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East Africa: five countries set out to erase their digital borders
Letting data, payments and online services move across borders as freely as goods: that is the goal five East African…
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Tanzania: on the buses, cash still beats digital payments
In a country where mobile money is everywhere, 95 out of every 100 Tanzanian bus passengers still pay in cash.
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Rwanda: 4G almost everywhere, yet only one in five people uses mobile internet
Masts almost everywhere, but smartphones that cost too much and content that is too scarce: in Rwanda, nearly eight in…
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Ethiopia: Tigray cut off from the world as war returns to the north
Tigray has lost its phone and internet networks, and fighting has reached Afar and Amhara. A seven-group rebel alliance is…
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AI at the UN: Africa refuses to sit on the sidelines
As AI takes center stage at the United Nations, Africa is making itself heard. South Africa wants the General Assembly…
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Nigeria: Dangote Opens Its Refinery to the Public, From $4 a Ticket
Nigeria's Dangote refinery is selling 4.1 billion shares at 525 naira each, with a minimum ticket of about $4. Fintechs…
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Guinea Bans France 24 and Pulls Its Reporters’ Accreditations After « Putschist » Remark
Guinea has banned France 24 and pulled its reporters' accreditations after a presenter called President Doumbouya a "putschist." Press freedom…
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Mali: Investigation Exposes Russia’s Murky Role in the Country’s Drone War
Mali has long presented its drone fleet as proof of newfound military independence. A recent investigation into who actually controls…
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Equatorial Guinea: Facebook and TikTok Cut After Video Accusing Vice President of Corruption
In Equatorial Guinea, Facebook and TikTok have remained inaccessible for more than two weeks, with authorities offering no official explanation.…
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Mastercard and Busha Make Crypto Transfers Simpler in Nigeria
Sending crypto has long meant copying and pasting a string of characters, one typo away from disaster. Mastercard and Busha…
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Digital sovereignty, Africa seeks to take back control of its technological future
Every time an African government digitizes a service, it often deepens its reliance on technology built somewhere else. Now, policymakers…
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Uber Closes Its African Chapter in Nigeria and Uganda After a Decade of Presence
Twelve years after pioneering ride hailing in Lagos, Uber has pulled the plug on Nigeria and Uganda in one abrupt…
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Artificial Intelligence in Gabonese Schools: Big Ambitions, Cautious First Steps
"In Gabon, artificial intelligence is gradually entering the conversation about the future of schooling, even though it has yet to…
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Ethiopia: Africa’s Digital Voice Celebrated in Addis Ababa, Silenced at Home
In May 2026, Addis Ababa rolled out the red carpet for Africa's biggest social media influencers, praised as a beacon…
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Ghana speeds up the training of its future coders
A new chapter is being written this week in Ghana's digital strategy. On Monday, August 31, 2026, the Ministry of…
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Togo: Land Records Officially Go Digital
Filing a land parcel plan in Togo used to mean standing in line at a government counter in Lomé. That's…
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AI Built for Africa: The Quiet Rise of a Homegrown Startup Ecosystem
Behind every remote diagnosis app, every crop monitoring system or every personalized learning platform lies a growing statistical reality. The…
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Cybercrime in Africa: AI Drives Financial Losses to New Highs, Interpol Reveals
Artificial intelligence, however, is not solely a weapon in the hands of fraudsters. It can also detect suspicious behavior, analyze…
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Social Media: Protecting Minors Becomes a Major Concern for African Governments
Several African countries have spent the past few months moving toward new restrictions aimed at protecting children and teenagers on…
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Côte d’Ivoire: Youth Confront New Fears, Drugs, Social Media, and AI
Marking International Youth Day, Côte d'Ivoire gave young people the floor to voice what worries them most, and the rise…
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Somali Piracy Hits Its Highest Level in a Decade
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has reached its highest level in a decade in 2026. According to an analysis…
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Angola, cybersecurity law passed by Parliament raises fears of tighter security controls
A new cybersecurity law passed by Angola's parliament is drawing scrutiny from civil society and opposition lawmakers, who fear it…
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DRC: media regulator no longer rules out shutting down TikTok amid rise in online abuse
Congo's broadcasting regulator sent TikTok a list of 2,000 accounts to take down. TikTok didn't act. Now the regulator says…
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From Lagos to Autonomous Vehicles: Moove Raises $250 Million and Becomes a $2.1 Billion Unicorn
Every major technological revolution becomes an infrastructure race, and autonomy requires fleets, charging, maintenance, data systems and around the clock…
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International Youth Day: How Young Generations Are Reshaping Their Relationship with Artificial Intelligence
On International Youth Day 2026, data shows young people, and Generation Z in particular, adopting artificial intelligence twice as fast…
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Digital Cooperation: Benin Strengthens Ties with Ethiopia
Benin sent a ministerial delegation to Addis Ababa in early August 2026 to deepen digital cooperation with Ethiopia, sharing a…
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Gabon Marks Six Months Without Social Media as an Exception Becomes the Rule
On the evening of February 17th, 2026, Gabon's High Communications Authority announced, in a statement read on the state channel…
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Egypt: A Startup Takes On the Schengen Visa Ordeal With an AI Agent
Anyone who has spent months preparing a Schengen visa application, only to be turned down in the end, will recognize…
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Algeria moves its national AI plan from strategy to execution
Baddari described this shift as the start of "the era of the intelligent university that produces wealth." A first center…
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Cameroon: ICT Summit for Africa Wraps Up in Yaounde With a $6,000 Bet on Young Innovators
If you hold the plan to revolutionize agriculture, if you have the nerve to build the technology that will feed…