How local tour guides are building digital travel brands across Africa
A group of visitors walks behind a local guide wearing a simple branded shirt, stopping at old colonial buildings, street-art walls, fishing communities, and small food spots that most traditional tour buses rarely reach. The guide is not just explaining history. He is filming short videos, answering questions from travelers
Morocco’s biggest bank launches instant UK-to-Morocco money transfer app
Attijariwafa Bank has launched Attijari Transfer, a money-transfer app designed for Moroccans in the United Kingdom who want to send money instantly to bank accounts in Morocco. The app allows users to transfer funds directly from a UK debit card to an Attijariwafa Bank account in Morocco. Attijariwafa Ltd, the
10 low-capital business ideas that actually work in Africa
Starting a business in Africa does not always require a big office, a warehouse, imported machinery, or a large investor cheque. In many African markets, the smarter path is often smaller: solve a daily problem, collect cash quickly, keep costs low, and grow from real customer demand. That matters now
South Africa’s Starlink licensing row becomes a political fight over telecom reform
South Africa’s Starlink licensing dispute has moved beyond a fight over satellite broadband and into the center of the country’s political debate over telecom reform. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has pushed back against claims that his proposed policy changes were shaped by private lobbying connected to Starlink,
Today Africa Weekly | June 29th – July 5th, 2026
Africa’s tech market moved with unusual clarity last week, June 29th – July 5th, 2026. The biggest signal was not one single mega-round, product launch, or policy fight. It was the way capital, regulation, infrastructure, and artificial intelligence all moved toward the same conclusion: the continent’s digital economy is becoming
Nigeria fintech H1 2026 report: The fintech market is moving beyond payments
Nigeria’s fintech story is entering a new phase. For years, the country’s startup ecosystem was defined by one big question: how fast could digital payments grow? That question has now been answered. Nigerians are using transfers, wallets, PoS terminals, merchant tools, and digital banking products at a massive scale. The
What makes a city attractive for tourism investment?
Outside, the city feels organized without feeling still. Ride-hailing cars slide through clean boulevards. Restaurants fill with a mix of professionals, visiting executives, development workers, creatives, athletes, and diaspora travelers who are not simply passing through. They are spending, meeting, returning, posting, scouting, and investing. That is what makes a
Jason Njoku: iROKOtv and African streaming revolution
Jason Njoku’s story does not begin with the glamour of venture capital, media headlines, or the convenient myth of a founder who saw the future before everyone else. It begins in Deptford, South-East London, where he was born in 1980, raised by a hardworking Nigerian mother who supported five children
How African SMEs can scale beyond their first 100 customers
Getting your first 100 customers is a serious achievement. It means people trust your product enough to pay for it, recommend it, or come back. But in African markets, the real test begins after that. Many small businesses can sell to friends, neighbors, church members, WhatsApp contacts, early Instagram followers,
Why food tourism could become a major growth market in Africa
In Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Cape Town, Marrakech, Dakar, and Addis Ababa, food is becoming part of a larger travel economy. It is tied to diaspora return, music festivals, business trips, creator culture, heritage tourism, hotel expansion, aviation growth, and the newfound confidence of African cities in selling themselves as full-fledged
