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In brief Stablecoin volume topped $28 trillion in 2025, beating Visa and Mastercard combined, yet founders and venture capital stay concentrated in the U.S. and Europe. The real demand is in emerging markets, where stablecoins are a financial lifeline: Nigeria has 26 million-plus crypto users, and Argentina’s stablecoin purchases top half of all exchange trades. Alex Witt, General Partner at Verda Ventures, argues the funds backing founders in Lagos, São Paulo, and Manila now will reap the biggest stablecoin returns of the next decade. Most assume the stablecoin opportunity is centered where the capital is, in New York, San Francisco,…

Mapletrite, a Canadian financial technology company specializing in cross-border payments and digital financial services, has officially been registered as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) by the Bank of Canada under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA), The registration marks a significant milestone in Mapletrite’s growth journey and reinforces the company’s commitment to operating within Canada’s regulatory framework while maintaining high standards of compliance, security, consumer protection, and operational excellence. Founded with a mission to simplify global payments, Mapletrite enables individuals and businesses to send and receive money internationally through a secure, intuitive, and affordable digital platform. Today, the company serves…

I’ve got a dual-booting PC with both Windows 11 and EndeavourOS Linux on it, which puts me in the best position to compare benchmarks across operating systems. It’s the same machine, after all, with the same CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, etc. The hardware variables disappear when benchmarking on Windows and Linux, and it’s as controlled a test as I can get. I’ve been dual-booting this MSI Cyborg 15 for a while now, though I do spend as much time as I can on the Linux side of things. I thought I had a reasonable sense of how the two OSes…

taking off Aircraft manufacturers are shifting their focus from struggling legacy flag carriers to a new wave of smaller, agile African airlines, driving growth in underserved regional markets. Gabriel Semelas, president for Airbus Africa and Middle East, at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 May 2026. © Gasana Gael/ACF for JAMG Published on June 26, 2026 at 13:50 pm (GMT +1) As legacy African airlines such as Kenya Airways (KQ) and South African Airways (SAA) face operational headwinds, aircraft manufacturers are pinning their long-term growth on a wave of smaller, agile carriers expanding across the continent.

Listen to this article Tokyo is redefining its engagement with Africa, transitioning from traditional aid-based approaches to strategic venture capital (VC) investments focused on long-term partnerships, innovation and capacity building. Several Japanese private companies are making Japan’s presence felt in Africa’s VC landscape, particularly in high-growth sectors such as fintech, climate tech and mobility. Growing demand for innovative, technology-driven solutions in Africa has drawn increasing interest from international investors. VC funding in Africa rose from over US$2 billion in 2019 to a peak of US$5.2 billion in 2022. Though investment declined to around US$3.6 billion in 2023, the continent’s start-up…

Africa’s next phase of economic transformation will depend less on the availability of capital and more on how effectively that capital is deployed, according to Marsha Wulff, co-founder of Lofty Inc. Capital Management.Delivering the keynote address at the 2026 Ghana Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (GVCA) Annual Industry Conference in Accra, she said investors must move beyond traditional risk frameworks and embrace a more entrepreneurial approach to financing innovation.“The job of an investor is to anticipate the future. If you live long enough, you begin to understand cycles,” she said.The conference convened more than 450 participants, including investors, policymakers,…

ATIDI marks 25 years of impact at its 2026 Annual General Meeting – African Business ATIDI marks 25 years of impact at its 2026 Annual General Meeting – African Business

Hyperliquid has been added to Singapore’s Investor Alert List, putting DeFi’s permissionless pitch to a consumer-protection test: the network can keep settling trades, while the interface and public messaging around it draw regulatory scrutiny.Hyperliquid said in a June 26 statement that its appearance on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s list was a warning-list event rather than a ban, enforcement action, or finding of wrongdoing.The project also said it had not claimed to be licensed by MAS, described itself as permissionless infrastructure, and said users retain self-custody while transactions settle transparently on-chain.The resulting pressure is applied to the user-facing layer. A…

Many remarkable stories can trace their beginnings to the University of Oxford. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings there. Between 2021 and 2022, a conversation about stablecoins between two Master of Business Administration (MBA) students on the school’s basketball court sparked a story that would eventually become a startup. At the time of the conversation, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh was the co-CEO of Konga Group following the merger with his online marketplace Yudala, giving him a front-row seat to the challenges of payments and foreign exchange. Zachary Schwartzman, the second of the courtside pair,…

NVMe SSDs are quickly becoming one of the most expensive components in a typical gaming PC. Yet despite their importance, many people ignore a crucial factor for performance and longevity: cooling. Running a bare NVMe without a heatsink risks lost performance and even permanent damage to your pricey drive. Luckily, there’s a fix—and it’s cheaper and easier than you think. Overheating slowly kills your NVMe And you might not even notice it Modern M.2 NVMes are designed to run relatively hot by design. Most can handle operating temperatures of up to 70°C before they start slowing down transfer rates to…