Public institutions in Nigeria have a knack for policy inconsistency. They can aggressively pursue a course of action one ...

China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a customary odyssey across Africa. The tradition began in the late 1980s and sees Beijing’s top diplomat visit several African ...

Yet much of it is common among young people across Africa. Better educated than their parents and full of entrepreneurial zeal, they find that their societies are not letting them fulfil their ...

Writing about the minerals beneath Africa's soil often feels like unpacking a suitcase of clichés. We've all read the tired ...

We should be clear about what we want and what we don’t want from a digital ID – about what data is being collected, from whom and how both government and third-party vendors will use it.

Last week, while the country was bogged down with mundane ghost workers – who are actually real people known to the system – ...

Banks in Goma are not sure when they will ever serve their clients as the Central Bank in Kinshasa has blocked them, a ...

This comes as thousands of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours outside service points across the country to get the new Black Card ...

Affinity Africa announces it has raised US$8 million in an oversubscribed Seed Round led by Grazia Equity and BACKED VC to accelerate its mission of delivering affordable and accessible financial ...

Kazang, the prepaid value-added services (VAS) and card acquiring business within Nasdaq and JSE-listed fintech Lesaka ...