F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
How mobile money is bridging the gap to online payments in Kenya
Mobile Money has come a long way in the last few years. Kenyan mobile network operator, Safaricom, introduced its MPesa service in 2007 and…
Twitter making its way back to Africa
More than two and a half years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it really didn’t…
Do banks block mobile money innovation in Africa?
A recent blog posting by Dr. Bill Maurer on the CGAP website spoke about mobile money’s innovation crisis. The author claims that nothing new has…
Interview: PesaPal’s Agosta Liko on African mobile payment solutions
Agosta Liko, CEO of PesaPal, relocated to Kenya from the US to start Verviant, a software development company in Nairobi. Three years later, the…
