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For years, the crypto industry in Africa thrived in the shadows. It operated as a high-stakes, speculative arena where retail traders chased volatility while institutional capital watched nervously from the sidelines. Today, the landscape is rapidly shifting. Regulatory sandboxes are replacing regulatory vacuums, and the conversation has pivoted from anonymous tokens to auditable infrastructure. At the recently concluded GITEX Nigeria 2026, the friction between legacy finance and digital assets took centre stage. If fiat currency’s enduring dominance is built on generational trust rather than technical efficiency, native digital asset platforms face a colossal challenge in convincing the everyday Nigerian to…
Working at a Nigerian bank may seem like a typical day in the life of an accountant or a cashier. But behind every seamless transaction could be a woman in tech handling the complex world of technology, cybersecurity, and identity management. The world is evolving, and so are the institutions in it. This is why today’s tech trivia spotlights Eniola Peace Adenuga, a Cybersecurity Analyst at First Bank of Nigeria. With over three years of experience in the tech industry, her career spans data centre operations, IT infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and financial technology. Today, she works in cybersecurity within the…
Add Android Authority on Google: TL;DR Retroid has released a teaser for a new gaming handheld. The handheld will be called the Retroid Pocket Duo, and its key feature will be two built-in screens. The video clip shows an outline that resembles a Nintendo 3DS. Android gaming handheld maker Retroid recently launched the Pocket Nova. However, the company isn’t slowing down for even a second. It’s already teasing its next release, and it will remind you of a classic Nintendo device.Retroid has shared a teaser for a new system on social media. The teaser consists of a 20-second video clip…
Ranks Divided The 29 August mutiny has put Abdourahamane Tiani’s counterterrorism strategy under renewed scrutiny, as jihadist violence continues to ravage western Niger’s Tillabéri region. Our maps chart the evolution of deadly attacks in recent years, revealing the scale of the country’s worsening security crisis. Army officers and relatives attend the funeral of three members of the presidential guard killed during an attack by mutineers in Niamey on 31 August 2026. © Niger Presidency/Handout via REUTERS Published on September 07, 2026 at 16:00 pm (GMT +1) Niger’s 29 August mutiny has cast a spotlight on Tillabéri, the south-western region bordering Mali…
Listen to this article Tokyo is redefining its engagement with Africa, transitioning from traditional aid-based approaches to strategic venture capital (VC) investments focused on long-term partnerships, innovation and capacity building. Several Japanese private companies are making Japan’s presence felt in Africa’s VC landscape, particularly in high-growth sectors such as fintech, climate tech and mobility. Growing demand for innovative, technology-driven solutions in Africa has drawn increasing interest from international investors. VC funding in Africa rose from over US$2 billion in 2019 to a peak of US$5.2 billion in 2022. Though investment declined to around US$3.6 billion in 2023, the continent’s start-up…
In eighteen months, Atlantica Ventures has led or co-led rounds for four African or Africa-linked startups building the underlying layers of AI infrastructure — semiconductor design talent, vector search, DevOps automation and compliance orchestration. It is a marked departure from the fintech- and logistics-heavy portfolio the Lagos firm assembled over its first five years.The latest, announced on 1 September, is a $1.9 million round for ChipMango, an AI-native semiconductor technology company that trains engineers in chip design and verification and places them on commercial hardware programmes. Atlantica led, with DFS, Kaleo Ventures, Madica, Trilinear Technologies and Malta Ventures participating.The ChipMango…
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Global and Africa-focused crypto firms, including Binance, Kotani Pay, VALR, Yellow Card, and Luno, are lining up to apply for virtual asset licences in Kenya, following the country’s gazettement of new crypto rules on July 24, as firms position themselves for an early regulatory foothold in one of Africa’s fastest-growing digital asset markets. Between July 2024 and June 2025, Kenya recorded about $19 billion in crypto inflows, one of the largest in East Africa, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Compared with the previous 12 months, it marked more than a twofold increase from about $7 billion, underscoring the rapid…
On Wednesday morning, commuters opening their apps across Lagos and Kampala were greeted by a blank screen and three unceremonious words: “No trips available”. After 12 years of navigating gridlock on the Third Mainland Bridge and a decade in Kampala, Uber folded its hand in Nigeria and Uganda. The shutdown landed on the exact morning chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi culled roughly 3,300 corporate jobs, or about 10% of Uber’s global staff, flattening management layers and redirecting capital towards autonomous vehicle infrastructure in core Western metros. African tech watchers had seen a similar pattern across the region: Uber pulled out of…
The White House has launched a web page accessible in a browser that features several simple games aimed at promoting the administration’s message.These games are entitled Supply Line, which is centered on sorting school-lunch food, and Trump Savings Tycoon, which is based on the administration’s “Trump Accounts” program.The Tetris Company has pulled back from the other game on the page by saying that it had no involvement and that it takes copyright infringement seriously. One of the six game positions on the page is at the moment left blank, there being a message hinting at future content.This page is the…