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Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is shutting down its United Kingdom office and laying off staff,…
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has declared that it will be incorporating crypto assets…
The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has earmarked a massive R112 billion ($6.3 billion)…
Bpifrance, the leading venture capital entity in France, has strategically established a new outpost in…
Adobe has launched a new web application called Content Authenticity, designed to empower creators with…
Huawei Technologies, a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, has announced its…
In the world of social media, Facebook, for what feels like decades, has been a…
Charles Russon has been granted regulatory approval to assume the role of interim CEO of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken a significant step towards bolstering the oversight…
Vodafone has announced the extension of its collaboration with Google for an additional ten years,…
Kenyan legislators have reignited their campaign to compel Safaricom, the leading telecommunications provider in the…
On Tuesday, the highest judicial authority in Brazil, the Supreme Court, announced that Elon Musk’s…
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector continues to experience a rise in layoffs, with…
2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for Discovery of microRNA
U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine…
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Kenyan legislators have reignited their campaign to compel Safaricom, the leading telecommunications provider in the country, to segregate its lucrative mobile money arm, M-PESA, from its core telecom operations. The revival of the campaign is marked by the reintroduction of the Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill of 2022, which advocates…
Shortly after declaring its intention to impose sanctions on Starlink for unauthorized subscription price increases in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has retracted its earlier statement, admitting that it was mistakenly issued. The NCC did not provide specific details on whether the retraction was due to Starlink obtaining the…
Old Mutual, a prominent insurance entity based in South Africa, has ventured into the telecommunications sector by establishing a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Old Mutual Connect, operating on the Cell C network. This strategic move comes amidst a burgeoning growth phase within the MVNO market. Clarence Nethengwe, the appointed…
The Nigerian open banking pioneer, Okra, has expanded its technological footprint by venturing into the cloud services sector with the introduction of its new platform, Nebula. By launching Nebula, Okra is positioning itself alongside a growing contingent of indigenous cloud service providers such as Nobus, Galaxy, and Layer3. These companies…
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In a significant boost to South African entrepreneurship, three innovative startups—Respo, Syked, and Word of…
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) competition, a charitable initiative backed by the Jack Ma Foundation…
Vantage Capital, a premier fund manager in Africa, has successfully completed a €14 million mezzanine…
The Ivorian fintech startup Daba Finance has emerged as the victor of the Ecobank Fintech…
Ampersand, an e-mobility startup, has joined forces with CrossBoundary Energy to roll out solar-powered charging…
Exclusive Interview: How Kredete is Turning Remittances into Credit-Building Opportunities for African Diaspora
“There’s a credit-building problem and remittance issue for Africans globally,” the Founder and CEO of…
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Lula, a firm that offers digital financial solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has…
Flutterwave, currently Africa’s most valuable startup, has announced the appointment of Dipo Fatokun, a former…
Access Holdings has announced Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.…
Bode Abifarin, has recently announced her resignation as the chief operating officer (COO) of Flutterwave,…
MTN Group has appointed Ali Monzer to lead its operations in South Sudan as the…
OpenAI has declared the constitution of its new board and the conclusion of an internal…
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Zimbabwe has embarked on a public consultation initiative focused on cryptocurrencies, inviting input from crypto…
Nigerian music superstar and Grammy award nominee, Davido (real name David Adeleke) sent shockwaves through…
Global payment giant PayPal has launched its stablecoin, PYUSD, on the Solana blockchain, aiming to…
Binance Condemns Nigerian Court’s Denial of Bail for Employee, Calls Charges ‘Baseless’
Justice Emeka Nwite, today, denied bail to Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance employee facing charges of…
Cryptocurrency exchange, Kucoin, announced that it has temporarily suspended all Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Nigerian Naira services…
Canada’s regulatory agency for anti-money laundering announced on Thursday that it has imposed a fine…