Joseph-Albert Kuuire

Zipline built its reputation delivering blood and vaccines to hospitals that ambulances couldn’t reach in time. Three new studies, released this week, argue the company’s autonomous aircraft network is doing something else entirely: quietly restructuring rural economies in Rwanda and Ghana, from pig farming income to household savings rates.

Enza, a pan-African payments technology company, has been awarded a Payment Service Provider Enhanced license by the Bank of Ghana, the company announced, clearing the way for it to roll out its services to banks, fintechs, and financial institutions in the country starting this summer.