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Solana ETFs have seen zero net flows across all six products for five consecutive trading sessions ending Aug. 4. The product-wide pause in reported primary-market flow followed an $18.1 million outflow from Bitwise’s BSOL on July 28.Farside Investors, which tracks daily fund flows, showed 0.0 for BSOL, VSOL, FSOL, TSOL, SOEZ, and GSOL during the next five sessions: July 29 – Aug. 4.The same table, which tracks Solana ETF flows, displayed $1.122 billion of cumulative net flow through Aug. 4. Seed amounts account for $449.3 million, about 40% of that total, meaning only a portion of the cumulative figure represents…
For years, Nigerian naval ships went to sea with a basic problem: they could patrol, but they did not always know where to look. A vessel could leave a port, disappear beyond the horizon, and become little more than a guess on a naval commander’s map. Patrol boats and helicopters were available, but without a clear picture of what was happening across Nigeria’s vast waters, the Navy often conducted what officials called “blind patrols.” Falcon Eye was designed to change that. The maritime surveillance system, developed by Israeli defence company RTCom Defense, began deployment along Nigeria’s coastline in 2015. By…
Discord has become the go-to communication platform for gamers and enthusiast communities for the last several years. If you add a bot, you can add a nearly infinite number of features to your server, but that comes with some downsides: You have to trust that the bot owner is handling any data they collect responsibly, you have no real control over the features, and they’re usually pretty simple. After a friend spent about 5 minutes ranting about how useless a bot was, I volunteered to make a better, smarter bot that would run on a gaming PC. I built an…
Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in Harare, Zimbabwe, in January 2024. © Jekesai NjikizanaNJIKIZANA/AFP Published on August 05, 2026 at 17:00 pm (GMT +1) Zimbabwean political veteran Nelson Chamisa is creating a movement in an effort to kickstart opposition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa‘s ZANU-PF administration, he tells The Africa Report from London before his return to Zimbabwe.“It’s such an important point of reference – with over five million Zimbabweans in the diaspora, we decided to target the UK,” he says. Chamisa’s whistle-stop tour took him to cities including Manchester and London, where he spoke to Zimbabweans about his new movement,…
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…
Ibrahim Sagna spent more than two decades in finance, including at the African Export-Import Bank and the Africa Finance Corporation, before co-founding Silverbacks Holdings, a firm that invests in technology, entertainment, sport and the creative industries. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Sagna about the firm’s origins and how it picks its investments.Topics discussed during the interview include:The backstory to the founding of SilverbacksWhy it doesn’t directly invest in early-stage companiesWhat it looks for in an investmentHow it decides when to exitWhy Sagna hosts his own podcastWhether ordinary people should invest in startups
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Latest NewsPublishedAug 4, 2026In a July 8 meeting, US and UK regulators highlighted the implementation of the GENIUS Act, payment modernization and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing a shared framework for digital asset oversight.The United States and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their commitment to closer financial regulatory cooperation during a recent bilateral working group, signaling continued policy alignment on digital assets as US authorities move to implement landmark stablecoin legislation.During the 13th meeting of the UK-US Financial Regulatory Working Group (FRWG), held in London on July 8, officials discussed stablecoin regulation, digital asset market structure in the United States, tokenization and the…
As one of the Platinum Sponsors of Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026, Nosh joined industry leaders, innovators, and stakeholders at The Civic Centre, Lagos, for conversations on the future of fintech in Nigeria. The event provided a platform to discuss the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the industry, while reinforcing Nosh’s commitment to building simpler financial experiences across Nigeria and Ghana. Representing Nosh were Tosin Akintibu, Product Manager, who delivered a keynote presentation on simplifying digital spending, and Mosadoluwa Hezekiah, Marketing Manager, who participated in a panel discussion on growth strategies for fintech companies. Making digital assets more useful for everyday…
Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany you on all those big and small adventures the month might bring? Well, we’ve got you covered!Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens, right? To provide you with inspiring designs on a regular basis, we started our monthly wallpapers series more than 15 years ago, and from the very beginning to today, artists and designers from across the globe have tickled their creativity and contributed their artworks to it.This…