Africa’s Gaming Industry Growth Report 2026: A $1.5 Billion Mobile-First Market
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Africa’s gaming market is approaching $1.5 billion powered by mobile-first players across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
Africa’s Creator Economy Is Worth Billions — So Why Are 60% of Creators Earning Less Than $100 a Month?
The Africa creator economy is worth $5.1 billion and growing 29% annually. But 6 in 10 African creators earn under $100 a month. The gap is structural.
Flutterwave Acquires Mono, Eyes Profitability and IPO in 2026
Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable fintech unicorn, has acquired Nigerian open-banking startup Mono Technologies in an all-stock deal and is now squarely targeting profitability in 2026 — clearing the path for…
AfCFTA’s Digital Trade Protocol: What Africa’s Tech Companies Need to Know Now
When African heads of state gathered in Addis Ababa for the 38th African Union Assembly Summit in February 2025, the adoption of eight technical Annexes to the AfCFTA Protocol on…
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa: Three Countries, Three Crypto Regulatory Bets
When Nigerian authorities detained two Binance executives in February 2024 — holding the company’s head of financial crime compliance for eight months without conviction — the episode sent a signal…
Africa’s Data Protection Enforcement Era Has Arrived: A Country-by-Country Tracker
A $220 million fine against Meta. A South African regulator processing nearly 2,400 security breach reports in a single year. A new law enacted in Cameroon that makes it the…
Africa’s EdTech Funding Story: Record Market Potential, But Equity Investors Are Pulling Back
Africa’s EdTech Funding Story: Record Market Potential, But Equity Investors Are Pulling Back A $3.4 billion sector with a clear path to $19.7 billion by 2034 is attracting philanthropic and…
Africa’s Universities Fight for Global Recognition: What the 2025 Rankings Reveal
Africa’s Universities Fight for Global Recognition: What the 2025 Rankings Reveal South Africa and Egypt dominate, but the continent’s institutions face an uphill climb as research gaps, underfunding, and brain…
Africa Builds AI Labs. The Money Still Comes From Abroad.
Six leading AI research institutions, more than $430 million in funding — and less than nine percent from African sources, all of it in-kind.
Wave Mobile Money Raises €117M in DFI-Backed Debt to Fuel Francophone Africa Expansion
Wave Mobile Money, the fintech unicorn that has upended mobile payments across francophone West Africa, closed a €117 million ($137 million) debt financing round in June 2025 — one of…
