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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…
** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **Sahel Capital has closed a $1.5 million working capital loan to Rasad Nigeria through its Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA). The new facility represents a renewal and scale-up of SEFAA’s earlier financing and will support Rasad’s growing working capital needs across the cocoa value chain.Rasad is a family-led agribusiness based in Ogun State that aggregates cocoa and cashew from over 1,000 smallholder farmers and aggregators across Nigeria. The company supplies both domestic and international buyers.“Rasad has demonstrated strong operational discipline and…
** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced $5m financing for Lovegrass Ethiopia, an Ethiopian agri-food company producing teff‑based products for domestic and global markets. Teff – a nutrient rich indigenous grain – is cultivated by more than 6.6 million smallholder farmers and remains central to Ethiopia’s food system and rural livelihoods. “Our $5 million financing will help expand production, strengthen local value addition, and create skilled jobs, while supporting exports that generate vital hard‑currency inflows for Ethiopia. By sourcing teff from…
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Bitcoin has long served a simple purpose: storing and transferring value. The blockchain’s inherent limitations in scalability and programmability prevented use cases like high-frequency payments and smart contracts.Launched in 2018, the layer-2 solution Lightning Network introduced noticeable improvements in scalability. It takes some of the burden offchain by creating side channels between the sender and receiver.The model settles transactions faster, with lower fees. Rendering Bitcoin feasible for daily use, the solution spurred the development of many payment apps on the blockchain.Programmability also arrived in Bitcoin through secondary protocols, such as RGB, an open-source solution designed to expand Bitcoin’s capabilities. The…
Nigerian internet subscribers used 1.38 million terabytes of data in December 2025, showing the continued demand for data services and growing usage of smartphones among Nigerians. According to the latest industry report by the NCC, data usage increased by 12.4% from from 1.236 million terabytes in November 2025 to 1.386 million terabytes in December 2025. Notably, the data usage in December 2025 is the monthly highest yet recorded by Nigerian internet users. In fact, the entire 2025 saw data usage up by 42.4% YoY to 1.386 million from 973.5k in the prior period. The surge shows that smartphone usage is…
Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google Meet supports real-time speech translation for select languages, but only on computers. Now the Meet Android app shows what could be early evidence for adding the same kind of speech translation. It’s not yet clear if this would be limited to certain devices, or if an AI subscription would still be required. Update, February 4, 2025 (10:42 AM ET): We might have let the cat out of the bag a little early, but today Google is going official with its plans to bring Meet speech translation to mobile devices: “Speech translation will roll out…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has rejected the presidential election results announced by the Electoral Commission (EC), saying the declaration lacked a legal basis and violated the law. Speaking to media on Wednesday, NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said the party “completely and totally” rejects the results declared by the EC Chairperson, accusing the Commission of announcing figures without presenting the mandatory Declaration of Results (DR) forms. Rubongoya said the party’s presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is alive and well and will soon address the nation. “He sends greetings to the country and will…
African entrepreneurs are turning everyday problems into billion-dollar opportunities, and investors from around the world are taking notice.In 2025, African startups raised an estimated $3.93 billion in disclosed funding across 551 companies.10 startups accounted for $1.66 billion, over 42% of the total capital raised highlighting how a small group of founders is shaping the continent’s investment landscape.Growth, however, does not come without friction. Entrepreneurs navigate a maze of regulatory hurdles, inconsistent infrastructure, and limited local funding.Despite these challenges, African startups have shown remarkable resilience, often leapfrogging older technologies to deliver solutions uniquely suited to local realities.From fintech and health tech to logistics and energy, these founders orchestrated the…