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Let’s make the most of the shortest month of the year with a new collection of desktop wallpapers that are sure to bring a smile to your face — and maybe spark your creativity, too. All of them were designed with love by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Happy February!Sometimes, the best inspiration lies right in front of us. With that in mind, we embarked on our wallpapers adventure more than 14 years ago. The idea: to provide you with a new collection of unique and inspiring desktop wallpapers every month. This February is…
By President Ntuli, Managing Director of HPE South Africa In 2026, business leaders won’t just be navigating change, they’ll be building the plane mid-flight. As the new year kicks off, the pace of technological advancement is accelerating, redefining the very fabric of business. The traditional boundaries between business and technology have all but disappeared — tech is business, and business is tech. This convergence demands agility, bold decision-making, and innovation in motion. In a world powered by exponential leaps in AI, cloud, and digital ecosystems, transformation is no longer a project with an end date, but rather a continuous journey.…
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots African startups raised a record sum in debt financing in 2025, as investment in the continent’s maturing tech scene rebounded with growing interest from financiers. Startups in Africa raised $1.64 billion through debt last year, exceeding the mark in 2024 by more than 60%, according to a report by Dakar-based venture capital firm Partech Africa. Debt as a share of annual VC investment into African startups reached 40% for the first time since Partech started tracking the data a decade ago. “It is a sign that African startups are getting more mature and predictable,”…
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Decentralized GPU networks are pitching themselves as a lower-cost layer for running AI workloads, while training the latest models remains concentrated inside hyperscale data centers.Frontier AI training involves building the largest and most advanced systems, a process that requires thousands of GPUs to operate in tight synchronization.That level of coordination makes decentralized networks impractical for top-end AI training, where internet latency and reliability cannot match the tightly coupled hardware in centralized data centers.Most AI workloads in production do not resemble large-scale model training, opening space for decentralized networks to handle inference and everyday tasks.“What we are beginning to see is…
Nigeria has begun the financial advisory process for its ambitious plan to deploy 90,000 kilometres of fibre-optic cable under the $2 billion Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE) Project, supported by the World Bank. As part of the agreement with the Bank, which has already approved $500 million in financing, the government is required to appoint a financial advisory firm to structure and manage the project’s funding. “The first selection process of a financial/transaction advisory firm is near completion,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy told TechCabal. The transaction firm would provide financial advisory…
TL;DR Renders of the Galaxy S26 Ultra have leaked. These images show off the Ultra in two colorways: Cobalt Violet and Black. This leak claims the device will have a 6.9-inch QHD+ dynamic AMOLED display, 5,000mAh battery, and 256GB of storage. Just yesterday, we were treated to a leak that revealed phone cases for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Now, a new leak is providing another look at the Samsung flagship phone itself. This report claims to have some confirmed specs as well. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Courtesy of Android Headlines, we have some new renders…
By Michelle Ritchie, Global Industrials and Services Deals Leader, PwC USDigitalisation, the energy transition, and AI infrastructure are reshaping industrials and services M&A. In 2026, dealmaker focus will be on driving sharper portfolio choices and targeted investments in innovation and automation.A convergence of structural pressures and long-duration growth themes is shaping M&A activity across the industrials and services (I&S) sectors in 2026. Labour shortages, geopolitical pressure, and persistent supply chain risk are pushing companies to act by acquiring automation, digital, and productivity-enhancing capabilities. At the same time, investment in infrastructure, defence, and energy systems is strengthening end-market demand in select…
By Brian Levy, Global Deals Industries Leader, PwC USAI investments and an explosion of megadeals are creating a K-shaped M&A market. The capital expenditure supercycle may constrain M&A activity in the near term before sparking an innovation supercycle that will drive the next wave of deals.Momentum heading into 2026 suggests that global M&A is entering a new phase. A late-2025 surge in megadeals (transactions more than $5bn in value) and AI thematics have carried into the new year, pointing to a market that is structurally reshaping rather than simply rebounding from a subdued cycle. Deal value is expected to remain…
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