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Battle Lines Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia knows his Bible. But in Benue politics, the Catholic priest turned governor has also shown that he understands power. By Oladimeji Ramon Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia. © Rights reserved Published on June 09, 2026 at 17:54 pm (GMT +1) Three years after George Akume helped carry him from the pulpit to the governorship, Alia is using the office to strip his former godfather of the party machinery that once made him.
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a three-part series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups in 2026. Driving these reports is data from Crunchbase’s Diversity Spotlight feature, which offers insight into diversity in startups’ and investment firms’ leadership teams. Parts 2 and 3 in this series will be published in June. The share of U.S. venture funding going to companies with Black founders in 2025 remained low, even as overall startup investment ticked slightly higher, Crunchbase data shows. Only around $942 million — or just 0.32% of total U.S. venture funding — went to startups…
Africa’s satellite moment is here. One rule could still squander it. – African Business Africa’s satellite moment is here. One rule could still squander it. – African Business
In brief Sam Bankman-Fried field an application for pardon with the Office of the Pardon Attorney. He told Fox Business last week that he “absolutely” would take a pardon, though the process can take months or years. The FTX co-founder and former CEO is currently serving a 25-year sentence for his crimes. FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) has formally applied for a presidential pardon according to an update on the Office of the Pardon Attorney website.Bankman-Fried, who was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in 2024 and sentenced to 25 years in prison, is seeking a…
Nigeria leads on payments and fintech in Africa, and that isn’t a conversation that needs an argument. It’s anchored on world-class payments system visions and the rigorous implementation that comes with them. The Central Bank of Nigeria has been at this for almost twenty years, and it’s genuinely good at it. The first vision came in the mid-2000s; the last one launched in November 2022, and between them they took a country where most adults had no bank account, and cash settled almost everything, and turned it into one of the few places on earth where you can send money…
Microsoft Phone Link now supports Apple Messages on Windows, which means iPhone users can send and receive iMessages and SMS texts from their PC without having to switch to their phone.The feature uses Bluetooth and does not break Apple Messages’ end-to-end encryption. However, there are some limitations, such as the inability to send or receive group messages, attachments, photos, or GIFs.Phone Link comes pre-installed on Windows 11 and can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. The iPhone must be running iOS 16 or higher.How to Set Up Your iPhone With Microsoft Phone Link on WindowsSetting up the connection requires…
Signals Shifting Priorities as Africa’s Business Leaders Move from Growth to Institutional Depth TheBoardroom Africa, the continent’s pioneering executive search and leadership advisory firm, has released its Industry Trends report. The report finds that the era of expansion-led growth is over, with Africa’s business leadership class pivoting from growth narrative to institutional proof. The report brings together insights from 30 senior executives, founders, investors and policymakers, including Omoyemi Akerele, Founder of Lagos Fashion Week; Dr. Beatrice Murage, Global Director of Sustainability and Access to Care, Philips; Steve Cadigan, First CHRO of LinkedIn and Founder of Cadigan Ventures; Amb. Lavina Ramkissoon,…
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Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 through 2025 puts a pretty large number behind that claim.Industry-wide DeFi losses peaked at $2.62 billion in 2022 and fell roughly 80% to $534 million by 2024. Bridge hacks that once produced billion-dollar headlines now account for a tiny slice of annual totals, and the typical exploit today does about a quarter as much damage as it did at the peak.While this is certainly great news for the crypto industry, there’s still quite a bit of risk left; it…