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Equity Bank introduces EMMA, a neo-wallet designed to keep everyday transactions on its platform while offering instant credit, airtime top-ups, and bill payments across East Africa's mobile money landscape.
Business
Airtel Money's London IPO hits $7 billion valuation, but Nigerian fintech SmartCash is excluded per CBN directive, leaving the group listing without the struggling operation.
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MAX surpasses 6,000 electric vehicle deployments across West Africa, backed by 350,000 battery swaps, 1MWp solar capacity, and a 60,000-rider strong network redefining mobility infrastructure.
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Prediction markets across Africa face a gambling stigma, but innovators are rebranding them as intelligence engines. From Bayse Markets to Busha Signal, the sector must solve liquidity, regulatory, and domain challenges to earn trust and...
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Kilo Desktop launches as Anaconda's unified AI development platform, combining model access, workspace management and governance in a single app for AI-native builders.
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MPLS-SR outperforms VXLAN overlays on encapsulation overhead, traffic engineering, and fast reroute, making it the superior choice for NFV, telco cloud, and latency-sensitive workloads.
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Aembit expands its identity control platform to secure personal AI agents accessing enterprise environments, offering runtime access policies, short-lived credentials, and centralized audit trails without disrupting employee workflows.
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Startale Japan has introduced Japan's first digital corporate bond settled entirely in yen-denominated stablecoin JPYSC, bridging traditional finance and blockchain-based settlement.
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Researchers uncover a global allowlist bug in yt-dlp that let attackers write .desktop files via HLS subtitles, triggering remote code execution with a single double-click. Here's how it works and why the fix matters.
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Former CIA officer David Rush pleaded guilty to a $200 million wire fraud scheme involving fake contracts, gold bars, and luxury real estate, prosecutors said he betrayed public trust and fabricated classified programs to justify his...
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A Cornell University lawsuit alleges a student was drugged and raped after drinking, reigniting debate over New York's 'voluntary intoxication' loophole and how laws handle consent when alcohol is involved.
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Business
Business
Airtel Money's London IPO hits $7 billion valuation, but Nigerian fintech SmartCash is excluded per CBN directive, leaving the group listing without the struggling operation.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus drops to $37.99 for October Prime Day 2026, offering 4K streaming, Wi-Fi 6, Dolby Vision, and cloud gaming support without a console.
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News
A Nigerian court handed a 14-year prison sentence to a woman who stole a newborn baby while faking a pregnancy, sparking outrage in Ekiti State.
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Business
Egypt’s central bank keeps rates steady while regulators mandate real-time loan data sharing, South Africa proposes automated VAT, and African fintech startups secure fresh funding in this week’s TechCabal Daily roundup.
Business
Larry Yon II shares how cybersecurity, cultural intelligence, and diaspora engagement are reshaping Africa’s digital future—and why the next global tech powerhouse could emerge from the continent.
Business
Moniepoint explores using its vast POS network to distribute Dangote shares, potentially turning everyday payment agents into investment access points for millions of Nigerians.
Business
Lisk’s October 31 shutdown and pivot to Celo ends a decade-long blockchain experiment in Africa, as Web3 funding fell 26.6% in 2025, highlighting how fragile ecosystem growth becomes when funding withdraws.
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