Weego Raises $1.1M Seed: Azur Innovation Backs Moroccan-Senegalese Shared Mobility Platform
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Casablanca-based Weego secures $1.1M seed from Azur Innovation Fund to scale its cross-border shared mobility platform across Morocco and Senegal.
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The 27-Year Truce Ends: What the WTO E-Commerce Moratorium Expiry Means for Africa
The WTO’s 27-year moratorium on customs duties for digital goods expires at MC14 in Yaoundé, March 26-29, 2026. For the first time in internet history, African governments could legally tax Netflix subscriptions, Salesforce licences, and AWS cloud services.
Zimbabwe’s 15% Digital Services Tax Is the Steepest on the Continent — Here’s What It Means for Business
Since January 2026, Zimbabwe imposes a 15% withholding tax on all payments to foreign digital services — SaaS, cloud, streaming, ads. It’s the steepest digital services tax in Africa, and most businesses aren’t yet compliant.
Africa’s $4.45 Billion Social Commerce Economy: TikTok’s Monetisation Gap and WhatsApp’s Retail Dominance
Africa’s social commerce market is growing at 26.7% annually, yet TikTok excludes most African creators from direct monetisation while WhatsApp quietly dominates the continent’s commerce infrastructure.
Africa’s $4.45 Billion Social Commerce Economy: TikTok’s Monetisation Gap and WhatsApp’s Retail Dominance
Africa’s social commerce market is growing at 26.7% annually, yet TikTok excludes most African creators from direct monetisation while WhatsApp quietly dominates the continent’s commerce infrastructure.
Zimbabwe’s 15% Digital Services Tax Is the Steepest on the Continent — Here’s What It Means for Business
Zimbabwe’s 15% withholding tax on digital services — effective January 2026 — is the highest in Africa. Five times Kenya’s rate, it applies to cloud, SaaS, streaming, and digital advertising payments to non-residents.
AU-Google AI MOU: Can a Tech Giant Partnership Deliver Sovereign AI for Africa?
Three weeks before the African Union signed its landmark AI partnership with Google, the President of the Pan-African Parliament stood at Tangaza University in Nairobi and issued a warning. “If…
Nigeria’s AI Law Is Coming. Here’s What It Will Cost to Comply — and Who Gets Left Behind
Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025 has cleared both chambers of the National Assembly. Presidential assent is expected before the end of March. When it arrives, it will…
Ghana’s Crypto Licence Opens the Investment Gate — and VCs Are Ready to Move
When Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission issued updated sandbox rules on March 9, 2026 — operationalising a VASP Act signed just ten weeks earlier — it completed the last piece…
Africa’s Social Commerce Economy: What Creators Earn, What Platforms Take, and Who Controls the Revenue Stack
Africa’s social commerce market hit .51 billion in 2024 growing at 38 percent annually — but TikTok Creator Fund exclusions and platform fee structures mean creators in Nigeria and Kenya are capturing a fraction of the value they generate.
