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TL;DR Amazon has rolled out a redesign for its Photos app. The update introduces a curated carousel of memories at the top of the screen, brings “On This Day” to the carousel, and makes it easier to find photos with natural language. The update is out of iOS and will come to Android at a later date. Google Photos is a great app, but it’s not the only photo gallery available on mobile. There are plenty of alternatives, like Simple Gallery, Fossify Gallery, and Amazon Photos. Speaking of Amazon Photos, the online retail giant just gave its app a big…

** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **Acumen has invested in Pullus Africa Solutions Limited, a Nigerian agribusiness working to create more reliable markets for smallholder poultry farmers. The investment will support Pullus in expanding its aggregation and cold-chain infrastructure, enabling farmers to sell chickens year-round at stable prices.Across Nigeria, many smallholder farmers depend on informal middlemen who offer extremely low prices for chickens and frequently delay payments. Without reliable buyers, farmers often restrict production to festive seasons such as Ramadan and Christmas to avoid selling under pressure. The result is…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has directed all police officers across the country to ensure they wear name tags on their uniforms for easy identification. He noted that only officers engaged in undercover operations are exempted from the directive. Speaking on Tuesday, Tunji Disu said, “All police officers should have their name tags. All of us on the high table have our names apart from the undercover among us so if you look at all the Commissioners of Police we have our name tags, so it’s not our standard. “All the Commissioners of Police are here and…

Hadija Jabiri The following article is a slightly edited excerpt from our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit. The publication was recently launched at Harvard Business School. The ebook and paperback versions are available here. When Tanzanian agribusiness entrepreneur Hadija Jabiri launched her enterprise, she adopted a strict market-first approach. Instead of planting crops and hoping to find buyers later, she wanted to ensure she had a guaranteed market before starting production. As she notes, “The mindset was always: get the order before you plant.” Her specific goal was…

The government has taken a decisive step toward securing its second compact under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), launching the Concept Notes Development Process in what officials describe as a critical phase in addressing the country’s deepening energy challenges and broader economic constraints. The initiative, unveiled at the Bella Casa Hotel in Monrovia over the weekend, marks the formal start of technical work that will shape priority projects–most notably in the electricity sector, long regarded as one of the country’s most binding development bottlenecks. “This is not just about funding–it is about discipline, partnership, and results,” said Minister of State…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Tagging @grok in an X post plus a few dots and dashes was all that was needed last night for a bad actor to pickpocket a verified crypto wallet without ever touching the private keys.Agentic token launchpad, Bankrbot reported on May 4 that it had sent 3 billion DRB on Base to the recipient 0xe8e47…a686b.The funds came from a wallet assigned to X’s AI, Grok, and were sent to an unauthorized wallet owned by a bad actor. This Base transaction shows the on-chain transfer path behind the post.CryptoSlate’s review of X posts around the incident points…

TechCabal, Africa’s leading technology media publication, today announced that Moonshot by TechCabal, its flagship pan-African technology conference, will return for its fourth edition on October 28 and 29, 2026, at the National Theatre Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria.  Since its inception in 2023, Moonshot has grown into Africa’s fastest-growing technology conference and one of the most important convenings of the global tech ecosystem. The 2025 edition welcomed 6,000 attendees from 39 countries across 6 continents, bringing the three-year run to more than 12,650 participants from 44 countries since the conference launched in 2023. “Moonshot has become the moment each year when…

Google is considering adding ads to the Gemini app, according to comments made by Alphabet’s chief business officer Philipp Schindler during the company’s first quarter 2026 earnings call. Schindler confirmed that Google’s current focus is on developing an ad format for AI Mode in Google Search first, with the Gemini app as a potential follow-up if that format proves successful.”Ads have always been a significant part of scaling products to reach billions of users,” Schindler said. “And when done well, ads can provide valuable and relevant commercial information.” He added that the company is not rushing its plans and will…

NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, March 30, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Former Sierra Leone Ambassador Sidique Wai to Lead Strategic Initiative Connecting African Governments, Diaspora Leaders, and U.S. Institutions at Critical Inflection Point for U.S.-Africa Relations Gotham Government Relations, a leading New York-based government affairs and strategic advocacy firm, today announced the launch of the Gotham Africa Practice, a comprehensive platform designed to serve African governments, diaspora communities, and institutional stakeholders seeking effective engagement with Washington, New York, and U.S. policy institutions. The Gotham Africa Practice is the first Africa focused initiative by any major lobbying and government relations firm…

Kenyan founders are increasingly looking beyond traditional venture capital avenues to secure funding in a tight macroeconomic climate. This outward push is clearly visible in the latest application numbers for the Latitude59 startup competition. The flagship Estonian tech event has recorded a massive spike in interest from the continent, with Kenya leading the charge.Out of 465 global applications from 53 countries, 70 African startups applied for the 2026 pitch competition. This is more than double the number of African applicants from last year. Kenya specifically stood out as the dominant force. Forty Kenyan startups submitted applications to pitch, up from…