Search
Sign in
North Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa

Fintech

Latest Fintech & Digital Economy News​

Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru meets with Solomon Quaynor and senior AfDB officials. Photo: Ethio telecom/Facebook
Read More »
Ethiopia’s Telecom empire redraws Africa’s digital sovereignty battle
Deputy Ethiopian Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh (right), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Adem Farah review a new data system alongside senior government officials. Photo: Abiy Ahmed/X
Read More »
Africa’s new sovereignty battle is over data. Why Ethiopia wants to lead it
Safaricom Ethiopia making waves. Photo @ Safaricom Ethiopia/Facebook
Read More »
How Safaricom is turning Ethiopia into Africa’s next telecom power centre
Aerial shot of multiple offshore oil platforms. Photo by Aron Razif @ Pexels
Read More »
Can Gabon’s digital push break the oil curse at last?
Riders on the Gozem app. Photo @ Gozem website
Read More »
How IFC is quietly building Africa’s next credit infrastructure through super app Gozem
Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Photo @Abiy Ahmed Ali/X
Read More »
Why Africa’s AI future now runs through Ethiopia and what Abiy Ahmed’s new AU role means
Electronics engineer fixing cables at a Data Centre. Photo @ Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa must build data centres fast or lose its digital future
A quiet street of Rwanda. Photo by Chris wade Ntezicimpa @ Pexels
Read More »
What’s behind Rwanda’s AI push to leapfrog Africa’s digital divide
Africa Fintech startups are struggling. Photo @Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa’s fintech start-ups are losing the fight for survival
Contactless payment system. Photo by SumUp @ Unsplash
Read More »
Cash is fading in West Africa as fintech rewrites the rules of money
Safaricom Ethiopia making waves. Photo @ Safaricom Ethiopia/Facebook
Read More »
How Safaricom is turning Ethiopia into Africa’s next telecom power centre
Aerial shot of multiple offshore oil platforms. Photo by Aron Razif @ Pexels
Read More »
Can Gabon’s digital push break the oil curse at last?
Riders on the Gozem app. Photo @ Gozem website
Read More »
How IFC is quietly building Africa’s next credit infrastructure through super app Gozem
Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Photo @Abiy Ahmed Ali/X
Read More »
Why Africa’s AI future now runs through Ethiopia and what Abiy Ahmed’s new AU role means
Electronics engineer fixing cables at a Data Centre. Photo @ Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa must build data centres fast or lose its digital future
A quiet street of Rwanda. Photo by Chris wade Ntezicimpa @ Pexels
Read More »
What’s behind Rwanda’s AI push to leapfrog Africa’s digital divide
Africa Fintech startups are struggling. Photo @Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa’s fintech start-ups are losing the fight for survival
Contactless payment system. Photo by SumUp @ Unsplash
Read More »
Cash is fading in West Africa as fintech rewrites the rules of money
Motor tricycle transport operator in Ghana. Photo by Kojo Kwarteng @ Unsplash
Read More »
Can the Ghana Card wallet redefine Africa’s digital finance race?
Mobile phone usage in Africa is high. Photo by Zac Wolff @ Unsplash
Read More »
Zambia’s digital surge: Telecom boom pushes subscriptions past 26mn as ICT powers economic shift

Popular Fintech & Digital Economy Article​

Reader's top picks

Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Photo @Abiy Ahmed Ali/X
Read More »
Why Africa’s AI future now runs through Ethiopia and what Abiy Ahmed’s new AU role means
Electronics engineer fixing cables at a Data Centre. Photo @ Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa must build data centres fast or lose its digital future
Riders on the Gozem app. Photo @ Gozem website
Read More »
How IFC is quietly building Africa’s next credit infrastructure through super app Gozem
Africa Fintech startups are struggling. Photo @Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa’s fintech start-ups are losing the fight for survival
A quiet street of Rwanda. Photo by Chris wade Ntezicimpa @ Pexels
Read More »
What’s behind Rwanda’s AI push to leapfrog Africa’s digital divide
Aerial shot of multiple offshore oil platforms. Photo by Aron Razif @ Pexels
Read More »
Can Gabon’s digital push break the oil curse at last?
A Nigerian teenager with his phone. Photo by Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim @ Unsplash
Read More »
US fintech Wave expands into Guinea to disrupt West Africa pricing
Deputy Ethiopian Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh (right), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Adem Farah review a new data system alongside senior government officials. Photo: Abiy Ahmed/X
Read More »
Africa’s new sovereignty battle is over data. Why Ethiopia wants to lead it
Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru meets with Solomon Quaynor and senior AfDB officials. Photo: Ethio telecom/Facebook
Read More »
Ethiopia’s Telecom empire redraws Africa’s digital sovereignty battle
Safaricom Ethiopia making waves. Photo @ Safaricom Ethiopia/Facebook
Read More »
How Safaricom is turning Ethiopia into Africa’s next telecom power centre
Riders on the Gozem app. Photo @ Gozem website
Read More »
How IFC is quietly building Africa’s next credit infrastructure through super app Gozem
Africa Fintech startups are struggling. Photo @Pexels
Read More »
Why Africa’s fintech start-ups are losing the fight for survival
A quiet street of Rwanda. Photo by Chris wade Ntezicimpa @ Pexels
Read More »
What’s behind Rwanda’s AI push to leapfrog Africa’s digital divide
Aerial shot of multiple offshore oil platforms. Photo by Aron Razif @ Pexels
Read More »
Can Gabon’s digital push break the oil curse at last?
A Nigerian teenager with his phone. Photo by Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim @ Unsplash
Read More »
US fintech Wave expands into Guinea to disrupt West Africa pricing
Deputy Ethiopian Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh (right), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Adem Farah review a new data system alongside senior government officials. Photo: Abiy Ahmed/X
Read More »
Africa’s new sovereignty battle is over data. Why Ethiopia wants to lead it
Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru meets with Solomon Quaynor and senior AfDB officials. Photo: Ethio telecom/Facebook
Read More »
Ethiopia’s Telecom empire redraws Africa’s digital sovereignty battle
Safaricom Ethiopia making waves. Photo @ Safaricom Ethiopia/Facebook
Read More »
How Safaricom is turning Ethiopia into Africa’s next telecom power centre

Fintech and Digital Economy​

Africa Fintech startups are struggling. Photo @Pexels
Why Africa’s fintech start-ups are losing the fight for survival
22/04/2026
Kingsley Kobo
Read More »
Contactless payment system. Photo by SumUp @ Unsplash
Cash is fading in West Africa as fintech rewrites the rules of money
14/04/2026
Kingsley Kobo
Read More »
Motor tricycle transport operator in Ghana. Photo by Kojo Kwarteng @ Unsplash
Can the Ghana Card wallet redefine Africa’s digital finance race?
08/04/2026
Kent Mensah
Read More »
Mobile phone usage in Africa is high. Photo by Zac Wolff @ Unsplash
Zambia’s digital surge: Telecom boom pushes subscriptions past 26mn as ICT powers economic shift
31/03/2026
Kennedy Mupeseni
Read More »
Payment system. Photo by Nathana Rebouças @ Unsplash
Moniepoint breaks into Kenya, shaking up East Africa’s fintech order
30/03/2026
Kent Mensah
Read More »
Mobile money instant payment in Africa. Photo by Olumide Bamgbelu @ Unsplash
How Africa became the world’s mobile money powerhouse with $1.4 trillion transactions
28/03/2026
Kent Mensah
Read More »
Frehiwot Tamru, CEO of Ethio telecom, and Gaetano Fasciana, Chief Technology Officer of Ascot Energy, during a strategic meeting in Addis Ababa. Photo @ Ethio Telecom.
Ethiopia turns to hybrid energy to power telecom expansion amid digital surge
27/03/2026
Michael Masrie
Read More »
A Nigerian teenager with his phone. Photo by Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim @ Unsplash
US fintech Wave expands into Guinea to disrupt West Africa pricing
27/03/2026
Alhousseiny Djigo
Read More »