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Chui Ventures, a Pan-African seed-stage venture capital fund with a gender-inclusive mandate, has announced the final close of its debut Fund I at $17.3 million, marking a major boost for early-stage founders across the continent. The fund aims to bridge critical startup financing gaps across Africa while actively promoting gender diversity within the venture ecosystem. With the final close now secured, Chui Ventures is positioned to accelerate its mission of supporting high-growth founders building scalable, tech-driven solutions for African markets. The fund has attracted commitments from a diverse base of Foundations, Family offices, and over 30 High-Net-Worth individuals, including…
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In brief Postal series fans said the Bullet Paradise trailer showed AI-generated artwork, prompting a swift cancelation. Discord insults and a mocking post on X deepened backlash around the externally developed spinoff. Running With Scissors said it’s shifting focus to other 2026 projects after reviewing the incident. Running With Scissors, publisher of the controversial shooter game franchise Postal, said this week that it had canceled a newly revealed series entry one day after announcing it, responding to backlash after fans said the reveal trailer appeared to use AI-generated artwork.The game, Portal: Bullet Paradise, was a fast-paced first-person shooter spinoff developed…
A few weeks ago, I spent nearly twenty-four hours travelling from Kigali to Casablanca. Two major African cities. One African passport. And yet, the most efficient route required a detour through Europe. This was not an airline glitch. It was a reflection of how far Africa still is from the integrated continent we like to imagine in speeches and strategy documents. It remains easier for an African to move through Paris or Istanbul than through parts of East, West, or Southern Africa. That reality should concern us. It should prompt an honest reckoning with the real barriers to African integration,…
Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityGoogle’s second major quarterly release of Android 16 — known as Android 16 QPR2 — is finally here, bringing plenty of new features to Pixel owners, and eventually other brands as well. According to anecdotal reports from the usual corners of the internet, one unexpected bonus appears to be improved graphics performance for the Pixel 10.Google hasn’t officially mentioned a new GPU driver that Pixel 10 owners have been waiting for, but that doesn’t mean that minor improvements or optimizations aren’t tucked away inside. To find out, I grabbed my Pixel 10 Pro XL running the…
Mrs Mutfwang explained that the programme provides a business recapitalisation grant of N200,000 to beneficiaries living with disabilities in every state The Plateau State Government has launched a new phase of economic support for persons with disabilities under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). Details of the event were shared in a statement posted on the state government’s verified Facebook page. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn The programme was introduced in Jos by the First Lady of Nigeria and National Coordinator of the RHI, Oluremi Tinubu, as part of activities marking the International Day of Persons…
Stéphane Colin and Khaled Ben Jennet, partners at AfricInvest Europe** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **AfricInvest Europe has made an investment in Tecofi Group, a specialist in industrial valve design and manufacturing, via its Fonds Franco-Africain 2 (FFA II). The fund joins Tecofi’s long-standing financial partners, Bpifrance and Garibaldi Participations. As part of the transaction, the management team is also strengthening its ownership stake in the company.Founded in 1985, Tecofi designs and manufactures a wide range of industrial valves, primarily butterfly and knife-gate valves, along with taps and check valves…
Affiong Williams, CEO of Nigeria-based dried fruit snacks producer ReelFruit Interview with Affiong WilliamsFOUNDER, REELFRUIT Lives in: Lagos, Nigeria ReelFruit, founded by Affiong Williams, has grown from small beginnings to supplying both local retailers and overseas buyers. By the late 2010s, Affiong Williams was ready to pull the plug on her Nigerian dried fruit and snacks company, ReelFruit, which she had been building since 2012. It wasn’t because the business was failing – it had been growing year after year. But Williams was losing enthusiasm as she struggled to raise the capital needed to build a large-scale factory, the kind…
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has taken a historic step in preserving and celebrating Liberia’s football legacy with the official establishment of the Review Panel for its inaugural Hall of Fame. The initiative aims to formally recognize and immortalize the outstanding contributions of individuals–both players and administrators–who have shaped the trajectory of Liberian football, both on and off the pitch. The LFA has announced a celebratory close to the year with two major events. The Inaugural Hall of Fame Ceremony is scheduled for December 23, 2025, followed by the 2024/25 Awards Night on December 27, 2025. Both events will be…
In an industry that thrives on noise and chaos, Cardano is betting its future on a “quiet” hard fork and improved coordination among its leading internal stakeholders.The blockchain network is preparing to execute a technical upgrade engineered to be virtually invisible to the market.Known as Protocol Version 11, the “no new era” hard fork is a deliberate departure from the spectacle-driven upgrades that have become the standard in the crypto sector. Instead of launching a new roadmap phase, developers are focusing on tightening the ledger and resolving operational risks.This technical “quiet reset” coincides with a sweeping organizational overhaul led by…