Archive - Tech Labari

May 2025

Ghana Temporarily Shut Down Embassy In Washington DC over Corruption Scandal

Plus: Blockchain.com eyes Africa expansion and Nigeria's Carrot raises $4.2 million

May 30 •

How Starlink is Shaking Up Africa’s Internet Market

Plus: Prop Tech Nawy raises $52 million and Chowdeck officially launches in Ghana

May 23 •

Paul Azunre Is Building AI for Ghanaian Languages —And It’s Not Been An Easy Journey

Plus: Prop Tech Nawy raises $52 million and Chowdeck officially launches in Ghana

May 16 •

Meta Threatens To Pull Instagram and Facebook from Nigeria Over $220M Fine

Plus: Money Fellows raised $13 million and Cape Verde €45.59 million tech park

May 9 •

Meta Faces Lawsuits in Ghana Over Moderators’ Mental Health

Plus: Zeepay raises $18 million in debt and Bolt launches electric tricycles in Lagos

May 2 •

April 2025

Ghana Set to Regulate Crypto by September 2025

Plus: Ghanaian passports to have chips embedded in May and Zipline to continue operations in Ghana

Apr 25 •

Ghana Hosts Africa’s First Legaltech Hackathon to Solve Access to Justice Challenges

Plus: Starlink launches in Somalia and HMD launches new phones in Ghana

Apr 18 •

Mobile Money Hits 2 Billion Accounts and $1.68T in Transactions

Plus: MTN gears up to launch streaming platform and Africa launches AI declaration

Apr 11 •

We're Launching a Sister Site Called "The Labari Journal"

A news site focused on long form articles with focus on data and journalism

Apr 7 •

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