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I use Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude almost every day, both for work and for my own projects. Each service has its strengths and weaknesses, and you can access a lot of the features for free. The paid plans offer even more features, but if you only want to pay for one, there’s a clear winner. Gemini is great for research It’s a good choice if you’re all in on Google services Credit: Google Unsurprisingly for a chatbot built by Google, Gemini is great for search. In my experience, this is something that Claude in particular struggles with; it can’t read through…
Lara-Anne Nel, Lead Strategist: Boomtown There’s currently just too much information out in the world for consumers to handle – including a stifling amount of AI-generated advertising, content and information, much of which has the same feel because it’s generated using similar AI tools. This leads us to trust erosion because people stop believing the messages delivered by these ‘perfectly-optimised narratives’, leaving us in a landscape where everything is polished and ‘perfect’ – yet empty. Evolution, Devolution, Revolution We worked through the phase in advertising where understanding consumers was all about data, information and research – and came out the other side understanding that the…
** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **A MESSAGE FROM OUR SUPPORTERSInaugural SAVCA Fellowship: The next generation of excellence can still applyAccelerate your career trajectory and deepen your industry knowledge through a curated 11-month experience. Read moreHere are summaries of the five most widely read stories the past week on Africa Private Equity News.1. South Africa: Kholo Capital and Tensai Private Equity back Isambane Mining MBOThe Kholo Capital Mezzanine Debt Fund I and Tensai Private Equity announced the provision of R275 million (about $16.4 million) in mezzanine debt funding to support…
Kenya is drawing a tight circle around who can issue stablecoins in the country and how those digital currencies must be built. The National Treasury’s draft Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, published in March and now out for public comment until Friday, lay out reserve rules, capital thresholds, and disclosure standards that together try to pull stablecoin value, data, and control firmly onshore. Under the proposed regulations, any firm issuing a stablecoin to the public in Kenya must hold local fiat‑backed reserves at all times in high‑quality liquid assets, such as cash or deposits with commercial banks or the central…
Africa’s artificial intelligence story is mostly told from four cities. Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, and Cape Town dominate the coverage, commanding the bulk of venture capital, media attention, and startup activity. The concentration is not arbitrary. These cities have the infrastructure, the capital networks, and the institutional density to justify the focus. But the framing has a blind spot. Across Northern Nigeria, a different kind of ecosystem is taking shape, without the headlines, without the high-profile accelerators, and largely without outside investment. What it does have are universities producing large cohorts of engineering graduates, active developer communities, and a generation of…
Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact, friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly.Imagine that you need to improve the UX of a legacy system. A system that has been silently working in the background for almost a decade. It’s slow, half-broken, unreliable, and severely outdated — a sort of “black box” that everyone relies upon, but nobody really knows what’s happening under the hood.Where would you even start? Legacy stories are often daunting, adventurous, and utterly confusing. They represent a mixture of…
** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **PowerLabs, a Nigeria-based energy and climate tech company, has announced a pre-seed fundraise, led by Breega, with participation from Catalyst Fund, Mercy Corps Ventures, and Kaleo Ventures.Nigeria’s economy is held back by an unreliable electricity grid. According to the World Bank, power shortages cost the country roughly $29 billion each year and many households receive only around 6.6 hours of grid electricity per day. Businesses therefore run on diesel generators or invest in private solar systems. Powerlabs, founded in Nigeria, was created to address this…
Zimbabwe could be pushed back towards a one-party state under proposed constitutional changes that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule and reshape how leaders are chosen – a move that critics say will weaken key democratic checks. Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF, is pushing the reforms after publishing them in February and holding public consultations at the end of March. They would extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years, and scrap the direct popular vote for the presidency, instead giving members of parliament the power to choose the head of state. “The changes will morph the country into…
Madica, the pre-seed investment programme backed by Flourish Ventures, has invested up to $600,000 across three new startups in Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria.The three companies, Kilimo Fresh, Hakimu, and Biovana, will each receive up to $200,000. They also gain entry into Madica’s 18-month support programme, which bundles mentorship, executive coaching, and two fully funded immersion trips to technology ecosystems in Africa and abroad. On top of that, the founders get access to Madica’s global investor network.This is the latest batch from a programme that has been steadily building a portfolio since launching in 2022. Madica previously invested in startups like…
Nairobi — Air France will increase passenger capacity on its Nairobi route from May, deploying a larger aircraft to meet growing demand for travel between East Africa and Europe. The airline said it will introduce a Boeing 777-200 on the Nairobi-Paris route from May 15, replacing the Airbus A350 and boosting seat capacity by 12 percent. Nairobi is among key cities gaining additional capacity under the airline’s 2026 summer schedule, alongside Asian destinations such as Tokyo, Singapore and Bangkok, as carriers adjust networks to shifting global travel demand. The route links to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Air France’s main…