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54 Business Ideas to Start in 2026

54 Business Ideas to Start in 2026: Profitable, Creative, and Future-Ready Ventures

54 Business Ideas to Start in 2026

Zoyk Partners with Visa to Boost Digital and Cross-Border Payments in Zambia

Zoyk has entered a strategic partnership with Visa to launch new interoperable digital payment solutions aimed at accelerating financial inclusion…

FG selects 185 founders for first cohort of $617m digital economy programme

The Federal Government has selected 185 startup founders from more than 7,000 applicants for the first cohort of the Startup…

PawaPay Subsidiary Kerry Payments Obtains VAS Payment Aggregator Licence in Congo

PawaPay’s subsidiary, Kerry Payments, has secured a Value Added Services (VAS) Payment Aggregator Licence in the Republic of Congo, marking…

Rulebase Secures $2.1M Pre-Seed to Transform Back-Office Automation in Financial Services with AI “Coworkers”

Rulebase is redefining back-office automation in financial services with AI coworkers—cutting costs, boosting compliance, and protecting banks from fraud in…

Paystack and Google for Developers Launch AI Builder Challenge for Business Solutions

Paystack has partnered with Google for Developers to launch the AI Builder…

PayTic Advances AI-Powered Payment Operations Amid Middle East Expansion

Morocco-based fintech PayTic is deepening its focus on AI-driven tools for payment…

Intron Expands Voice AI With Support for Multilingual African Conversations

Nigerian voice AI company Intron has launched Sahara v2.5, an upgrade to…

Cloudera Launches Anywhere Cloud to Scale Enterprise AI Across Hybrid Environments

Cloudera has introduced Cloudera Anywhere Cloud, a hybrid data and AI platform…

Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI to Bolster Agentic AI Security

Fortinet has acquired Virtue AI, a specialist in AI runtime protection, automated…

OpenAI Adds Local AI Inference Residency in the UAE

OpenAI has expanded its residency options in the United Arab Emirates to…

Grey Gets Regulated in Canada, Here’s What It Means for Cross-Border Payments

For a fintech building its identity around borderless banking, getting the paperwork right in one of the world's more demanding regulatory environments is no small…

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Africa’s Must-Attend Tech Events: The 10 Conferences Shaping the Continent’s Digital Future in 2026

Every year, thousands of founders, investors, policymakers, and engineers converge on a handful of gatherings that have quietly become the…

Instagram Removes End-to-End Encryption for DMs Today

Instagram has officially removed end-to-end encryption for direct messages starting today, May 8, following an announcement made earlier in March.…

Brewing a Strategic Breakup — Keurig Dr Pepper Nears $18 Billion Bid for JDE Peet’s

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is reportedly on the verge of striking an approximately $18 billion deal to acquire Dutch coffee…

Game-Changing Move: Samsung Accelerates Autonomous AI Factories In Powerful 2030 Strategy

Samsung Electronics has announced a 2030 strategy to transition its global production network into autonomous AI-driven factories, integrating robotics, digital…

Google Labs and DeepMind have launched Pomelli, an AI marketing tool

Google Labs and DeepMind have launched Pomelli, an AI marketing tool designed to help small…

Old Nigerian Ads and the Japanese Secret: How Emotion, Not Algorithms, Built Lasting Brands

You don’t forget a great ad; it lives rent-free in your head. That is how…

Pinterest Predicts 2025: Emerging Trends Overview

There is a wealth of information available about Pinterest Predicts 2025. Research suggests that Pinterest's…

Why Your Pinterest Stats Keep Disappearing: Causes, Guides, and Suggestions

If you’ve noticed your Pinterest stats suddenly disappearing or acting strangely, you’re not alone. Many…

Many users report sudden drops in impressions or even to zero; asking how to recover or what causes these drops

If you use Pinterest for your business or personal brand, you may have noticed a…

Pinterest Trend: Top Trends in the United States This Month – March 2025

Pinterest Trend: Top Trends in the United States. Is not just a talk that Pinterest…

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du Pay Partners with GCash to Simplify and Speed Up Remittances for Filipinos in the UAE

du Pay, the digital payments arm of du (a leading UAE telecom operator), has partnered…

Meta Reinstates Trump’s Accounts Ahead of Inauguration

Meta reinstates Trump's accounts after two-year suspension, sparking debate on free speech and platform responsibility.

In This Issues

Biochar Industrial Group Raises $1.5 Million to Convert African Agricultural Waste into Carbon Credits

Biochar Industrial Group (BIG), a climate-tech company founded by former Releaf Earth executives, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding…

Mafab Moves to Transfer 5G Spectrum to MTN as Nigeria Targets Underused Airwaves

Mafab Communications is seeking regulatory approval to transfer its key spectrum holdings to MTN Nigeria, a deal that could end…

BuuPass Partners with SafariBucks to Add Cross-Border Payments as It Expands Corporate Travel

Kenyan travel-booking startup BuuPass is integrating cross-border payments through a partnership with Nairobi-based digital wallet SafariBucks, as the company deepens…

MTN South Africa Opens Fifth Women in Digital Business Challenge

MTN SA Foundation has launched the fifth edition of its Women in Digital Business Challenge, selecting 10 black women-owned ICT…

Madica Backs Five African Startups With $200,000 Each, Debuts in Algeria and Cameroon

Madica, the Africa-focused pre-seed investment programme, has invested up to $200,000 in each of five startups, marking its first entries…

Kenya High Court Voids Vodacom’s $1.58 Billion Safaricom Stake Purchase

Kenya’s High Court has declared the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom Group unconstitutional and ordered…

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