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The FATE Foundation holds its 11th Annual Business Conference on September 17 in Lagos, focused on scaling local businesses and building resilient ventures across West Africa. The event draws SME…
Tether AI Research has released a family of open-source translation models covering 19 African languages that work fully offline on ordinary phones and laptops. The research has also been accepted…
Lagos Blockchain Week 2026 ran September 7–12 at the Nigerian Law School Campus in Victoria Island under the theme “The Intelligent Economy.” The week brought together Web3 infrastructure, AI, and…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is building a state-run geological database to map its mineral wealth, under a $180 million contract with Spanish firm Xcalibur. The project is expected to…
South Africa’s crypto industry has formed a new coalition to push back against draft capital-flow rules from the National Treasury and Reserve Bank that would restrict local businesses from using…
Nigerian mobility startup Shuttlers has launched a new scheduled, shared commuter service offering doorstep-to-destination rides, with a private-booking option. It’s part of a broader push by the company to build…
The partnership is based on the evolving digital needs of pharmacies, where transformation increasingly extends beyond the automation of individual processes. Strategic partnership integrates pharmacy management technology with advanced connectivity…
Billionaire Aliko Dangote is taking his oil refinery to Nigeria’s bourse at a valuation approaching US$50 billion, asking investors to finance the next chapter of a project that has only…
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has launched a multi-fund investment platform targeting wealthy investors, with assets under management reaching US$20 million within four months of its rollout. “The strategies are designed…
Kenya rethinks Data Centre Licensing as AMACO’s HERCULES™ targets Africa’s AI Power challenge. A proposed standalone data-centre licence coincides with the emergence of an integrated infrastructure model designed to combine…