What’s happened this Week:

• Multichoice launches a new payment platform for Africa

• Lemonade Finance rebrands to “LemFi”

• and more!

This week, Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced that the current administration had plans on supplying all senior high schools (SHSs) with laptop computers next academic year. He stated that the initiative would help the country save money on printing textbooks.

This is not the first time the Government has tried to supply laptops to students.

In 2021, the government signed an agreement with RLG to supply schools with laptops but failed to deliver.

Currently, the Government’s relationship with the education sector is not great. There is a pending lawsuit with the teacher’s union for its One Laptop One Teacher policy in which the union cited issues including the RLG case and the cost splitting of the purchase of the laptops (Teachers would pay 30% of the cost).

So can the Government pull this off for the next school year?

And why laptops? Why not tablets? We’ll wait and see what happens

In The News This Week:

MultiChoice Partners With Rapyd and General Catalyst To Launch Integrated Payment Platform

MultiChoice Group, Rapyd and General Catalyst today announced a joint venture aimed at developing an integrated payment platform for Africa. The joint venture will operate under a new company, called Moment.

Lemonade Finance Rebrands To “LemFi” To Empower Everyone

Lemonade Finance, an African financial service company focused on remittances, has rebranded to “LemFi“.

EMTECH Signs Partnership With West Africa Monetary Institute to Modernise Regulatory Sandboxes

The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) and EMTECH SOLUTIONS Inc. announced a strategic partnership to modernize country-level and regional regulatory sandboxes, enabling the harmonization of heterogeneous Fintech regulatory policies and frameworks across the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ).

Kenya To Remove Visa Requirements For African Travelers

Kenya President William Ruto has announced plans to remove visa requirements for African nationals traveling to Kenya for business as a first major step to remove barriers to intra-Africa trade.

GoGlobal, An Employer Of Record Company, Expands To 18 Countries In Africa

GoGlobal, a leading Employer of Record (EOR) is expanding its global footprint with the launch of on-the-ground offices in 18 African countries.

Africa Ecosystem Funding Activity

• SA ed-tech startup Play Sense raises funding to assist expansion plans - Disrupt Africa

• SA’s Tyme raises $77.8m to fuel global expansion - Disrupt Africa

• Uganda’s Zofi Cash raises $1m pre-seed funding to help it scale - Disrupt Africa

New “What’s Your Story” Podcast Episode

Bernard Kafui Sokpe is the founder of the digital consultancy company "Brandmeister" in Ghana. Bernard got an early start in his career when he worked for Tigo before he transitioned to a Digital Brand Specialist for Vodafone Ghana.

In 2021, he was headhunted by a recruiter for Twitter and later became Senior Partner Manager at Twitter responsible for African partnerships, with a focus on news, sports, entertainment & influential creators.

Unfortunately, a year later, when Elon Musk purchased the company, he and his team were laid off. Bernard now runs a new venture called "Jambo Spaces" which is a co-working and event space for young professionals and creatives.

This episode of "What's Your Story" is sponsored by Paystack. Sign up for a Paystack account at paystack.com/technova and start receiving payments for your website or online business

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