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West Africa’s regional stock market, the BRVM, advanced on Thursday, diverging from losses across global equities and digital assets. The BRVM Composite Index rose 1.84 points, or 0.5%, to close at 369.63. The benchmark is now up 2.08% over the past week, 7.57% over four weeks, and 6.91% year to date, equivalent to a 7.33% gain in dollar terms. Gains were broad-based. The BRVM Industriels index climbed 2.94%, extending its year-to-date advance to 29.46%. Public Utilities rose 2.25%, while the Prestige, Principal, and BRVM 30 indices posted gains between 0.45% and 0.7%. The Energy index added 1.06%. The move contrasted…
In brief TRUMP and WLFI have suffered some of the biggest losses today among top-100 coins, falling by double digits in the past 24 hours. Their decline follows the announcement of a Democrat investigation into a business deal between Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and World Liberty Financial prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration. Analysts suggest that the wider market selloff may stabilize once leverage clears and ETF inflows resume. Official Trump (TRUMP) and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) have fallen 14.6% and 10.8% in the past 24 hours, as the cryptocurrency market continues to weather steep losses amid falling sentiment.TRUMP…
AfriMillions has officially ushered in a new era for Nigeria’s digital lottery landscape with the successful first broadcast of its historic ₦1 Billion Mega Jackpot Draw. The landmark event, which aired on Wazobia Max TV and a unique radio simulcast, combined high-stakes entertainment with unprecedented transparency and regulatory rigor. Hosted by the charismatic Mannie Essien, the inaugural live draw was conducted under the watchful eye of industry regulators. The presence of Mr. Bashir Abiola Are, CEO of the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority, served as a testament to the platform’s commitment to credibility and full compliance with national gaming laws. The results…
Summary Linux Mint offers a lot more flexibility and customization than Windows, yet it’s still polished and usable out of the box. Operating system updates in Mint are seamless, with no forced updates and long-term support. Linux Mint has a great selection of pre-installed apps and an easy package manager, but may lack compatibility with some Windows apps. I had a lot of free time during summer breaks, and my favorite pastime was tinkering with my tech. I’d tinker with software, PCs, and phones mostly. When I found myself getting bored with Windows (which had been my only daily driver…
By David McDonald, CEO at SolarAfrica If you ever find yourself sitting around a C-suite industry dinner table, you’ll soon notice that since the recent-ish abolition of loadshedding (long may it last!), the energy conversation is generally filled with optimism, dominated by big ideas and peppered with bold timelines. But if you’re on the ground, you know that the market moves in its own time, and in a far more practical way. The realities shaping 2026 aren’t predictions or policy aspirations, but they’re already playing out in how projects are financed, how municipalities procure power, and how businesses think about energy risk. …
African fintech startups seeking to onboard the continent’s next billion users will need to rethink their long-standing growth strategies, Musty Mustapha, managing director of Kuda Microfinance Bank, has said. He stated this while speaking at a fintech panel on ‘scaling digital financial services across Africa’ during the Tech Revolution Africa conference in Lagos, adding that the growth at all costs’ mindset has shaped much of the sector’s expansion. While incentives can quickly inflate user numbers, they often fail to create the kind of trust and consistent usage that keeps customers long-term. “It is easy to buy users,” he said. “But…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress he has no authority to bail out Bitcoin. The exchange came during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, when Senator Brad Sherman asked whether the Treasury could intervene to support cryptocurrency prices.Bessent’s answer was direct: he cannot use taxpayer dollars to buy Bitcoin, and the question falls outside his mandate as chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.Sherman’s question was a challenge, not a policy proposal. Could the President Donald Trump administration use taxpayer money to prop up assets aligned with the president’s interests?Bitcoin, along with Trump-branded tokens, sat at the center of that concern.The…
For decades, the question of who gets to tell Africa’s stories has been tied to influence: who controls the cameras, the budgets, the distribution pipelines, and, ultimately, the narrative. Today, a new force has entered that debate: artificial intelligence (AI). As generative AI tools reshape global filmmaking, African creatives are asking a familiar question in a new context: when these tools are developed abroad, who truly owns the stories they help create? For Sandra Adeyeye Bello, founder and creative director of Abuja-based creative media organisation and content studio SAB Studios Nigeria, the answer is straightforward. “AI does not tell stories…
Prescriptive class name conventions are no longer enough to keep CSS maintainable in a world of increasingly complex interfaces. Can the new @scope rule finally give developers the confidence to write CSS that can keep up with modern front ends?When learning the principles of basic CSS, one is taught to write modular, reusable, and descriptive styles to ensure maintainability. But when developers become involved with real-world applications, it often feels impossible to add UI features without styles leaking into unintended areas.This issue often snowballs into a self-fulfilling loop; styles that are theoretically scoped to one element or class start showing…