Zoho, an enterprise software corporation with 100 million users in 150+ countries, will release its newly built large language model, Zia LLM, to customers in Kenya, Nigeria, and other African markets by the end of 2025, integrating it across its enterprise applications at no additional cost. “Customers will not pay any extra cost for Zia

South Africa’s fintech space is one of the most developed in Africa. It makes up nearly 40% of the continent’s total fintech earnings. In 2023, Disrupt Africa counted over 140 fintech startups in the country. Around 30% South Africa’s fintech startups focus on payments and money transfers, showing just how much demand there is for

In 2024, Nigeria’s national grid collapsed 12 times, thrice in October alone. Across the country, the resulting blackouts plunged homes and businesses into prolonged blackouts, crippling critical health services among others. So far in 2025, the grid, which supplies power to nearly 200 million residents, has experienced two disturbances but no outright collapse.  The Transmission

Ademide, a Hyper gamer who identified himself only by his first name, was on his fifth game round of the day. He was playing ‘Hunter Killer’ in challenge mode on Hyper, the game finance (GameFi) app owned by Metaverse Magna, a Nestcoin portfolio company. By the end of his gaming sessions, Ademide said he had

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Africa may only account for 2.5% of the global AI sector, but there is still an opportunity for African startups to enter the market. This year, the continent’s AI market is estimated to be worth $4.51 billion and is projected to reach $16.53 billion in the next five years.  In 2025, tech startup funding so

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We’ve all been there. You are trying to open a website, perhaps to catch up on work or just scroll in peace, and suddenly, a strange error code pops up, some confusing combination of numbers and words that can be both irritating and hard to understand. These so called “browser errors” are not usually problems

For decades, the term “emerging markets” has bundled together a diverse group of countries, all under one label. Latin America, South-East Asia, and Africa – all these regions have been called “emerging markets,” have little in common; each has its unique resources, economic structure, and development history. While Latin America and Southeast Asia are often

E-commerce giant Jumia reported narrowing losses and accelerating revenue growth in Q2 2025, driven by stronger consumer demand in key African markets. Revenue for the period jumped 25% to $45.6 million, up from $36.5 million the previous year, according to its SEC filing. The jump was driven largely by robust trading in Nigeria and an

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Every morning on his walk to the BRT bus stop at Berger, Temiloluwa Toluwase hears the same chorus, “PoS here,” from multiple people almost shoving a PoS terminal in his face. The marketing executive says it is the same scene on both sides of the bridge when he returns in the evening. Across Lagos, Point