Enugu’s Quiet Tech Takeover: Can Nigeria’s Southeast Become the Continent’s Next Lagos or Nairobi? With 53,000 people at its tech festival, $50M in startup funding facilitated, byFatima OladunniMarch 4, 2026
Big Tech Must Pay Up: ECOWAS’ Emerging Strategy to Force Fair Compensation for African News in the AI Training Era While OpenAI pays Western publishers $1-5M annually for training data, African byBolu BabalolaMarch 4, 2026
The Great 2026 Consolidation Wave: Why Africa’s Tech Ecosystem Is About to Birth Its First Super-Conglomerates 67 M&A deals closed in 2025—a 72% increase byBetty WangariMarch 4, 2026
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Africa NewsJanuary 18, 2024 Amazon Prime is Resizing its Footprint In Africa. Amazon Prime Video, an American streaming service, is reportedly streamlining byFatima Oladunni
News Rest of the WorldJanuary 18, 2024 Samsung Revamps Galaxy S24 with Google’s Gemini AI Assistants. Samsung Electronics is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) features to byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 17, 2024 Canza Finance Raises $2.3 Million to Scale Its FX Platform. Canza Finance, a Web3 neobank dedicated to facilitating cross-border payments byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 17, 2024 RMB Fuels Change: Kenyan Startup KOKO Gets Boost for Bioethanol Expansion. Kenyan climate-tech startup KOKO has secured an undisclosed amount of funding byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 16, 2024 A New Partnership Lets South Africans Withdraw Crypto As Cash At ATMs. CryptoExpress app users in South Africa can now withdraw cash at ATMs thanks to byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJanuary 15, 2024 LBS-BOI Business Innovation Accelerator Cohort III Now Open. The LBS-BOI Business Innovation Accelerator (BIA) is a joint initiative of Lagos byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 15, 2024 Norrsken Accelerator: 2024 Applications Now Open. Norrsken22, a Pan-African VC firm, has opened applications for its 2024 Norrsken byFatima Oladunni
News Rest of the WorldJanuary 10, 2024 The GPT Store From OpenAI is Now Open For Business. On Wednesday, OpenAI launched the GPT Store, an app store for specialized AI byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJanuary 9, 2024 CBN Directs Banks And Mobile Money Operators To Revalidate Customers’ BVN By January 31. As of December 1, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a circular byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaJanuary 9, 2024 Digital Portal for Passport Booking, Renewal, and Visa Applications Launched By Ministry of Interior and Nigeria Immigration Service. The Nigerian Immigration Service, under the Ministry of Interior, has introduced byFatima Oladunni
