IJR News — today's news from every sideChris Dalton The World Bank money should ease fuel costs but only if it's spent on real relief instead of getting lost in bureaucracy. 
Priya Raman Nairobi becoming a real regional hub, not just a stopover market anymore. Good to see the infrastructure catching up to demand. 
M-KOPA Reaches 10 Million Customers Across Five African Markets — Jul 22, 2026M-KOPA has reached 10 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa through its More than a Phone platform that blends smartphone financing with embedded insurance and credit for Everyday Earners. Since 2020 it has added 9 million customers in six years, with Nigeria the fastest-growing market, about 10,000 new customers daily, and a Kenya assembly factory of 400+ staff that has produced more than 3.3 million devices, supported by a network of over 40,000 agents.
Kenyan video removals hit 884,591 amid TikTok guideline enforcement — Jul 23, 2026TikTok says in Q1 2026 it removed 884,591 Kenyan videos for guideline violations, mostly proactively detected (99.7%) and taken down within 24 hours (96.3%), plus banning 48,739 accounts under 13 and interrupting 103,847 LIVE rooms. Globally, 184,012,576 videos were removed (about 0.5% of uploads) with AI handling over 96% of removals, 14,261 AI/edited content removals, 8.8 million videos reinstated after review, and TikTok joining the C2PA Steering Committee to bolster AI transparency.
