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African Development Bank to Invest USD 58 Million in Eritrea Clean Electricity Expansion

The African Development Bank Group has announced a USD 58 million investment to expand clean electricity access and supp...

ABA EditorialFeb 21, 2026Eritrea

Expert Insight

Francophone West African Fintech Is the Next Wave. It Is Already Starting.

English-language African fintech coverage has been dominated for a decade by Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. Francopho...

ABA Editorial BoardFeb 19, 2026Senegal

Market Report

African Cold Chain Logistics 2026: The Infrastructure Gap, the Cross-Sector Demand, and the Solar-Powered Response

African cold chain infrastructure serves multiple demand categories including fresh produce, meat and dairy, pharmaceuti...

ABA EditorialFeb 19, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

AI in African Education 2026: FoondaMate's 3 Million Learners, ChatGPT Adoption, and the Personalized Learning Promise

Artificial intelligence in African education has moved from experimental to practical deployment, with operators includi...

ABA EditorialFeb 19, 2026South Africa

Case Study

Turaco: Building Microinsurance at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Turaco was founded to solve a specific problem: how to provide affordable insurance to low-income customers who had neve...

ABA EditorialFeb 17, 2026Kenya

Market Report

Yellow Card and the African Stablecoin Infrastructure Layer

Yellow Card operates in approximately 20 African countries providing businesses with on-ramps and off-ramps between loca...

ABA EditorialFeb 16, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

African Regtech in 2026: Smile ID, Youverify, and the KYC-AML Infrastructure Layer

Smile ID has raised USD 31.1 million across 5 rounds and supports KYC and AML compliance across all 54 African countries...

ABA EditorialFeb 15, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

Just Energy Transition Partnerships in Africa 2026: South Africa's USD 8.5 Billion Commitment, Senegal's Framework, and the Replication Question

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) committed international climate finance to support developing country energy...

ABA EditorialFeb 14, 2026South Africa

Market Report

African Mental Health Technology 2026: The Invisible Crisis and the Emerging Digital Response

African mental healthcare is severely under-resourced, with psychiatrist-to-population ratios often below one per 100,00...

ABA EditorialFeb 12, 2026Egypt

Market Report

BNPL in Africa: How Lipa Later, Payflex, valU, and CredPal Anchor a USD 16.8 Billion Market

The African BNPL market is projected to grow from USD 5.2 billion in 2025 to USD 16.8 billion by 2031 at a 20.7 percent ...

ABA EditorialFeb 11, 2026Kenya

Expert Insight

The USD 330 Billion African SME Credit Gap Is the Wrong Number to Chase

The USD 330 billion African SME credit gap is the most-cited statistic in African fintech. Development finance instituti...

ABA Editorial BoardFeb 7, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

Open Banking in Africa and the Okra Collapse: What Nigeria's August 2025 Go-Live Actually Means

In August 2025 Nigeria became the first African country to go live with a formal open banking framework. Two months earl...

ABA EditorialFeb 6, 2026Nigeria