East Africa

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  Banking, News

  Bank of Uganda increases interest rates to curb inflation as shilling falls

  Adonijah Ndege

  8th April 2024

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  Mobility, News

  Kenya greenlights local manufacturing and assembly of electric vehicles despite minimal infrastructure

  Kenn Abuya

  4th April 2024

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  News

  Bank of Tanzania raises interest rate to 6% amid steady inflation

  Kenn Abuya

  4th April 2024

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  News

  Central Bank of Kenya maintains interest rates at 13% as inflation eases

  Adonijah Ndege

  3rd April 2024

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  Mobility, News, Startups

  Roam secures financing deal with Mogo to grow electric motorcycle adoption

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd April 2024

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  Government, News

  Uganda’s core inflation falls to 3.3%, below the central bank’s target of 5%

  Kenn Abuya

  31st March 2024

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  News

  Kenya’s March inflation drops to 5.7% as KES gains against the US dollar

  Kenn Abuya

  30th March 2024

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  News

  Loan defaults eat into Kenya’s banking giant Equity Group’s profits

  Adonijah Ndege

  28th March 2024

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  News

  Kenya Airways cuts down losses, records first operating profit in years

  Adonijah Ndege

  27th March 2024

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  News

  Tanzania will sell US dollars to commercial banks to address foreign currency shortages

  Kenn Abuya

  26th March 2024

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  News

  DOB Equity shakeup: Co-CEOs step down in leadership overhaul

  Adonijah Ndege

  19th March 2024

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  Telecoms

  Telkom Kenya loses 800,000 subscribers following a dispute with tower partner

  Kenn Abuya

  13th March 2024

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  FinTech, News

  Crackdown on unlicensed companies cuts digital creditors in Kenya to 51

  Kenn Abuya

  11th March 2024

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  Companies, News

  Retraction: IFC denies suing portfolio company Africa’s Talking

  Kenn Abuya

  9th March 2024

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  Business

  Ethiopia’s inflation jumps to 28.7% as central bank acknowledges alleviation difficulties

  Kenn Abuya

  12th February 2024

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  Mobile Money

  Safaricom stops M-PESA transfers to unregistered users

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd February 2024

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  FinTech, News

  Exclusive: Fintech giant Flutterwave secures release of $3 million in Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd February 2024

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  Banking

  Kenya’s PesaLink to launch merchant payment services in M-PESA’s turf

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd January 2024

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  Mobile Money

  Safaricom silent on details as M-PESA outage continues in Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd January 2024

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  Venture Capital

  Exclusive: How Timbuktoo, the UNDP-backed $1bn innovation fund will work

  Abraham Augustine

  18th January 2024

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  Telecoms

  Scoop: Safaricom avoids penalty despite drop in quality of service for third year in a row

  Kenn Abuya

  17th January 2024

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  Companies

  Exclusive: Twiga CEO closed a $35 million convertible bond deal before 6-month sabbatical

  Kenn Abuya

  18th December 2023

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  Mobile Money

  M-PESA GlobalPay users will get tap-to-pay capabilities following Visa partnership

  Kenn Abuya

  17th December 2023

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  Ecosystem, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Estonia is invested in exporting its tech to Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  11th December 2023

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  Companies, Ecommerce

  Court drama over Twiga Foods’ lingering cloud service debt

  Abraham Augustine

  5th December 2023

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  Mobility

  BasiGo gets $5 million loan to ramp up e-bus assembly in Kenya

  Kenn Abuya

  5th December 2023

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  Government

  Kenya suspends digital IDs amid data protection concerns

  Kenn Abuya

  5th December 2023

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  Social Media

  Telegram is offline in Kenya as internet authorities remain silent

  Kenn Abuya

  21st November 2023

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  News

  Uganda joins East Africa’s push to attract tech investors

  Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

  10th November 2023

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  News

  Nairobi will host the 2024 Africa Fintech Summit

  Ephraim Modise

  3rd November 2023

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  Mobility, News

  Bolt Kenya drops booking charges as it waits on licence renewal update from NTSA

  Kenn Abuya

  30th October 2023

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  Mobile Money

  Exclusive: Safaricom launches standing orders for M-PESA users

  Kenn Abuya

  12th October 2023

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  Mobility

  Kenya halts Bolt’s operating licence renewal on “illegal” booking fees 

  Kenn Abuya

  11th October 2023

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  Startups

  Twiga confirms it’s in talks with Incentro Africa over $260k cloud bill

  Kenn Abuya

  6th October 2023

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  Legislation

  Uganda closes six radio stations for operating without licences

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd October 2023

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  Funding

  Fixit45 raises $1.9 million to expand into East Africa

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  21st September 2023

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  Telecoms

  Kenya’s ICT agency suspends CEO Ezra Chiloba over alleged corrupt practices

  Kenn Abuya

  19th September 2023

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  Government, News

  Kenya adjusts pump price again as petrol crosses 200Ksh for the first time

  Kenn Abuya

  15th September 2023

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  Startups

  After completing a $5m debt raise, Lipa Later plans to raise $20m more

  Ngozi Chukwu

  12th September 2023

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  News

  Kenyan digital lender LipaLater is crowdfunding $1.2 million

  Ngozi Chukwu

  9th September 2023