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Election season is finally over in Kenya, and William Ruto has been declared winner again. He was first declared president on August 15. And yesterday, after reviewing a petition from the opposition, the supreme court upheld Ruto's victory. More in #TCDaily.

Zanzibar is set to build its own Silicon Valley—Silicon Zanzibar. Through the initiative, the Tanzanian government wants to make the country an open and enabling operation base for all tech companies and their employees.

A Kenyan court has frozen KES400.6 million ($3.3 million) in accounts belonging to Nigerian payment company, Flutterwave, over fresh allegations of money laundering and card fraud. More in #TCDaily.

Presidential aspirant Ralia Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua are contesting the validity of Kenya’s recent presidential elections. In a 45-page affidavit, the duo claim electoral fraud and ask the supreme court to declare William Ruto's win invalid.

In its 2020 annual report, Vodacom told investors that its mobile gaming platform, PlayInc, had grown to 883,000 subscribers. What it omitted from the report is that a large number of paying customers were fraudulently acquired.

In its 2020 annual report, Vodacom told investors that its mobile gaming platform, PlayInc, had grown to 883,000 subscribers. What it omitted from the report is that a large number of paying customers were fraudulently acquired.

Yesterday, MTN Nigeria became the first telco in Nigeria to roll out the 5G mobile network across major cities including Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt, and Kano.

Google Wallet has rolled out in South Africa and five other countries across the world. The Google Pay app will be folded into the wallet and discontinued as an individual app in the country. More in #TCDaily.

Shoprite, South Africa’s largest retail group, has secured $205 million in green and “sustainability-linked” loans from two big banks—Standard Bank and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB).

Eleven months after a rocky launch, Nigeria's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the e-naira, has recorded ₦4 billion ($9.3 million) from 200,000+ transactions.