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Blink, the Amazon-owned company known for its affordable smart home security cameras, just announced a big upgrade to its camera software. Do you ever wish your cameras were a bit more descriptive with alerts and notifications? If so, you’ll be happy to hear about these new features. While I love my Blink cameras, especially after upgrading to the Sync Module XR for extended range beyond Wi-Fi, these affordable little cameras are still missing a few features that other big-name brands offer. And while the software improves with each new camera release, like the new 2K+ lineup, things could always be…
Jerry Yang Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) initiative is pleased to announce that Jerry Yang – Co-Founder of Yahoo!, Founding Partner of AME Cloud Ventures, and Board Director of Alibaba Group – will join the judging panel at the 7th ABH Summit & Grand Finale on December 12-13, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. As a leading figure in global technology and entrepreneurship, Jerry Yang offers extensive experience and insights in developing and expanding transformative companies. His involvement highlights ABH’s dedication to connecting African entrepreneurs with international expertise and mentorship. “Africa’s entrepreneurs are shaping the future of innovation…
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The Nigerian Senate’s fresh move to amend the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act to ‘accommodate fintech’ barely five years after President Muhammadu Buhari signed BOFIA 2020 into law raises uncomfortable questions about whether the celebrated legislation of November 2020 was truly as comprehensive as its architects claimed. Senator Adetokunbo Abiru’s assertion that fintech companies now pose systemic risks equal to or greater than traditional banks suggests that the 2020 Act, despite its much-touted provisions on financial technology regulation, failed to anticipate or adequately address the explosive growth of Nigeria’s digital finance ecosystem. Senator Tokunbo Abiru The fintech provisions that…
Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victor Yocco offers practical guidance and design patterns for building explainability into real products.In my last piece, we established a foundational truth: for users to adopt and rely on AI, they must trust it. We talked about trust being a multifaceted construct, built on perceptions of an AI’s Ability, Benevolence, Integrity, and Predictability. But what happens when an AI, in its silent, algorithmic wisdom, makes a decision that leaves a user confused, frustrated, or even hurt? A…
Dr. Dorothy Nyambi, president and CEO of MEDA** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **Five35 Ventures, a pan-African, female-focused, early-stage venture capital fund, has secured an anchor investment from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund, managed by MEDA.Five35’s sixteen-company portfolio spans fintech, agriculture, health, logistics, and climate innovation.“From the outset, our goal has been to build an investment firm defined by integrity, rigour, and results,” said Hema Vallabh, founding partner at Five35 Ventures. “We take a measured approach, backing ventures that demonstrate both traction and transparency, and holding ourselves to the…
Across Africa, the conversation around infrastructure is often focused on budgets, failures, and slow delivery. But in a continent where more than 1 billion people rely on municipal systems that are difficult to monitor and even harder to maintain, a deeper question is emerging: how can cities fix what they cannot see? For South African University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) mechanical engineering student Keyuren Maharaj, that question became a turning point. Frustrated by daily service-delivery breakdowns in his own community, from sewage spills to broken streetlights, polluted rivers, leaking pipes, and dangerous roads, he started experimenting with a small digital tool…
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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