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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has announced a temporary power outage affecting parts of the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State following a technical fault on a transmission facility. In a notice issued on Wednesday, AEDC said the disruption was caused by a fault on the 132kV Apo-Karu Line 1 operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) resulting in a loss of bulk electricity supply to several communities. Areas affected by the outage include Karu, Nyanya, Jikwoyi, Kurudu, Orozo, Karshi, Mararaba, Ado, New Nyanya, New Karu, Uke, Masaka, Auta Balaifi, Keffi, Nasarawa Toto, Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon, among…

Daya, a Nigerian B2B stablecoin payments startup, has partnered with Aptos Foundation and Dubai-based crypto exchange HashKey MENA to launch a pilot stablecoin settlement corridor connecting businesses in Africa and the Middle East. The partnership will allow businesses to convert local currencies into stablecoins, settle transactions on the Aptos blockchain, and receive funds in local currencies at the destination.  The move marks Aptos’ latest effort to push into Africa. The Layer 1 blockchain, originally built in 2021 to power decentralised finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and gaming, is now increasingly positioning itself around cross-border payments infrastructure in emerging markets. Under…

OneDosh today announced the closing of an additional $1 million pre-seed investment, bringing the company’s total pre-seed funding to $4 million. The investment follows a period of rapid growth for the company, including expansion into 29 European countries, surpassing 200,000 users, and the launch of a first-of-its-kind integration enabling U.S. users to fund their OneDosh wallets through Cash App and instantly send money globally. But funding is not the story. The story is the future we are building. For decades, moving money across borders has been slow, expensive, and unnecessarily complex. OneDosh was founded on a simple belief: money should…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google is updating the AI Mode experience in Search for all users. Soon, everyone will have access to interactive visuals in AI Mode. The feature will be widely available this summer, free of charge. When attempting to learn something, sometimes going hands-on with a visual aid can make a world of difference. Late last year, Google introduced an interactive images feature to Gemini just for that purpose. It then took that a step further by rolling out interactive simulations and models. Soon, you’ll be able to do something similar in Search. Don’t want to miss…

Battle Lines Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia knows his Bible. But in Benue politics, the Catholic priest turned governor has also shown that he understands power. By Oladimeji Ramon Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia. © Rights reserved Published on June 09, 2026 at 17:54 pm (GMT +1) Three years after George Akume helped carry him from the pulpit to the governorship, Alia is using the office to strip his former godfather of the party machinery that once made him.

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a three-part series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups in 2026. Driving these reports is data from Crunchbase’s Diversity Spotlight feature, which offers insight into diversity in startups’ and investment firms’ leadership teams. Parts 2 and 3 in this series will be published in June. The share of U.S. venture funding going to companies with Black founders in 2025 remained low, even as overall startup investment ticked slightly higher, Crunchbase data shows. Only around $942 million — or just 0.32% of total U.S. venture funding — went to startups…

Africa’s satellite moment is here. One rule could still squander it. – African Business Africa’s satellite moment is here. One rule could still squander it. – African Business

In brief Sam Bankman-Fried field an application for pardon with the Office of the Pardon Attorney. He told Fox Business last week that he “absolutely” would take a pardon, though the process can take months or years. The FTX co-founder and former CEO is currently serving a 25-year sentence for his crimes. FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) has formally applied for a presidential pardon according to an update on the Office of the Pardon Attorney website.Bankman-Fried, who was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in 2024 and sentenced to 25 years in prison, is seeking a…

Nigeria leads on payments and fintech in Africa, and that isn’t a conversation that needs an argument. It’s anchored on world-class payments system visions and the rigorous implementation that comes with them. The Central Bank of Nigeria has been at this for almost twenty years, and it’s genuinely good at it. The first vision came in the mid-2000s; the last one launched in November 2022, and between them they took a country where most adults had no bank account, and cash settled almost everything, and turned it into one of the few places on earth where you can send money…

Microsoft Phone Link now supports Apple Messages on Windows, which means iPhone users can send and receive iMessages and SMS texts from their PC without having to switch to their phone.The feature uses Bluetooth and does not break Apple Messages’ end-to-end encryption. However, there are some limitations, such as the inability to send or receive group messages, attachments, photos, or GIFs.Phone Link comes pre-installed on Windows 11 and can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. The iPhone must be running iOS 16 or higher.How to Set Up Your iPhone With Microsoft Phone Link on WindowsSetting up the connection requires…