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1 UAE Strengthens Supply Chains Amid Nigeria’s Expanding Trade Ties

2 Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Sponsor PAFON 3.0

3 The Distributed Bet: How Remote-First Startups Are Reshaping Africa’s Tech Landscape

4 PAFON 3.0 Announces Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun as Keynote Speaker

5 Dash Microfinance Bank Strengthens Digital Offering with New Mobile App

supply chains

UAE Strengthens Supply Chains Amid Nigeria’s Expanding Trade Ties

April 16, 2026

Africa’s Forex Market

Africa’s Forex Market in 2026: Trends Every Trader Can’t Afford to Ignore

April 16, 2026

Global Tech

Why Africa Hasn’t Built a Global Tech Company, and What It Would Take

April 16, 2026

PAFON

Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Sponsor PAFON 3.0

April 15, 2026

Skills in Chrome

Google Chrome Gets “Skills” Feature to Save and Reuse AI Prompts Instantly

April 15, 2026

AI automation

AI Automation for African SMBs: Lessons from Building Real Systems for Real Businesses

April 15, 2026

Latitude59 pitch competition

African Startups Have Until Today to Apply for a Spot at Latitude59’s Pitch Competition in Tallinn

April 15, 2026

NectarFi

NectarFi Secures $170K Pre-Seed to Tackle Crypto Fragmentation

April 15, 2026

Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu

Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu: The Nigerian Albino Engineer Who Built a Business Operations Suite for African SMEs and Freelancers Because He Was Tired of Being Invisible

April 14, 2026

Remote-First Startup

The Distributed Bet: How Remote-First Startups Are Reshaping Africa’s Tech Landscape

April 14, 2026

Dr. Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun PAFON 3.0

PAFON 3.0 Announces Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun as Keynote Speaker

April 13, 2026

Dash Microfinance Bank

Dash Microfinance Bank Strengthens Digital Offering with New Mobile App

April 13, 2026

supply chains

UAE Strengthens Supply Chains Amid Nigeria’s Expanding Trade Ties

Africa’s Forex Market

Africa’s Forex Market in 2026: Trends Every Trader Can’t Afford to Ignore

Global Tech

Why Africa Hasn’t Built a Global Tech Company, and What It Would Take

PAFON

Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Sponsor PAFON 3.0

Skills in Chrome

Google Chrome Gets “Skills” Feature to Save and Reuse AI Prompts Instantly

AI automation

AI Automation for African SMBs: Lessons from Building Real Systems for Real Businesses

supply chains

UAE Strengthens Supply Chains Amid Nigeria’s Expanding Trade Ties

PAFON

Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Sponsor PAFON 3.0

Remote-First Startup

The Distributed Bet: How Remote-First Startups Are Reshaping Africa’s Tech Landscape

Dr. Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun PAFON 3.0

PAFON 3.0 Announces Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun as Keynote Speaker

Dash Microfinance Bank

Dash Microfinance Bank Strengthens Digital Offering with New Mobile App

ai africa

Africa’s AI Moment Has Arrived, But the Continent’s Future Depends on What Happens Next

Digital Encode - Pafcon 3.0

Digital Encode Backs PAFON 3.0 as Adewale Obadare Prepares Keynote on Cybersecurity & Trust

digital economy

Nigeria’s Digital Economy Is Moving From Promise to Pressure Test

Africa’s Forex Market

Africa’s Forex Market in 2026: Trends Every Trader Can’t Afford to Ignore

Data-Driven Strategy

How to Build a Data-Driven Strategy for Innovation and Business Growth

Open Banking

Open Banking in Nigeria: What to Expect as the Framework Moves Toward Reality

microfinance bank

Why Africa’s Microfinance Sector Can No Longer Afford to Stay Analogue

Digital Economy

Data-Driven Governance: How Africa Can Power a $1 Trillion Digital Economy

cybersecurity nigeria

Why Nigerian SMEs Can No Longer Afford to Treat Cybersecurity as Someone Else’s Problem

Circle and Sasai Fintech

Circle and Sasai Fintech Join Forces to Bring USDC Closer to African Users

digital marketing +AI

The Quiet Takeover: How AI Is Reshaping Digital Marketing Across Africa

Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu

Okereke Innocent Chinweokwu: The Nigerian Albino Engineer Who Built a Business Operations Suite for African SMEs and Freelancers Because He Was Tired of Being Invisible

Favour Chukwuedo

Favour Chukwuedo: From Feature Phones to AI-Powered Inclusion, the Next Frontier of Nigerian EdTech

ShopCart.ng

How ShopCart.ng Is Bringing Order and Trust to Nigeria’s Campus Marketplace

International Women's Day

International Women’s Day 2026: 20 Women Driving Tech Innovation Across Africa

Adaobi Orajiaku

Adaobi Orajiaku: Engineering Trust for African Art in a Digital World

Gasvine Properties

How Gasvine Properties Is Redefining Affordable Homeownership Amid Nigeria’s Housing Crisis

wasa venture

WaSa Venture: Connecting Africa’s Boldest Builders to European Opportunity

Peter Ike

Can Technology Fix Africa’s Election Trust Problem? Peter Ike Thinks It Can

Data-Driven Governance

Data-Driven Governance in Africa: Balancing AI Innovation, Public Trust, and Accountability

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Uncovers SparkCat Malware That Bypasses App Store and Google Play Security

SIM Card swap

How Hackers Hijack Your SIM Card, and Why Africa Has the Most to Lose

cybersecurity nigeria

Why Nigerian SMEs Can No Longer Afford to Treat Cybersecurity as Someone Else’s Problem

AI Africa

The Agentic AI Storm Reshaping Cybersecurity for African Enterprises

data protection

Nigeria’s Data Protection Law Is Now a Compliance Reality, Not Just a Policy Statement

iPhone

A Single Website Visit Can Now Compromise Your iPhone — Hundreds of Millions May Be Exposed

cybercrime

Nigeria’s Cybercrime Surge: How Economic Pressures and Digital Growth Created a Perfect Storm

Skills in Chrome

Google Chrome Gets “Skills” Feature to Save and Reuse AI Prompts Instantly

Google Chrome

Google Chrome Adds Vertical Tabs and Full-Page Reading Mode in Latest Desktop Update

Meta

Meta Deploys AI Tools for User Support and Content Enforcement Across Its Platforms

Whatsapp

5 WhatsApp Features to Help You Stay Connected with Family After Eid

Facebook

Facebook Tightens the Rules on Originality, and African Creators Need to Pay Attention

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Targets High-Volume AI Workloads at Lower Cost

Galaxy S26 series

Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Series, Powered by Smarter, Background AI

Lyria 3

Lyria 3 Is Here: Google DeepMind Powers AI Music Inside Gemini App

AI automation

AI Automation for African SMBs: Lessons from Building Real Systems for Real Businesses

Africa’s AI Reckoning: Who Gets Left Behind When the Machines Come for the Jobs?

apple siri

Apple Plans to Open Siri to Rival AI Assistants in iOS 27

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Launches File Library Feature for Paid Users, Including Across Africa

digital marketing +AI

The Quiet Takeover: How AI Is Reshaping Digital Marketing Across Africa

trustworthy AI

Only 11% of Banks Have Mastered Trustworthy AI, New Study Finds

Waste-to-Wonder

Green Economy

7-Year-Old Eco-Hero Launches “Waste-to-Wonder” Campaign in South Africa

GreenTech in Africa

Green Economy

GreenTech in Africa: Renewable Energy Solutions Reshaping the Continent

OceanHub Africa

OceanHub Africa and Coca-Cola Foundation Launch $120,000 Pan-African Plastic Circularity Venture Building Programme

Janus Africa

How Janus Africa is Powering Clean Mobility and Energy Access Across the Continent