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SADC plans to implement uniform mobile roaming charges, aiming to reduce cross-border costs, benefit consumers, and enhance regional connectivity.


MTN Group has reshuffled its leadership in East Africa. The move is part of MTN’s Ambition 2025 strategy to deepen its platform and fintech growth across Africa.


Ghana partners with Zipline to deliver essential health supplies via drones after USAID programme disruptions.


Nigeria now has between 15,000 and 20,000 electric vehicles on its roads, a modest but growing figure as the country eyes a full transition to zero-emission car sales by 2040


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Swifia Launches to Revolutionize Gift Card Trading in Nigeria with Instant Payouts and Unmatched Reliability

Swifia, a bold new player in Nigeria’s digital finance space, has launched to make gift card trading faster, simpler, and…


Are hashtags dead in 2025?  

In 2025, hashtags are no longer the power tool they once were for content engagements and discoverability. Social media companies have relegated them with advanced tools.

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Uber, Bolt plan to go on strike on May 1, 2025

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss ride-hailing drivers’ plan to go on strike, African startups and the SDG goals, and Ghana’s health system’s lift.

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Swifia Launches to Revolutionize Gift Card Trading in Nigeria with Instant Payouts and Unmatched Reliability

Swifia, a bold new player in Nigeria’s digital finance space, has launched to make gift card trading faster, simpler, and…

Five years to the SDGs deadline, African tech companies are leading the charge to sustainability

The world is five years away from the SDGs deadline, and African technology companies are making significant contributions to reaching the set goals.

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Flutterwave, YellowCard, Onafriq join stablecoin-based payment network launched by company behind USDC

Flutterwave, YellowCard, and Onafriq have joined a stablecoin-based payment network created by Circle, the company behind USDC. The companies will now be part of a global stablecoin settlement system.

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Women in DeFi Summit 2025: Africa’s Boldest Web3 Women Take the Stage in Lagos, Nigeria

The future of Africa’s blockchain landscape is undeniably female, and the upcoming Women in DeFi Summit 2025 is set to…

The emerging tech startups solving problems in Kano, Nigeria

From agritech to ecommerce and logistics, Kano is home to a budding tech startup ecosystem. These emerging startups are reshaping the economic landscape of Kano

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Sierra Leone gets first digital banking super app

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Rwanda’s electric coaster bus, Aproko Doctor’s Awa Doc app, and Sierra Leone’s first digital banking super app.

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OPay Extends 1.2 Billion Naira 10-Year Scholarship to Kwara State Polytechnic

Kwara State Polytechnic’s Rector, Engr. Dr. Abdul Jimoh Mohammed and OPay’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Justin Zhang at the MOU…

Aproko Doctor’s healthtech startup wants to be the first point of health contact for Africans

Chinonso Egemba, known as Aproko Doctor, is teaming up with Jesse Benedict to launch AwaDoc, a healthtech startup. The duo are betting on his massive following, WhatsApp, and AI to improve healthcare access for Nigerians.

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Douglas Kendyson, founder of Selar, to teach founders how to bootstrap successfully at Lagos Startup Expo 2.0

Selar’s CEO, Douglas Kendyson, will be showing business leaders the ropes on how to build and scale a sustainable startup without external funding at one of the Masterclass sessions at Lagos Startup Expo 2.0.

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Swifia Launches to Revolutionize Gift Card Trading in Nigeria with Instant Payouts and Unmatched Reliability

Swifia, a bold new player in Nigeria’s digital finance space, has launched to make gift card trading faster, simpler, and…