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Trump vs. Harvard: The Battle Over International Students and Its Impact on African Aspirants
In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump reignited controversy by blocking Harvard University from enrolling…
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how we interact with technology, and at the heart of this…
In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, financial security is more crucial than ever. Mobile money…
In a daring move that is upending Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Trump threatens Apple…
Tensions are growing in the country’s ICT sector as Starlink receives a one-month ultimatum in…
Our lives are made smarter, easier, and more linked by gadgets. However, they also cause…
Gates Foundation Awards $5m Grant to Axmed to Boost Access to Lifesaving Medicines in Africa
The Gates Foundation is giving a major boost to maternal and child health in Sub-Saharan…
Carrot Credit, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to scale…
In a major milestone for the open-source AI community, Meta’s Llama—a family of large language…
At its annual Google I/O 2025 event, Google unveiled one of its most exciting updates…
Google Unveils Veo 3 as a Game Changing AI Model for Realistic Video and Audio Generation
At its 2025 I/O Developer Conference, Google unveiled Veo 3, the most advanced version of…
Remote scribes play a crucial role in the modern healthcare landscape. These professionals are responsible…
MTN South Africa has officially launched MoMo Pay, a digital payment platform designed to help…
Access to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has been blocked in Tanzania after…
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has made a significant move by acquiring Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation tools similar to OpenAI’s Sora. The announcement was made by Aakash Sastry, the CEO and co-founder of Hotshot, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. In his…
Emirati state-owned investment firm MGX has announced a groundbreaking $2 billion investment in Binance, marking the cryptocurrency exchange’s first institutional investment and the largest single investment ever made in cryptocurrency. This significant move highlights the growing interest in the digital asset space and the potential of blockchain technology. In a…
MTN Nigeria has experienced a significant shift in its financial standing, losing its title as the highest-earning subsidiary within the MTN Group for the first time since 2019. In 2024, the Nigerian unit reported a post-tax loss of ₦400.4 billion (approximately $260.2 million), which has resulted in a notable decline…
Sycamore, a prominent Nigerian digital lender managing assets worth ₦10 billion, has recently obtained a fund manager license from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This strategic move marks a significant expansion beyond its primary lending operations, as the company aims to capitalize on the increasing demand for accessible investment…
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Dabchy, an innovative e-commerce marketplace specializing in second-hand fashion, has successfully completed a pre-Series A…
Vendease, a food procurement startup backed by Y Combinator and operating across six cities in…
Ibrahim Ibitade, the former CEO of Leatherback, has officially launched a new venture called Prune…
On Tuesday, Mira Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, announced the launch of…
Applications are now open for the sixth edition of the OceanHub Africa accelerator, a comprehensive…
The annual technology conference, VivaTech, based in Paris, has officially opened applications for the fourth…
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Former President Donald Trump returned to the social media site X with a post on…
It’s-a-him, Mario! According to a tweet from Nintendo, the person behind the voice of Super Mario for…
Dr. John Warnock, co-founder of computer software company Adobe, passed away on Saturday (19 August…
In a surprise move, former Twitter Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, but now Block CEO,…
The special counsel investigating Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 storming of…
Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani has been named as the new Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital…
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Scan to Pay, Powered by Ukheshe, has partnered with Xion Global to offer crypto payments on the Scan…
Large Crypto Investors in Bitcoin: What Attracts Them and What are Their BTC Holdings
The emergence of institutional investors in the cryptocurrency sector marks a transformation in the landscape…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday it will sell its Russia business to newly-launched exchange…
Three years ago, prominent messaging app Telegram unveiled its plan to build a Web3 ecosystem.…
Yellow Card, Africa’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has teamed up with Moonpay to facilitate straightforward cryptocurrency…
Nairobi-based crypto payments startup, Kotani Pay with a vision to make cross-border remittances easier for…