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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

Togo’s New Telecom Rules Promise Fair Billing, Longer SIM Life

Togo’s telecom regulator has introduced sweeping new rules mandating data rollover, byte-level billing precision, and extended SIM card validity. The…

Uganda Imposes Nationwide Internet Shutdown Ahead of January 15 Elections

Ugandan authorities ordered a nationwide internet blackout starting January 13, 2026, citing the need to prevent misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud,…

Tata Motors Returns to South Africa Through Motus Partnership

Tata Motors is making a strong return to South Africa through a new partnership with Motus, one of the country’s…

Zoud and Alef Education Launch Digital Financial Literacy Programme for UAE Students

Zoud, a leading fintech platform, has partnered with Alef Education to introduce a comprehensive digital financial literacy programme targeted at…

Meta Launches Enterprise Platform to Expand AI Services for Businesses

Meta has launched Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business unit focused on…

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…

MTN Names Jerry Soko CEO of MTN Eswatini in Leadership Push

The appointment comes as Africa’s largest telecom operator continues to strengthen its leadership team to drive digital growth across the continent. MTN Group has appointed…

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Jeremy Awori Biography

Jeremy Awori is a Kenyan banker and corporate leader who serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ecobank Transnational…

Polar ID By Metalenz: The New Facial Recognition Tech That Could Finally Fix Android’s Biggest Security Problem

A quiet revolution is happening in smartphone security, and it’s coming from a company many people have never heard of:…

What DeepSeek, Russian Sanctions, and Guitar Amps Reveal About Global Competition — Heard on the Street — WSJ

History shows that challenges often spark innovation. During the Great Depression, inventions like nylon, instant coffee, and the jet engine…

Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups

Storied investors Accel and Prosus have launched a new investment partnership to back Indian startups from day zero, targeting founders…

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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Terra Industries Teams with Miva Open University to Build Robotics and Drone Labs

Nigerian defence-tech startup Terra Industries has partnered with Miva Open University to establish integrated robotics,…

Truecaller Cuts 70 Jobs as Ad Sales Continue to Drop

Truecaller, the popular caller ID app used by millions across Africa, has announced plans to…

In This Issues

Serial Entrepreneur Raises $17M for AI-Powered Law Firm Challenging Big Law

Mac Liu, a two-time founder with a background in tech rather than law, has raised $17 million for Arceus, an…

Nigeria Launches Digital Postcode System, Giving Every Building a Machine-Readable Location Identity

Nigeria has launched its National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, giving addressable buildings across the country a unique 11-character digital location…

Dangote Refinery IPO: Meristem × Payaza Offers Non-BVN, Foreign-Currency Route

Investors without a Bank Verification Number (BVN) can participate in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery IPO through an alternative onboarding pathway…

Seven Kenyan Women-Led Startups Secure Ksh 9 Million in Tech Grants

Seven women-led technology startups in Kenya have received a total of Ksh 9 million (approximately $70,000) in equity-free grants through…

Flutterwave’s Agboola Named Among World’s Top 100 Fintech Leaders

Flutterwave founder and CEO Olugbenga “GB” Agboola has been named among Fintech Magazine’s Top 100 Fintech Leaders, placing the Nigerian…

Africa Tech Festival 2026 Puts Focus on Conversations Shaping the Continent’s Digital Economy

With just over two months to go, the programme for Africa Tech Festival 2026 is taking shape around the most…

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