Across the Global South, digital cadastres are being built. Maps, deeds and survey records that could fill the gaps already exist, albeit scattered across colonial repositories, national archives and ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly framed as Africa’s next leapfrogging opportunity – a way for the continent to bypass traditional development stages and accelerate social inclusion. Yet Africa ...

This book presents a re-engagement with oral histories as a way of documenting, understanding, and discussing experiences of work and economic life in Africa under neoliberal capitalism. It draws on s...

As the sovereign AI race heats up, countries are now seeking to implement and integrate AI within their preexisting digital public infrastructure (DPI). At first blush, it may appear to be artificial ...

ALT: a groundhog is holding a red ball in its mouth

The High Court in Siaya has upheld a ruling that affirms that business agreements can be confirmed through WhatsApp and text messages

Venezuelan migrants have historically been excluded from formal money transfer systems. Consequently, the diaspora has a strong culture of using alternative remittance methods. This article examine...

As global internet prices diverge in 2025, Africa shows both progress and persistent gaps—emerging as a mobile-data bright spot while high costs in other markets continue to constrain digital inclusio...

AI-powered lending tools offer new opportunities to reach the underbanked — but they also introduce new risks that lenders need to manage.

Development agencies should be careful about creating tensions between existing cultural norms and new concepts and behaviours they are introducing.

Report identifies interoperability gaps, regulatory inconsistencies and implementation challenges as the most significant obstacles to digitising trade.

Land administration is a multidisciplinary process that records and manages spatial and legal data about land to improve tenure security. However, cur…

Safaricom reported a record HY26 profit of 42.8Bn, driven by M-PESA and mobile data growth in Kenya, while Ethiopia continued scaling despite FX-driven losses.

A new report by Backbase and African Banker magazine reveals how Africa’s banks are making a bold digital pivot to serve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With mobile-first platforms, AI-powe...

In Nairobi and Mombasa, Zanzibar and Arusha, there are hundreds of Tingatinga artists paying homage to the vision of Edward Saidi TingaTinga.

More Kenyans are now using social media as a primary source of news than any other media, although television and radio remain prominent sources of news,