Morning heat sits on the fields, noisy birds, a short beep on a farmer’s phone. Smart farming tips arrive, seed orders confirmed, harvest pickup set. Nigerian agritech looks practical today, not distant at all. Smart farming through tech sits in real soil. That’s how it reads here. Why Nigeria needs “smart farming” Smallholders still do […]
Mobile payments are redefining how people live, work and transact money in Central Africa. By bridging the financial gap, these systems empower people and small businesses especially in the rural and underserved areas. This is because people are now able to access savings, credit and insurance services that they were previously unable to reach because […]
British smartphone startup Nothing is here to break the chain of sameness in the mobile industry. The company on Tuesday debuted a handset it hopes can shake the market and turn into the next big thing. Nothing has launched Phone (3a), a budget smartphone carrying an unusual design featuring multiple different shapes and so-called ‘Glyph’ […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta – parent company of Facebook, Instagram and many other creations – said on Thursday that it has laid off 20 employees for leaking internal information to the media. This story has been first reported in The Verge. Employees are offered periodic reminders that it is against the company’s policies to leak confidential […]
The latest SU7 Ultra electric vehicle emerges from Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi at a high speed. This car achieves 0 to 60 mph acceleration in less time than Tesla offers in its fastest model. Customers will need to pay $73,000 for the SU7 Ultra since it enables 385-mile trips per charge and achieves 201 mph […]
Undergrad researcher Caitlyn Nojiri discovered that a supernova near Earth 2-3 million years ago could have created numerous new viruses in Lake Tanganyika. Researchers used iron-60 traces from Earth sediments to link astronomic events with life evolution after finding evidence of a nearby stellar explosion through this research. Based on their calculations the research team […]
The latest addition to the iPhone 16 lineup, iPhone 16e is making headlines across the globe. Marketed as the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE 3 (2020), this one promises modern design and updated features. The price tag has also taken a hit as the iPhone 16e can be bought at $599. The iPhone 16e […]
African nations continue to accelerate support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) because 48 states have now officially signed the agreement to advance economic integration in the region. Generic trade operations are underway as AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene verifies existing commercial activities between nineteen member countries under the AfCFTA framework. Mene interviewed by […]
Amid a sagging economy, outrage is rippling across Nigeria as telecom providers including MTN and Airtel have elevated their data tariffs. MTN Nigeria who is the largest operator in the country has notably increased the cost of its most popular 15GB weekly data bundle threefold from 2,000 naira to 6,000 naira. Similarly Airtel has undertaken […]
Volkswagen’s African unit exported a new high record of 131,485 ‘Polo’ automobiles to European and Asia Pacific countries in 2024 as per the firm said on Wednesday. This was a big increase from Volkswagen’s old year record of 108,422 vehicles manufactured in 2019. These are being manufactured at the Kariega factory in South Africa’s Eastern […]
Kenya will enable citizens from nearly all African countries to visit without prior approval (ETA) according to a new cabinet order. On Tuesday, a cabinet statement stated that the ETA would be dropped in all African countries except Somalia and Libya due to security concerns. It stated that this was related to “efforts to support […]
For Space42, the newly established AI-powered space technology champion of the United Arab Emirates, SpaceX launched the Thuraya-4 voice and data communication satellite on January 3rd. At 8:27 p.m. Eastern, the first Falcon 9 flight of 2025 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida putting the satellite in a geostationary transfer orbit. […]
The death penalty has been officially abolished in Zimbabwe after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law on Tuesday a bill commuting the sentences of some 60 people on death row to prison terms. It has been almost twenty years since the last execution, in 2005, partly because at one point no one wanted to take […]
Nigerian anti-corruption agency has arrested 792 suspects in a major raid on a building allegedly used as a hub for international online fraud. The Financial and Economic Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipinos, were arrested on 10 December in the Big Leaf Building, a seven-storey building in Lagos, Nigeria’s […]
In a raid on a building considered to be a gathering place for scammers who enticed victims with promises of romance before pressuring them to give over money for fake cryptocurrency investments, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency reported that they had detained 792 individuals. The arrests were made Tuesday as part of a sting operation in a […]
On 9 December, OpenAI made its Sora video generator available to certain ChatGPT users, as part of the ‘shipmas’ announcement cascade. The organisation first demonstrated Sora’s capabilities in February 2024. In the months since, it has built a faster version and explored how to deliver AI video generators responsibly. OpenAI’s focus on Sora’s safety is […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has firmly established itself as a world leader in industrial performance, thanks to sound government strategies and ambitious growth targets. Keen to diversify its economy and reduce its dependence on oil, the UAE is positioning itself as a hub for the industries of the future. Here are the key points […]
Cryptocurrency becomes the new thing in Africa. People shift for stable alternatives aftertheir unstable local currencies. Many people believe Donald Trump’s return to the WhiteHouse in the midst of all these changes in global politics and therefore his policies mayboost the cryptocurrency industry.He pretends to be a “crypto president” promising policies that would benefit the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Morocco on Monday for his three day state visit as the guest of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI; a visit that will signal a new era in the bilateral political relationship of the two countries. The visit comes after Paris reversed its position on the status of Western Sahara in […]
Over a year after the fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese army and RSF paramilitaries, civilians are caught in a never-ending cycle of displacement, lack of assistance, and an impending hunger crisis. UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric called on them to stop the growing violence-especially in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher. Following reports […]