African bat researchers and conservationists joined together February 15 to create Bat Conservation Africa, an unprecedented network dedicated to conserving bats throughout the vast continent. BCA was launched by 30 representatives of 19 African nations during the first African Bat Conservation Summit in Naivasha, Kenya.

Press release

We've recently updated iNat's taxonomy for African bats, which started from the scheme used by the IUCN Red List. The taxonomy of the IUCN Red List reflects the Global Mammal Assessment, completed in 2008, hence new species and taxonomic re-arrangements since then are not yet included.

The new taxa, changes etc. and associated references can be found here.