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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has set Monday, January 5, 2026, as the final deadline for all digital lenders to fully comply with the Digital, Electronic, Online, and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025. These regulations came into…

A software developer’s big claim against Safaricom has just been overturned by the High Court, with Safaricom defeating a man who said the M-Pesa apps were his idea. This decision ends a legal battle that involved a huge KSh1.1 billion…

Police in Lenasia, Johannesburg, recently seized a large number of illegal MultiChoice streaming devices worth about $29,000 (R546,000) during a well-planned raid. These devices included Android TV boxes loaded with pirated content from MultiChoice and other streaming services, plus remotes,…

Africhange has hit two big milestones that really show how serious they are about helping Africans living abroad manage their money in better ways. First up, they’ve teamed up with Griffin, a UK-licensed bank, to bring UK bank accounts to…

Equinix announces plans for a new $22 million data center in Lagos, Nigeria, marking a major milestone for digital infrastructure in West Africa. This new facility, called LG3, is set to open in early 2026 and will be Equinix’s first…

Vodacom’s interim profit jumped 32% in six months, showing just how well the company is doing even when times are tough. For the six months ending 30 September 2025, Vodacom Group, the top telecom company in South Africa, revealed a…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is rolling out a new automated digital system to validate tax returns starting January 1, 2026. This system is designed to check the income and expenses that taxpayers declare in their tax returns, making sure…

Enlit Africa & Water Security Africa 2026 is getting ready to bring together some of the brightest minds and key players in Africa’s energy and water sectors. The organisers just announced that speaker applications are now open for this exciting…

Truecaller is under fire in South Africa amid allegations and a probe into privacy breaches that have sparked a heated debate about data protection and user rights. The popular caller ID app, widely used to identify unknown numbers and block…

Teraco, a Digital Realty company and a major player in interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres in Africa, has just wrapped up a big expansion of its Cape Town data centre called CT2. This move boosts the total critical…