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Global technology corporation FPT and Nuummite, a MEA-based digital transformation and intelligent automation firm, have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to advance collaboration across the Middle East and Africa, creating a stronger platform for enterprise transformation through customer experience, data, AI, and cloud solutions.

* Anthropic settles copyright case for $1.5B dollars. [ Reuters ] * Roughly half of Americans think the Supreme Court decides the cases based on politics. The other half are currently assisting a Nigerian prince recover his money. [ ABA Journal ] * The entire American AI industry runs on financing that looks an awful lot like Enron. Good news for future eDiscovery demos in about 5 years! [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Court hits pause on Paramount merger. [ CNBC ] * Arizona Supreme Court rules that at

Zipline is preparing an expansion backed by a US government grant across Nigeria, evolving from state-by-state partnerships to engaging healthcare stakeholders at the local, state, and national level.

At the launch of the State of Tech in Africa H1 2026 report, investors and founders got candid about why early-stage capital has dried up, what African venture capital owes the ecosystem, and where the next wave of growth is actually coming from.

Native, the agentic intelligence company building the operating system for offline trade, today announced it has acquired Frontline Research Group, a leading market intelligence business serving consumer goods companies across more than 14 African markets.

While the court upheld the validity of the regulations, it agreed with one of WASPAN's central arguments: the FCCPC's consumer protection powers do not extend to licencing telecommunications operators.

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss how South Africa wants every SIM card to be a digital ID, how the FCCPC won a fight to regulate loan apps, and how Starlink has officially launched in Côte d'Ivoire.

The rapid improvement of AI systems has intensified debate about humanity's economic, political, social, and existential future. As AI reshapes expectations about what lies ahead, policy choices and institutional responses will play a crucial role in determining who benefits, who bears the costs, and whether the most serious risks can be mitigated. Africa remains relatively overlooked in these discussions, partly because it is largely a consumer rather than a producer of frontier AI systems, and

Artificial intelligence can boost productivity, create better jobs, and improve public services in sub-Saharan Africa, but realizing these gains will require reliable power, affordable internet, ...

Launch Africa has invested in 15 startups so far in 2026, with a focus on early-stage startups, as other investors slow down on funding.

Over the past decade, the playbook for Nigerian fintechs has been remarkably consistent: build payment products, acquire merchants, scale transaction volumes, obtain microfinance bank licences, expand into lending, and eventually launch savings products.

Under the revised charges, published on the country’s electronic visa portal on Monday, Somali and Burundian citizens will pay $100 to enter South Sudan.

The UBA Business Series brought together investors and entrepreneurs who...

Startups operating in regulated or trust-sensitive sectors can now apply for VOVE ID's Compliance Infrastructure Program, designed to identify gaps in their onboarding, fraud prevention, and other compliance processes.

On Techpoint Digest, we talk about Kenya restoring the president's website after a hack, how fertility struggles led to a health startup, and Tinubu signing an executive order on virtual assets.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a general-purpose technology with the potential to reshape productivity, labor markets, and growth trajectories worldwide. For sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the ...

At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Xi Jinping announced 5,000 AI training slots for Global South countries and the launch of the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization." Cooperation centers with ASEAN, the African Union, BRICS, and other alliances are planned to follow. China is systematically building a parallel AI governance structure outside Western influence. The article China's new World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is President Xi's clearest play y

For the past year, Faramade, who earns a little over ₦800,000 ($578.42), has invested at least ₦200,000 ($144.61) monthly through Bamboo, a Nigerian digital investment platform.

The executive order establishes a Virtual Asset Council that will bring together key financial, revenue, and security agencies to improve regulatory coordination while supporting responsible innovation.

During her mentoring of young people in STEM, she met deaf students struggling through STEM classes because qualified sign language interpreters were scarce. It struck her as an engineering problem as much as an educational one.

For decades, protection has been treated as something Nigerians buy...

The Kenya Investment Authority (Invest Kenya) is working on proposals for a residency-by-investment programme that would grant long-term residency to investors who commit substantial capital and create jobs, reviving a plan first floated in 2019 but never implemented.

Background: Malawi was a pioneer among African countries in implementing a coordinated, government-led effort to streamline COVID-19 support using digital health tools. In response to the pandemic, a COVID-19 WhatsApp chatbot was developed to support the public with information, symptom reporting, and service navigation during the pandemic. Objective: This study describes the national deployment, functionality, and use patterns of the WhatsApp chatbot during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi. Meth

Amazon's entry suggests global technology companies do not always need regulators to change policy before expanding into African markets.

As part of its commitment to advancing Nigeria’s digital financial...

But while that earlier policy reopened official FX access, the latest framework is a digital infrastructure for monitoring the movement of retail dollars.

Amazon's satellite business Leo will launch in 2027 by playing by South Africa's Black-ownership rules — the same law Musk refused to follow.

Schneider Electric, an energy management and industrial automation company, believes Africa is preparing for it with the wrong question.

Following the excitement generated by its "Be Seen. Be Hot."...

The social media platform rolls out new AI transparency tools and education initiatives for South African users.

As local policymakers consider whether SA should join the global rush to ban social media for children, we must consider the risks of a nanny-state mentality.

An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.

In a bid to accelerate Nigeria's clean energy transition, Sterling...

As part of implementation arrangements, the iDICE Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) within the...

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has received financing from the African...

Cyber crime is accelerating in South Africa’s sports sector, warn insurance and cyber security experts.

The West African country advanced rules to force organizations to disclose cyberattacks, joining other nations in a shift to mandated transparency.

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss Kenya licensing 25 more digital lenders, Malawi tightening data protection regulations, and Morocco reducing card payment fees.

In today's edition: Moniepoint taps former Branch Kenya CEO || Kenya approves 25 more digital lenders || Rwanda rolls out eKash || Malawi proposes data protection rules

Social Media + Society, Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September 2026. Does social commentary influence the effects of political deepfakes? To answer this question, we rely on a survey experiment based in Kenya (N= 7,000). The experiment saw respondents view a generated clip of presidential candidates discussing their role ...