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Airtel customers in Congo can now text via satellite without a dish
Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched the first commercial satellite-to-mobile service in Africa, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Femi Otedola buys N20.7 billion more First HoldCo shares, stake hits 26.5%Nigerian startup closes Africa's largest seed round at $52 millionSouth Africans can now roll over unused data, voice and SMS from 2027Nigerian students can now learn AI and pitch startups via Meta's new academyCrypto users can now trade on 3 more apps under Nigeria's rulesFemi Otedola buys N20.7 billion more First HoldCo shares, stake hits 26.5%Nigerian startup closes Africa's largest seed round at $52 millionSouth Africans can now roll over unused data, voice and SMS from 2027Nigerian students can now learn AI and pitch startups via Meta's new academyCrypto users can now trade on 3 more apps under Nigeria's rules
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Femi Otedola buys N20.7 billion more First HoldCo shares, stake hits 26.5%
Nigerian startup closes Africa's largest seed round at $52 million
South Africans can now roll over unused data, voice and SMS from 2027
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AI startup Anthropic's revenue surged 1,360% to $11.5B in one quarter
Leaked investor documents show the Claude chatbot maker's Q2 2026 revenue jumped to more than $11.5 billion, up from $787 million a year earlier.
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Nigerian founders can pitch to 200+ investors at GITEX Lagos in September
NITDA is accepting applications from Nigerian startups across AI, fintech, healthtech and more to showcase at GITEX Nigeria 2026. Deadline: 21 August.
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Windows users in Nigeria warned: patch RDP now or risk takeover
NITDA alerts users to patch critical Windows RDP flaws allowing remote code execution and data theft.
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Yellow Card shuts retail app, pivots to business stablecoin payments
Yellow Card closed its consumer crypto exchange across Africa on 1 January 2026 to focus on stablecoin infrastructure for businesses.
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Nigerian founders can now unlock startup tax breaks, but the delivery still lags
NITDA is coordinating agencies to make Nigeria Startup Act incentives real for labelled startups, from tax holidays to a ₦10bn seed fund.
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Developers can now run OpenAI's smartest model 14× faster via a new tier
OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast, a Cerebras-powered API tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 tokens per second. It is open only to select customers.
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OPay made $72m profit in 2025 after losing $51m the year before
OPay swung from a $50.98m loss to a $72.47m profit in FY2025 as revenue jumped 161% and transaction volume doubled. Here's what the numbers reveal.
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Mr Eazi's Choplife just moved into a Nigerian digital free zone
The musician's cross-border startup Choplife is now operating from Itana, Nigeria's first digital free zone, to expand across Africa.
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Users can now see why X hides their posts from the For You timeline
X released ranking code and an "Under the Hood" tool showing labels that limit post visibility, including signs of shadowbanning.
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AI now powers over half of Africa's cybercrime, Interpol finds
Criminals are adopting AI faster than law enforcement, using deepfakes and synthetic identities to defraud banks, telcos, and governments.
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Road crews are breaking Nigeria's internet — new rules say they must stop
Nigeria is stepping up protection for telecom infrastructure after road construction damaged 5,000 fibre links in six months.
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