Digital Trends

Is Threads losing steam? Here’s what we know [new research]

When Threads launched in July 2023, it made headlines for breaking records — 100 million sign-ups in less than five…

2 weeks ago

Kenyan BNPL startup Watu profits drop 85% to $1.2 million as loan defaults rise

Watu Holdings, a Kenyan buy-now-pay-later startup, reported a sharp 85% drop in profit to $1.2 million (KES157 million) in 2024,…

3 weeks ago

Day 1–1000: How Sycamore founders built the fintech from a living room

What does it really take to build a startup in Africa—from the first idea to the thousandth day? In Day…

3 weeks ago

Debunked by AI: The future of misinformation on social

Ethan Mollick, professor of management at Wharton Business School, has a simple benchmark for tracking the progress of AI’s image…

3 weeks ago

MTN enters payments market with MoMo Pay targeting cash-heavy informal sector

MTN South Africa has entered the competitive payments market with MoMo Pay, a low-cost digital payment platform designed for informal…

3 weeks ago

Moniepoint, PalmPay, OmniRetail, Paga make FT Africa’s fastest-growing companies list

Six Nigerian startups—Moniepoint, OmniRetail, PalmPay, Termii, Remedial Health, and Paga—have been listed on the Financial Times’ 2024 ranking of Africa’s…

3 weeks ago

Roam, M-Kopa top Kenyan firms on FT Africa’s fastest-growing companies list

Three Kenyan startups—Roam Electric AB, M-KOPA Holdings Ltd, and Victory Farms Ltd—have been named among Africa’s fastest-growing companies in the…

3 weeks ago

How much does AI cost? Here are the industry averages

I first tested AI tools in 2019 to automate repetitive parts of my workflow. It seemed like the perfect solution:…

3 weeks ago

Onafriq appoints former PPRO chief Simon Black as board chair

Onafriq, a pan-African digital payments network, has named Simon Black as chair of the board of its UK holding company…

3 weeks ago

South African fintechs Paymenow, TymeBank, Omnisient make FT’s Africa fastest-growing companies list

Three South African fintech startups, Paymenow, TymeBank, and Omnisient, have been named in the Financial Times (FT) Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies…

3 weeks ago