Posts by Alastair Tempest

Safaricom will sell 4G smartphones in partnership with Google. The telco announced the plan during its earnings call on April 29. Under a device financing scheme, it will provide people…

In March, Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom announced a move that on the surface appeared counterintuitive – for a 90-day period, it made all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under $9 free on the…

Transporting goods quickly and cheaply is vital for trade, but it’s a struggle in many African nations. Now a startup is hoping to change that in Nigeria. The digital platform Kobo360 was launched in…

Egyptian startup Eventtus has secured an investment round to enable it to launch a digital events platform as it responds to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the…

Woolworths is expanding its click and collect drive-through shopping service, joining others in the sector forced to innovate during the lockdown and help consumers get vital supplies. For the Easter period,…

South African fintech startup TaxTim has made Nigeria its second international market after partnering with PWC to offer virtual tax assistance. TaxTim lets users file their tax returns online with step-by-step…

Jumia Kenya and Twiga Foods have signed a partnership agreement that will enable shoppers on the platform to buy fresh produce as well as processed foods distributed by the farm…

Tanzania’s Ubongo recently launched its Toolkits platform, a large library of quality, African-made early learning materials and educational resources for pre-teens. Meanwhile, in Liberia education officials say they have learned from the Ebola epidemic and…

Among all the stories of doom and gloom, the SA Treasury has committed R488 million to the Green Outcomes Fund (GOF) to grow green small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in SA. The…

Ethiopia’s Central Bank will allow locally-owned non-financial institutions to start offering mobile money services as it seeks to boost non-cash payments in the country. Ethiopia is in the middle of massive economic reforms including the…