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A businessman turned contender for his father’s succession, Franck Biya is patiently weaving his web. From family to business circles, from the seat of government to the elites of the Grand Nord via sporting stars – here is a map of his network. Published on August 02, 2026 at 11:30 am (GMT +1) A few years ago, the idea of Franck Biya as Cameroon’s vice-president and constitutional successor to his father, President Paul Biya, would have seemed far-fetched. A businessman long based between Los Angeles, Johannesburg and Paris, the eldest son of Paul Biya and Jeanne-Irène Biya had never stood…

African governments are accelerating the use of digital platforms for taxation, procurement, healthcare, identity management, social protection and municipal services. However, the success of this transition depends on more than software, connectivity or data infrastructure. It also depends on who controls technology decisions, how public money is allocated, whether risks are monitored and whether digital investments improve services for citizens. A systematic review titled “Antecedents, Decisions, and Outcomes for ICT Governance Adoption in the African Public Sector: A Systematic Review Based on McClelland Theory and ADO Framework,” published in the journal Computers, argues that this institutional layer remains uneven across…

The organisers of the Innovation and Scale Forum (ISF) are positioning this year’s edition as a reflection of a broader shift in Africa’s startup ecosystem, where founders are increasingly looking beyond domestic markets in search of regional growth, investment, and long-term sustainability. The fourth edition of the ISF Forum, scheduled for November 27-28 in Ibadan, will convene more than 3,000 participants, over 50 speakers, and an online audience expected to exceed 10,000 viewers from more than 20 countries under the theme “Scale Without Borders.” The theme comes at a time when African technology companies are moving from proving business models…

EBID supports agricultural transformation in The Gambia with $10.04 million financing for G Farms Ltd – African Business EBID supports agricultural transformation in The Gambia with $10.04 million financing for G Farms Ltd – African Business

In brief CZ warned on X that even hardware wallets and long-established wallets can have bugs, suggesting holders split their funds across several wallets to mitigate risk while noting no setup is fully foolproof. The warning follows a Coldcard exploit stemming from a March 2021 firmware build error that drew seeds from a software fallback instead of the hardware generator, making private keys far easier to guess. Galaxy Research, mapping the fund flows from a pattern identified by Block engineers, now pegs losses at about 1,082.65 BTC (~$70.2 million) across 1,196 addresses—nearly double the original $38 million estimate. Binance founder…

Ava Anthony arrived in Thailand expecting little more than a holiday. What she found instead unsettled the way she thought about music. One evening, inside a jazz bar, she watched performers whose ease on stage felt almost rehearsed into instinct. Beyond the live performances, she discovered an industry built on years of deliberate preparation, in which aspiring artists could spend seven to nine years training before a record label would consider them ready to debut. For Anthony, a Nigerian singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name ‘Denle,’ the experience raised an uncomfortable question. If Afrobeats has become one of the…

Every time Chrome connects to a website, it sends along a short line of text identifying the browser, operating system, and device it is running on. This is called a user-agent string, and websites use it to decide what version of a page to serve. Chrome’s introduction, however, reads like an identity crisis. Open Chrome, press F12 (or Ctrl + Shift + I), navigate to the browser’s Console tab, type navigator.userAgent, and press Enter to read what comes back. Some laptops require Fn + F12 instead. On my Windows machine, the resulting string looks like this: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0;…

Image credit: AU-EU Youth Voices Lab The AU-EU Youth Voices Lab App is marking its first anniversary after building a growing digital community connecting young people across Africa and Europe through learning, networking, and opportunities. Created as a free digital platform for youth engagement, the app provides access to educational resources, professional development opportunities, peer connections, and spaces where young people can contribute to discussions shaping the future of AU-EU cooperation. Over its first year, the platform has recorded significant growth, with more than 6,000 active users from 122 countries. The community has also contributed to the platform’s development, with…

Philipp Mueller, CEO of Blue Earth Capital** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **Blue Earth Capital, a specialist global impact investor, has announced the second close of its impact secondaries strategy, having received investor commitments of over $200 million to date.The close was anchored by strong investor interest from the United States, including commitments from Builders Vision, an investment and philanthropy platform founded by Lukas Walton; iAlumbra Capital, the investment arm of Christy Walton’s family office, iAlumbra; and Sonen Capital, a dedicated impact investment advisor in the United States. The new…

Five entrepreneurs tapping into Africa’s agribusiness potential, from farming chickens in Rwanda and growing moringa in Uganda to exporting dried hibiscus flowers from Nigeria.1. Nigerian creates business exporting avocados and chillies from Rwanda to European supermarketsNigerian-born Seun Rasheed was working for oil giant Shell in Qatar when a holiday to Rwanda set him on a different path. Seven years later, his company SOUK Farms supplies Rwandan-grown avocados, chillies and beans to supermarkets in Europe and the Middle East. Read more2. Tearing up the business plan to build Rwanda’s largest chicken farmWhen Shumei Lam first visited Rwanda in 2011, chicken was…