How to Build a Product in Africa With Global Engineering Talent
Ambitious founders are proving that Africa is more than just a market—it’s a launchpad for bold, world-class solutions. Yet, building a product in Africa is not without its challenges. Local startups often face infrastructure gaps, funding hurdles, and talent shortages, especially in specialized engineering roles. But here’s the twist: African
15 Online Tutoring Jobs in Kenya This Year
Online Tutoring Jobs in Kenya are all about helping learners while earning a decent income. Thus, if you are searching for online teaching jobs in Kenya, you are on the right track. This article covers everything you need to know about the top 15 online tutoring jobs in Kenya, from benefits to
Stanbic’s fintech arm grows revenue but remains unprofitable
Zest, the fintech subsidiary of Nigeria’s Stanbic IBTC Holdings, grew its income fourteenfold to ₦874 million ($587,128) in the first half of 2025 from ₦61 million ($40,978) in the previous year, but rising staff and operating costs ensured that it remained in the red, according to Stanbic’s six-month financial statements. Zest’s
Kenya’s Watu targets $340 million revenue in 2025
Pan-African buy-now-pay-later firm, Watu, targets $340 million revenue in 2025 as it pivots towards smartphone lending, which has overtaken motorbike financing as its fastest-growing product. The company reported gross revenues of KES 29.9 billion ($231.4 million) in 2024, up from KES 17.9 billion ($138.5 million) the previous year, driven by
Pesalink-TendePay partnership may change how Kenyan SMEs move money
Pesalink and Nairobi-based fintech TendePay have teamed up to make bulk and single payments faster, allowing small businesses to instantly move up to KES 999,999 ($7,700) across all banks. The move signals a push by private players to broaden payment options for companies as regulators drag structural reforms. PesaLink, run
Trump put a $100K price tag on foreign talent
On Friday, September 19th, 2025, Trump signed an executive order slapping a $100,000 annual fee on companies hiring foreign workers through the H-1B program. The White House later clarified that petitions already filed won’t be affected — but the signal is unmistakable. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick put it bluntly: companies
M-PESA’s biggest upgrade in a decade is completed
Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco with over 35 million subscribers, has completed the most ambitious M-PESA’s biggest upgrade since localising the platform a decade ago, restoring services early Monday morning after a three-hour cutover. The upgrade, named Fintech 2.0, moves Africa’s second most widely used mobile money service to a cloud-native architecture capable
Today Africa Weekly: Tech news recap | September 15 – 21, 2025
I’m starting to think African fintech founders have a secret WhatsApp group where they decide who gets funded each week. Because honestly, how else do you explain Kredete casually bagging $22 million while the rest of us are still figuring out how to stretch data subscriptions till month-end? Anyway, whether
What to expect from M-PESA upgrade on Sept. 22
Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telco, will execute its most significant M-PESA upgrade since bringing the service to the country in 2015, migrating the platform to a new core known as Fintech 2.0. The upgrade, scheduled on September 22, will affect over 50 million M-PESA customers across Africa and is designed to
A Look at the Charlie Kirk Biography: Major Conservative Voice
“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” President Donald Trump wrote of him. The story of Charlie Kirk is the story of one of the most influential conservative activists of the early 21st century. In just over a
