Onafriq has partnered with The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to launch Africa's first wallet-based Naira cross-border payments service from Nigeria to Ghana, facilitating instant transactions without hard currency conversion. This pilot, approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), aims to boost intra-African trade, especially benefiting SMEs.

• The service became fully operational on December 1st for a 6-month period.
• Onafriq provides access to over 1 billion mobile wallets, while PAPSS connects over 160 commercial banks and 400 million bank accounts across 19 African countries.
• Managing Director Anglophone West Africa Mxolisi Msutwana stated this collaboration "shows what collaboration at scale can unlock."

Uber permanently exited Tanzania on January 30th, 2026, citing an "unworkable regulatory environment." This follows a previous 10-month suspension in April 2022 due to regulatory disagreements with the Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA).

• LATRA imposed a 15% commission cap, which Uber stated was below their 25% break-even point for operations.
• Uber in Tanzania was treated as a traditional taxi service, leading to strict per-kilometer and per-minute guide fares that prevented dynamic pricing.
• Competitor Bolt successfully integrated local transport options like bodabodas and tuktuks, capturing a significant market share with over 25,000 drivers.

Bboxx has named Ene Adesanya as the new Managing Director of Bboxx Energy Access Nigeria. She steps into the role as Bboxx intensifies its involvement in Nigeria’s Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) programme.

• Bboxx Nigeria aims to reach more than 100,000 households just this year alone under Adesanya's leadership.
• Adesanya brings over 17 years of experience in finance and business leadership, previously serving as Head of Finance at Bboxx Nigeria.
• Nigeria is a strategic market for Bboxx due to its large population, significant energy access gap, and growing demand for off-grid solutions.