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Esther Speak - Senior Reporter at Villpress

Esther Speaks

Ester Speaks is a senior reporter and newsroom strategist at Villpress, where she shapes Africa-focused business, technology, and policy coverage.  She works at the intersection of journalism, and editorial systems, producing clear, high-impact news that travels globally while staying rooted in African realities.

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Algeria Builds Its Own Cloud Djezzy, Algeria Venture, and Taubyte Launch AventureCloudz

For years, Algerian developers and startups have been building on the same…

Orange Côte d’Ivoire and Huawei Mark 10 Years of Running Africa’s Telecom Backbone

Most infrastructure partnerships don't make headlines when they're working. The real test…

Yuno and Flutterwave Want to Make Africa Easy for Global Merchants

Africa's payments landscape has long been described with two words that don't…

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…

Fusewall Holdings Buys 100% Stake in Coloplus to Expand Nigeria Telecom Infrastructure Footprint

Fusewall Holdings has acquired a 100% equity stake in Coloplus Worldwide Service…

Microsoft and OpenAI Restructure Partnership, Ending Cloud Exclusivity for Multi-Cloud AI Expansion

Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their long-running partnership, loosening the tight exclusivity…

Truecaller Faces Slowing Growth as Competition Intensifies

Truecaller has spent more than a decade turning the chaos of unknown…

Nigeria’s Telecom Regulator Turns Up the Heat: MTN Begins Compensating Millions for Poor Service

For years, Nigerian mobile users have endured dropped calls, sluggish data, and…

Meta Is Cutting 8,000 Jobs to Pay for an AI Bet That Keeps Getting Bigger

Mark Zuckerberg has spent years telling anyone who would listen that artificial…

Noscroll Wants to End Doomscrolling by Hiring an AI Bot to Do It for You

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has become one of…

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