Good Morning Africa

🎙️Standard Chartered Africa Chief Risk Officer Kirsten Wilkins on Risk Discipline for Startups 🎙️Mauritius Trade Deficit Widens to $19.1B in June, Largest This Year. 🎙️Tunisia’s Economy Accelerates, GDP Grows 3.2% in Q2 2025. 🎙️Bitcoin Retreats to $115,000 as Strong US Data Tempers Fed Cut Bets.

🎙️Inside Africa’s Food Delivery Boom: Growth, Profitability, and the Power of Localization. 🎙️Nedbank Exits Ecobank with $100M Stake Sale to Cameroonian Investor Alain Nkontchou. 🎙️AfDB Commits $40M to Africa’s Green Infrastructure Fund, Pushing Total to $118M. 🎙️Ghana Slaps Multichoice with $900 Daily Fine over DSTV Pricing Data Dispute. 🎙️Ethiopia Tightens Ban on Sinotruk “Red Terror” Imports, C...

🎙️Why Africa Has So Few Startup Exits—and How to Fix the System. 🎙️Flutterwave’s Cross-Border Push Surges, Nearing $1B in East Asia Flows and Adding 20 U.S. Licenses. 🎙️WTO and ITC Launch $50M Fund for Women Exporters; Nigeria Named Among Four Pilot Countries. 🎙️Nigeria Inflation Eases to 21.8% in July, Core Cools but Food Pressures Persist.

🎙️Meet The Ceo: Meet Ivy Maingi, Glovo Uganda Country manager.  🎙️Bitcoin Hits Record $123K on Institutional Demand and Fed Cut Bets

🎙️Zambia Holds Rates at 14.5% as Inflation Eases to 13%. 🎙️Namibia Keeps Rates Steady to Protect Rand Peg and Support Growth. 🎙️Evergrande to Be Delisted from Hong Kong Exchange on August 25. 🎙️South Africa’s Unemployment Climbs to 33.2%, Highest in a Year.

🎙️Breaking Down Stablecoins: The Fast, Low-Cost Digital Dollars Moving Across Africa. 🎙️Kenya Cuts Interest Rates for the Seventh Time as Inflation Stays in Target Range. 🎙️AI and Cloud Computing Top Priorities for African Banks Seeking Efficiency. 🎙️AfDB to Help Raise $7.8B for Africa’s Largest Airport in Ethiopia.

🎙️Meet the CEO: Meet Stone Atwine,Founder and CEO of Eversend.  🎙️Africa’s Startup Funding Rebounds with $1.4B Raised in H1 2025, Led by Fintech and Climate-Focused Ventures.

🎙️Prof. Henry Kerali Explores How Smart Regulation Can Unify Africa’s Energy and Telecom Sectors. 🎙️US Imposes $15,000 Visa Bonds on Some Malawi and Zambia Applicants in Bid to Curb Overstays. 🎙️Shoprite Exits Ghana and Malawi as It Sharpens Focus on South Africa. 🎙️Orange to Deploy OpenAI Models to Translate African Languages.

🎙️COMESA Sees Record Mergers in 2024, Led by Financial Sector. 🎙️EABL Profit Rises 12% to KSh 12.2B, Warns on Illicit Alcohol Surge. 🎙️Tanzania’s Instant Payments Double to $11.6B in 2024. 🎙️Africa Receives $100B in Remittances – Eversend CEO on Intra-Africa Flows.

🎙️Vivo Energy and UNOC Sign Landmark Deal to Develop Uganda’s LPG Infrastructure. 🎙️Uganda Overtakes Africa’s Coffee Export Market as Earnings Nearly Double to $2.2B. 🎙️Sub-Saharan Africa’s Perceived Wellbeing Rises, but Still Lags Behind Global Peers – Gallup. 🎙️Court Blocks Sale of 54Gene’s Assets Amid Legal Battle with Top Investors.

🎙️Uganda’s Capital Markets Authority Launches Regulatory Sandbox and Tightens Oversight 🎙️Google Commits $37M to Boost Africa’s AI and Fintech Innovation 🎙️South Africa and China Advance AI Cooperation Deal to Power Key Sectors

🎙️Meet the CEO: Yosuke Kaneko CEO of Sora Technology on Expanding Across 15+ African Countries. 🎙️Visa Launches First African Data Centre to Tap Into Digital Payment Boom. 🎙️AfriLabs Supports 280,000+ Entrepreneurs as Africa’s Tech Scene Scales Up.

🎙️Uganda’s Stock Market Surges in H1 2025 — CEO Paul Bwiso Breaks It Down. 🎙️Ethio Telecom’s Annual Pretax Profit Surges Over 80% to $550 Million. 🎙️Africa’s E-Sports Market Valued at $66 Million and Growing Fast. 🎙️Tanzania Bans Foreigners from 15 Local Business Sectors in New Directive. 🎙️East Africa’s Top 20 Index Attracts Foreign Investors, Boosts Market Liquidity.

🎙️Ghana Set to Regulate Crypto Platforms in Bid to Formalize $3B Market. 🎙️Experts Warn African Universities Risk Falling Behind on AI Adoption. 🎙️Remittances to Africa Hit $100B as Tech and Digital Literacy Drive Growth.

MTN Uganda Restructures Mobile Money Unit Under New Fintech Entity Airtel Africa Posts Over 400% Surge in Profit to $156 Million in Q1 2026 Ethio Telecom’s Annual Pretax Profit Jumps 80% to $550 Million

Liberia Launches Africa’s First Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank Backed by AfDB Ethiopia Releases First T-Bill Calendar to Raise 117 Billion Birr in Q3 FY 2024/25 Africa Tops China’s Belt and Road Investment List with $39 Billion in H1 2025 World Bank Flags Expensive Mobile Data as Major Barrier to Africa’s Digital Future AfDB’s Akinwumi Adesina Says Liberia’s Youth Bank Signals a New Econom...

🎙️Meet the CEO: Dodai’s Hilina Legesse on Pioneering Ethiopia’s E-Mobility Revolution. 🎙️Canal+ Completes $3B MultiChoice Takeover - Reshaping Africa’s Pay-TV Landscape. 🎙️Japan’s SORA Tech Expands to Nigeria - AI Drones to Combat Malaria in Africa.

🎙️MTN Uganda Shareholders Approve MoMo Fintech Spin-Off. 🎙️Safaricom Adds PayPal Withdrawals to M-PESA Super App. 🎙️Microsoft Warns of China-Linked Hacks Targeting SharePoint Vulnerability. 🎙️MoneyBadger Raises $400K to Scale Crypto Payments in South Africa. 🎙️Kenya’s Freelancers Set to Benefit from New M-PESA–PayPal Integration.

🎙️ AfDB’s Kevin Urama Pushes for AfCFTA Enforcement and Mineral Sovereignty in New Outlook Report. 🎙️ Flutterwave Secures License to Launch Operations in Senegal. 🎙️ Africa’s Four Richest Men Hold More Wealth Than Half the Continent’s Population. 🎙️ IMF Pressures Ethiopia to Lift Currency Controls on Capital Transactions. 🎙️ Klaus Schwab Under Investigation for Manipulating Economic Rankings and E...

🎙️Hilina Legesse Talks E-Mobility Challenges and Electric Motorcycles in Africa.   🎙️Ghana Central Bank Skips Decision After Emergency Rate Meeting.   🎙️Kenya’s Public Debt Hits Record KSh 11.51 Trillion in May 2025.   🎙️Ethiopia Ratifies Landmark Startup Law After Five Years of Debate.

  🎙️ Ugandan Leaders Urged to Prioritize Health in Policy Debate. 🎙️ Côte d’Ivoire Taps Samurai Market with $336M Yen Bond to Diversify Funding. 🎙️ Zimbabwe’s Mining Sector Contracts in Q1 Despite Gold Price Surge. 🎙️ Adidas Opens Flagship Lagos Store, Betting on Nigeria’s Luxury Market. 🎙️ 500 Global Commits $300M to Tackle Emerging Market Challenges, Eyes Africa.

🎙️AfDB Flags Africa’s Tax System Gaps, Calls for Smarter Domestic Resource Mobilisation. 🎙️Algeria’s Oil Output Rises Again, but Falling Prices Could Undercut Gains. 🎙️London Promises to Fix Cross-Border Banking Hurdles for Nigerian Startups. 🎙️Wabeh Suspends BNPL Services Amid Rising Defaults and Cash Strain. 🎙️Village Capital Launches $4M Fund to Support Africa’s Startup Enablers.

🎙️ AfDB’s VP Prof Kevin Urama Unpacks Africa’s Debt Crisis and Falling FDI in New Outlook Report. 🎙️Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Falls to 22.22% in June 2025. 🎙️Global Findex: Formal Savings in Developing Economies Hit Record 40%. 🎙️Village Capital Launches $4M Fund Backing Startups in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

Uganda’s Economy Grows by 6.9% in Q3 FY2024/25 Uganda’s Export Earnings Rise 39.1% in Q3, Trade Deficit Narrows Meta Removes 500,000 Spam Accounts and 10 Million Fake Profiles Kenya Scraps Visa Requirements for Most African and Caribbean Nations

 Ethiopia Hikes AI Budget 42%, Boosting Institute Reporting Directly to PM Abiy.  Angola’s Inflation Drops to 19.73% — Lowest Since 2023.  Mozambique Enters Technical Recession as Economy Shrinks 3.9% in Q1 2025.