lab.
