13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (398+ words) Mela Claude Ake, president of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SiBAN), framed the order as vindication for a campaign the association has run for years. “The executive order on Virtual Assets establishing the Virtual Assets Regulatory Council…...

14+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1295+ words) Every phone gets about ten minutes before you know how you feel about it. The Infinix Hot 70 Pro 5G may have used three of those. A tiny pixel display is hiding inside the camera module, and its beautiful design will do…...

17+ hour, 33+ min ago   (520+ words) Nigeria has emerged as the most preferred destination for equity funding in the first half of 2026, as startups across the country raised $214 million in the first six months of the year. This is according to data from the funding analytics…...

18+ hour, 15+ min ago   (351+ words) The European Union has slapped AliExpress with a €550 million fine, roughly $629 million, for failing to stop the sale of illegal, counterfeit, and unsafe products on its platform. This represents the global e-commerce company’s biggest regulatory blow yet and the largest…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (337+ words) President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to bring Nigeria’s cryptocurrency and virtual assets sector under a coordinated regulatory framework, closing the gaps that have allowed fraudsters and unregistered operators to exploit unsuspecting Nigerians for years. The Presidential Executive…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (241+ words) It is the largest sentence handed down in a Taiwanese crypto fraud case so far and one of the largest anywhere in Asia in recent times. The verdict, delivered by the Shilin District Court on 16 July, sentenced Shih to 22 years…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (547+ words) SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink has launched its low-Earth-orbit (LEO) high-speed offerings in Côte d’Ivoire. The development means Starlink has now launched in 27 of 54 African countries. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the satellite operator announced its…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (481+ words) A new Nigerian AI startup, Veta Origin, has rolled out its large language model across six African countries, aiming to provide AI designed specifically for African users rather than adapting Western models. Veta Origin, founded by Ismail Waziri, is now…...

5+ day, 16+ min ago   (394+ words) For the first time, climate technology (climatetech) has surpassed fintech as Africa’s largest venture capital sector. A new report by Briter, an Africa-focused market intelligence and research company, developed in partnership with Catalyst Fund, BFA Global, and FSD Africa, shows…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (947+ words) If you’ve spent more than five minutes in a tech conversation recently, you’ve probably heard at least one of these: data analytics, business intelligence, or data intelligence. They get thrown around like they all mean the same thing — but they…...