West Africa Tech Digest — East Africa — Week of May 11, 2026
This week's top 4 stories from West Africa's tech ecosystem.
Here are this week's top 4 stories from across Africa's tech ecosystem.
1. Uganda Fintech MAM Telecom Builds Out Payment Infrastructure Stack as It Eyes East African Expansion
TechTrends KE · Kenya
Ugandan fintech infrastructure startup MAM Telecom Ltd is advancing a payment and settlement stack aimed at structural inefficiencies in Uganda’s mobile money ecosystem. In parallel, it is positioning its cross-border remittance platform, MAM Fex, for broader East African deployment. The infrastruct…
2. Threadbare Wants to Turn Africa’s Young Gamers Into the Next Generation of Digital Creators
TechMoran · Kenya
Across Africa, millions of young people are growing up immersed in digital culture of playing games, consuming online content, and engaging with technology daily. Yet for many, there is still no structured pathway that turns that interest into recognized skills, meaningful work, or economic mobility…
3. CEO Weekends: Heather Drolet On How Threadbare is Turning Africa’s Young Gamers into the Next Digital Workforce
TechMoran · Kenya
The Threadbare programme sits at the intersection of education, game development, and workforce inclusion, designed to help young people move from consuming digital content to actively creating it. Built by Endless Access, it uses open-source game environments to teach creative and technical skills …
4. CMA Cautions Investors Against Unlicensed Forex and Crypto Operations
TechTrends KE · Kenya
Kenya’s capital markets regulator has warned the public against placing money in unlicensed online investment schemes as authorities respond to a growing wave of digital platforms promising fast returns through forex trading, cryptocurrency products and money market-style investments. In an investor…
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