Mukami Gitonga Continues to Drive European Fintech Growth Through Community-Led Expansion
Mukami Gitonga is emerging as one of East Africa’s most influential women in technology, driving growth and innovation across the…
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FinTech Professional Biola Atoyebi Recognised for Driving Operational Innovation in Nigeria’s Digital Payments Sector
As Nigeria’s fintech industry continues to expand and evolve, professionals who can successfully bridge technology and business strategy are playing…
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Banks do not need faster AI; they need more accountable decisions
Financial leaders are now being asked to fund artificial intelligence (AI), govern it, and explain the value it creates. That…
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The Trust Dividend: Why Information Integrity Is Now a Board-Level Priority for Every Organization Operating in Africa
There is a quiet assumption in many boardrooms that misinformation is a problem for politicians and elections, not for serious…
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Shadow AI: The Next Evolution of Shadow IT
Shadow IT, the use of technology systems, software, applications, devices or cloud services without formal approval, management or monitoring, emerged as a…
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Applications Open for AEIP Scholars Programme, Offering Young African Researchers a Path to Europe
Early-career researchers in Africa and Europe have until August 31, 2026, to apply for a new cross-continental fellowship designed to…
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At 66, Soludo’s Quiet Tech Revolution Is Reshaping How Anambra Governs
A birthday is usually a moment for celebration and reflection. For a public official, though, the truer measure of the…
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Federal High Court Affirms NDPC’s Authority to Register Data Controllers and Processors of Major Importance
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has won a court battle that tested the legal basis of its power to compel…
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Meta AI Just Got a To-Do List — And It’s Ticking Off Your Tasks
Meta AI has quietly crossed a line that most chatbots never reach: it no longer waits to be asked. The…
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Applications Open for Latest Harambeans Cohort, Closing October 31
Applications are open for the newest cohort of Harambeans, the pan-African entrepreneurship network known for its highly selective admissions process…
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Microsoft Leads Q2 2026 Brand Phishing as ChatGPT Emerges as a New Phishing Target
New Brand Phishing Report reveals cybercriminals are concentrating attacks around the world’s most trusted digital, social, and have now added…
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AI Confidence Starts with Trusted Data
Organisations are moving quickly from AI ambition to AI use cases. Employees are already using AI tools in their daily…
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Samsung Launches Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Fold8 in Nigeria, Pushes Foldables Further Into the Mainstream
Samsung Electronics West Africa has opened pre-orders in Nigeria for its newest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy…
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Nigeria’s First ‘Deepfake Election’: Bloomwit Africa’s New Report Warns the 2027 Vote Will Be Fought in Channels No One Can See
With generative-AI fabrications already circulating and 96.5% of internet users on encrypted WhatsApp, Bloomwit Africa’s Navigating Nigeria 2027 warns that…
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Meta Introduces AI Alerts to Notify Parents of Teens Showing Signs of Distress
We want teens to have age-appropriate experiences with AI and to keep parents informed if we become aware that their…
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Building IT Infrastructure That Grows Seamlessly as Your Business Expands
For operations leaders, founders, and IT decision-makers in growing companies, the hardest part of expansion is often the technology that…
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Spot Trading vs Futures: Which is Better for Crypto Beginners?
If you’re new to crypto and feeling overwhelmed by trading options, you’re not alone. Two terms come up almost immediately:…
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Why successful business transformation is an endurance race, not a sprint
For many organisations, enterprise transformation begins with technology. Yet despite significant investment in ERP platforms, AI initiatives and digital modernisation, many…
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Ethiopia Expands Mobile Tax Payments Nationwide Through telebirr
Ethiopia has expanded mobile tax payment services across the federal government and most regional revenue authorities through Ethio telecom’s mobile…
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Nigerian mental wellness startup SereniMind pairs AI-guided support with access to licensed therapists
A Lagos-based mental wellness platform is betting that artificial intelligence can help close Nigeria’s yawning mental health treatment gap, at…
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From AI Consumers to AI Creators: How Africa Can Become the World’s Next AI Innovation Hub
In a small office in Tunis in 2018, a startup called InstaDeep made a decision that looked reckless at the…
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Cloud security enters reality check as companies rethink accountability
For years, cloud adoption was positioned as a fast track to agility, scalability and digital transformation. Today, as organisations operate increasingly…
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Meta Launches Muse Image, Its First In-House AI Image Generator, as Competition in Visual AI Intensifies
Meta has begun rolling out Muse Image, the first image-generation system built entirely by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the research division…
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Katapult Africa opens fresh accelerator call for climate-tech startups tackling food systems
Katapult Africa has reopened its accelerator programme to early-stage climate-tech ventures, marking at least the third such call the impact…
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Essential Meta Safety Tools Every Parent and Teen Should Know
As teens spend more time online connecting, creating, and exploring their interests, safety needs to be built into their digital…
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How Staking Can Turn Idle PoS Crypto Into a More Productive Long-Term Holding
As the digital asset market matures, more investors are looking beyond simple buy-and-hold strategies and asking how idle tokens can…
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Africa Doesn’t Have a Leadership Deficit. It Has a Leadership-Narrative Deficit
The most important investment an African leader can make in 2026 is in who gets to define them. There is…
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AWIEF Opens 2026 Pitch n Grow Competition, Spotlights African Deep-Tech Ventures Led by Wom
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has opened applications for Pitch n Grow 2026, its annual pitch competition…
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AvadaSchool: A Smarter Way for Schools in DRC to Manage School Fee Payments
Managing school fees is one of the most important administrative responsibilities for educational institutions. Yet for many schools, institutes, universities,…
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Insurers Face Growing Fraud Risk from AI-Generated Images
Fake or altered photos depict evidence, from crash scenes to receipts, to support fraudulent claims. Insurance fraud, unfortunately, is inevitable. A…
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