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SID and Dhahran Techno Valley partner to scale startups and technology commercialisation
The Solution Innovation District (SID), by the Government of Anambra State, Nigeria, and Dhahran Techno Valley Holding Company…
Easybuy to hire 10,000 sales reps across Nigeria in 2026
Easybuy, a leading Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform in Africa, has announced plans to recruit up to…
Amazon to lay off another 14,000 employees in Q2 amid aggressive AI transition
Amazon’s official confirmation of 16,000 global job cuts may only be the beginning of a sweeping organisational overhaul.…
Fraud: CBN directs Banks and fintechs to deploy anti-money laundering tools
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and fintechs to deploy an anti-money laundering tool that…
Nigerian AI startup Veta Origin launches its large language model in 6 African countries
A new Nigerian AI startup, Veta Origin, has rolled out its large language model across six African countries,…
Instagram suffers global outage, disrupting businesses in Nigeria
Instagram experienced a major global outage on Wednesday morning, leaving thousands of Nigerian users unable to send messages,…
Canal+ to hire 1,000 salespeople across Africa to save failing MultiChoice
French media group Canal+ plans to hire more than 1,000 salespeople across Africa as part of a €100…
Prembly launches FraudLens to help banks and fintechs with early fraud detection
Prembly, a compliance and digital security company, has launched FraudLens, an open-source intelligence platform that helps businesses detect…
Nigeria is considering social media age restrictions, begins public consultation
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched a public consultation to gather citizens’ views on proposals to…
