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Novastar Ventures closes $147 million fund for African startups
Novastar Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on African startups, has closed its third fund, raising $147 million for its Africa Peop...
Nigerians used 1.26 million terabytes of data in February, down from January
Nigerians consumed a total of 1.26 million terabytes of Internet data in February 2026, averaging about 45,000 terabytes per day, accordin...
Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service
Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a new category for car pick-ups across 125 cities around the world. The...
Hamilton Labs receives backing from AXIAN to scale dollar stablecoin infrastructure in Africa
Hamilton Labs, a U.S.-based financial infrastructure provider, has raised an undisclosed investment from AXIAN Investment, the venture arm...
Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram
Meta has begun testing a premium subscription on Instagram in a few countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The subscrip...
Kuda cuts jobs as restructuring hits core units, hundreds feared affected
On Wednesday, March 25, employees of Kuda, a Nigerian digital bank, were invited to a video call with senior executives. Before it ended, ...
New NCC rules mandate telcos to flag suspected fraudulent numbers in real time
Nigeria’s telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is tightening its grip on the mobile phone number. New regulato...
Court Rules Against Elon Musk's X in High-Profile Advertising Boycott Case
A US federal judge has dismissed a major antitrust lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media company, X Corp., over allegations that t...
Nigeria to spend $6.1 million on consultants for national fibre project
Nigeria will spend $6.1 million on seven consulting firms and five individual consultants to support the rollout of its national fibre exp...
Legend Internet is merging with Spectranet in a broadband consolidation play
Legend Internet Plc, Nigeria’s first publicly listed internet service provider, plans to merge with Spectranet, Nigeria’s largest ISP by s...
CcHUB launches GATEWAY to train 340,000 Nigerians for global gig work
Co-creation HUB (CcHUB), Nigeria’s first innovation centre and technology hub, has begun accepting registrations for GATEWAY, a five-year ...
Cellulant taps ex-Agoda CFO as new finance chief in renewed pan-African push
One month after promoting a long-serving technology leader to head its tech team, Cellulant has appointed former Agoda CFO Darren Makarem ...
MultiChoice to move Showmax content to DStv Stream by April 1
MultiChoice, a subsidiary of French Media giant Canal+, has announced that subscriptions on Showmax will end from April 1, 2026, as it mov...
Uber partners Fido to offer instant loans to drivers in Ghana
Uber drivers in Ghana can now access instant loans of up to GH₵10,000 ($920) following a partnership between the ride-hailing platform an...
Fincra sees ‘real volume’ in Africa-Canada corridor with new payments licence
Wole Ayodele has a simple argument: Africa’s payment problem is not a product problem. It is an infrastructure problem. The continent has ...
CBN restricts BVN phone number changes to once in a lifetime to curb fraud
The Central Bank of Nigeria has restricted how often Nigerians can update the phone number linked to their Bank Verification Number (BVN),...
A new $500,000 fund targets early-stage African assistive tech startups
Assistive Technologies for Disability Trust (AT4D), a Kenya-based nonprofit focused on advancing assistive technology innovation, has part...
For ₦1,300 a month, inDrive drivers in Nigeria can now access healthcare services
Drivers on inDrive in Nigeria can now access healthcare services directly from the ride-hailing platform’s app following a partnership wit...
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