About CHARGED

What it is

CHARGED is a twice-weekly newsletter on Africa’s fintech and e-mobility sectors—payments, fleets, policy, and deals—edited for people who allocate capital, ship product, or set strategy. We publish from Dar es Salaam with a continental lens: East Africa first, always connected to cross-border flows.

Who it is for

Founders, investors, operators, policy observers, and ecosystem builders who need credible signal without slide-deck hype. If you move money, electrons, or both, this is written for your week.

Why fintech and e-mobility together

Electric mobility does not scale on vehicles alone—it scales on working capital, settlement speed, tariff visibility, and partnerships with financial institutions. Fintech, meanwhile, increasingly touches physical routes: merchant acquisition, fleet cards, insurance, and embedded energy payments. One market, two interfaces; CHARGED follows the intersection.

Voice and mission

We aim to be sharp, modern, and grounded: data-aware, specific about geography, and honest about uncertainty. We celebrate builders without sounding like a billboard. The mission is simple—help you make better decisions in a sector where infrastructure and finance co-evolve quickly.

Dar es Salaam, Africa

Being edited from Tanzania shapes our proximity to port logistics, regional grid debates, and mobile-money depth—while we track Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, Cape Town, and the corridors between them. “African” here means market-native context, not decoration.

Why subscribe

You get two editions each week: Monday’s numbers and Thursday’s deep read—concise enough for a full inbox, substantive enough to forward to a partner. Join the list.