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  Next Wave: Safaricom’s $310 million debt flex

  Kenn Abuya

  24th November 2025

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  Next Wave: The electric bike repayment trap no one wants to explain

  Kenn Abuya

  17th November 2025

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  Next Wave: Why Africa’s tech future needs a political reality check

  Adonijah Ndege

  10th November 2025

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  Next Wave: Elon wants smartphones to connect directly to Starlink satellites

  Frank Eleanya

  27th October 2025

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  Next Wave: The telecom that built a “bank” by accident

  Kenn Abuya

  20th October 2025

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  Next Wave: Paga wants to be the Revolut for African immigrants, but what must it do to achieve success?

  Muktar Oladunmade

  6th October 2025

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  Next Wave: Can Kenyan startups bank on SACCOs for funding?

  Adonijah Ndege

  29th September 2025

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  Next Wave: Lend to drivers, bet on autonomous cars

  Kenn Abuya

  22nd September 2025

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  Next Wave: How to plan for Africa’s next technology decade

  Kenn Abuya

  16th September 2025

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  Next Wave: Is nuclear power the answer to Africa’s AI ambitions?

  Frank Eleanya

  8th September 2025

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  Next Wave: We should all be skit makers

  Ngozi Chukwu

  4th September 2025

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  Next Wave: What should African startups build with AI?

  Muktar Oladunmade

  27th August 2025

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  Next Wave: Can African banks pick up the startup funding baton?

  Adonijah Ndege

  18th August 2025

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  Next Wave: Skipping the AI boom, for now

  Kenn Abuya

  11th August 2025

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  Next Wave: Insiders covering insiders

  Fuad Lawal

  4th August 2025

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  Next Wave: Money is coming back to African startups; we need a better story to make it stay

  Ngozi Chukwu

  28th July 2025

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  Next Wave: Nigeria’s telecom industry needs a reboot. Only new competition can deliver

  Frank Eleanya

  21st July 2025

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  Next Wave: Failed startups leave us richer in some ways

  Ngozi Chukwu

  14th July 2025

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  Kenya’s cybersecurity ‘talent gap’ is a hiring problem

  Kenn Abuya

  7th July 2025

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  Next Wave: Lemfi’s bet on immigrant credit shows where remittance fintechs are headed

  Muktar Oladunmade

  30th June 2025

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  Next Wave: Are African innovators playing the right game?

  Guest Author

  23rd June 2025

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  Next Wave: Neobanks are coming for small banks, not big ones

  Adonijah Ndege

  20th June 2025

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  Francophone Weekly, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  From Dakar to Abidjan: Why Francophone Africa Is Africa’s next growth engine

  Lina Kacyem

  17th June 2025

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  Next Wave: ESOPs and the future of employee ownership

  Muktar Oladunmade

  9th June 2025

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  Next Wave: The real cost of chasing higher returns in private debt

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd June 2025

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  Next Wave: Why Africa’s tech dream is political

  Adonijah Ndege

  26th May 2025

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  Next Wave: Ghana just showed Africa a future of venture capital

  Muktar Oladunmade

  19th May 2025

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  The Next Wave: Rethinking what banks are for

  Kenn Abuya

  12th May 2025

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  Next Wave: Banks built the trust. Now they’re building the tech

  Adonijah Ndege

  21st April 2025

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  Next Wave: What African startups need to win in the future

  Adonijah Ndege

  14th April 2025

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  Next Wave: What’s holding back African securities exchanges?

  Adonijah Ndege

  7th April 2025

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  Next Wave: Digitising danfo payments could unlock a $375 million opportunity in Lagos

  Muktar Oladunmade

  4th April 2025

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  The true cost of M-PESA is catching up with M-PESA

  Kenn Abuya

  24th March 2025

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  Next Wave: Secondaries are limiting Africa’s VC ecosystem. Can data help?

  Muktar Oladunmade

  17th March 2025

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  Next Wave: Kenyan government services turning into pay-to-access schemes

  Kenn Abuya

  10th March 2025

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  Next Wave: As banks face scrutiny, Kenya’s corrupt turn to credit unions

  Kenn Abuya

  10th March 2025

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  The cluster effect: Why ICT startups thrive together

  Kenn Abuya

  20th February 2025

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  Next Wave: Unlocking alternative funding streams for African startups

  Adonijah Ndege

  11th February 2025

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  Startups don’t die—they adapt with purpose

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd February 2025

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  Realising regional expansion for African startups

  Adonijah Ndege

  21st January 2025