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Africa Tech News: Startups, Fintech and Innovation

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How a 3-Person Team Used Claude to Hack OpenAI in 72 Hours 5 hours ago

Nigeria Records First Tele-Robotic Surgery as Ogun Surgeon Removes Kidney Tumour in Abuja 7 hours ago

African Tech Startups Pull in About $2bn in 2026 as Mega-Deals Take Over 7 hours ago

Spiro Secures Extra $18m as Africa Go Green Fund Doubles Commitment to $36m 8 hours ago

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 but Still Trails Its 2026 High 8 hours ago

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Code on a laptop screen, illustrating Hacktron AI security research that reached OpenAI's internal systems

Cybersecurity

How a 3-Person Team Used Claude to Hack OpenAI in 72 Hours

by Onyinye Moyosore

September 21, 2026

Three researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude to chain two flaws, take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of...

Read more

A picture of Professor Obi Ekwenna-Davis performing robotic surgery

Nigeria Records First Tele-Robotic Surgery as Ogun Surgeon Removes Kidney Tumour in Abuja

September 21, 2026

A picture of African tech startup founders

African Tech Startups Pull in About $2bn in 2026 as Mega-Deals Take Over

September 21, 2026

Spiro raises $18 million

Spiro Secures Extra $18m as Africa Go Green Fund Doubles Commitment to $36m

September 21, 2026

Fintech News

A picture of bitcoin

FinTech & Digital Money

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 but Still Trails Its 2026 High

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

Bitcoin has climbed back above $81,000, but the rally has not produced a new record for the year. The cryptocurrency...

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EFCC speaks to POS agents

Cybersecurity

EFCC Warns PoS Agents Against Money Laundering and Terror Financing

September 18, 2026

A picture of participants at the NIgeria fintech week

FinTech & Digital Money

Nigeria Fintech Week 2026 Sparks Debate Over Industry Legacy

September 17, 2026

Bujeti BRAIN

FinTech & Digital Money

Bujeti Launches BRAIN, Bringing AI Agents to Business Finance in Africa

September 16, 2026

Global News

Code on a laptop screen, illustrating Hacktron AI security research that reached OpenAI's internal systems

How a 3-Person Team Used Claude to Hack OpenAI in 72 Hours

September 21, 2026

Whatsapp

WhatsApp Opens to Third-Party AI Agents After EU Ruling

September 21, 2026

Facebook Marketplace seller app interface showing listing management dashboard

Facebook launches Marketplace Seller App and free verification

YouTube AI Slop Policy: What Creators Need to Know in 2026

Check Point Threat Report June 2026

Check Point June 2026 Threat Report Shows 17% Global Cyber Attack Surge

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on European countries over digital services taxes

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on European countries over digital services taxes

Tech Policy in Africa

Different stablecoin icon and a dollar

FinTech & Digital Money

What is a stablecoin?

by Onyinye Moyosore

September 15, 2026

South Africa's crypto industry is fighting its central bank over them. Visa and M-Pesa are testing them in Congo. But...

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NCC regulated sim cards

NCC Moves From Rule To Enforcement On Mobile Device Registration

September 11, 2026

The Communications Authority of Kenya, which published a new framework for numbering and short code allocation

Kenya Scraps Rule Forcing Firms to Buy a Code Per Network

September 10, 2026

The Bank of Ghana headquarters, which granted dLocal an Enhanced Payment Service Provider licence

Bank of Ghana Clears dLocal to Operate Payments Locally

September 10, 2026

A ride-hailing driver in Lagos traffic, one of thousands affected by Uber's sudden departure from Nigeria

Uber Paid Some Nigerian Drivers ₦40,000. Others Got Nothing.

September 10, 2026

Exclusive Interviews

Axon AI observability platform created by Nigerian software engineer Feyi Ogunsanya

Exclusive Interviews

Meet the Nigerian Engineer Behind Axon: The Open-Source Tool Helping Developers Debug AI Agents

by Covenant Oluwadunsin Aladenola

When Feyi Ogunsanya found herself spending more time piecing together logs than building AI applications, she realized the problem wasn't...

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Trippa's delivery platform, built to tackle Nigeria's last-mile delivery costs through routing, dispatch automation, and real-time tracking

E-Commerce

How Trippa Is Solving Africa’s Most Expensive Delivery Problem

by Onyinye Moyosore

Last-mile delivery eats up 35 to 55% of shipping cost in African e-commerce, nearly double the global average. Trippa's head...

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Exclusive Interviews

Bootstrapped? No Excuses: How Paul Ugochukwu Obere Faced Giants, Grew Revenue, and Dropped CAC for One of Nigeria’s Leading Crypto Exchanges.

by Onyinye Moyosore

Crypto is an unforgiving market. Low barriers to entry, fierce competition, and no room for campaigns that look good but...

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chidinma chebani

Exclusive Interviews

Google Ads Adoption. Cloud. Fintech. AI. Chidinma Aroyewun Has Been at the Frontier of Every Wave. Here Is What She Learned.

by Ifeanyi Abraham

Across the world, artificial intelligence is changing how businesses find customers, measure performance, automate marketing, and make growth decisions. In...

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Women Entrepreneurs

Exclusive Interviews

EXCLUSIVE: These 6 Women Entrepreneurs & Leaders Share What They’re Building, Their Journeys and How They’re Driving Impact

by Faith Amonimo

December 2, 2025

In this spotlight, we meet inspiring women leaders who are rewriting the rules. They are bold thinkers and builders who...

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Artificial Intelligence

Whatsapp

Artificial Intelligence

WhatsApp Opens to Third-Party AI Agents After EU Ruling

September 21, 2026

7 Powerful AI Design Tools for Creators in 2026

Apps, Gadgets, Tools & Softwares

7 Powerful AI Design Tools Creators Are Using in 2026 to Save Time and Work Smarter

September 16, 2026

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African Startup Ecosystem

Nigeria’s Federal Government has opened applications for S-VCG, a ₦50 million equity-free programme for students

September 16, 2026

Askyas 200000 Bet on African AI Startups

African Startup Ecosystem

Askya Launches Free AI Growth Platform Offering $200,000 and Zero Equity for African Startups

September 16, 2026

Digital Apps, Tools & Software

7 Powerful AI Design Tools for Creators in 2026

Apps, Gadgets, Tools & Softwares

7 Powerful AI Design Tools Creators Are Using in 2026 to Save Time and Work Smarter

September 16, 2026

whatsapp rates for business

Apps, Gadgets, Tools & Softwares

WhatsApp to Start Charging Businesses Per Message on October 1: What It Means for African Startups

August 21, 2026

YouTube redesigns it user interface

Apps, Gadgets, Tools & Softwares

YouTube Overhauls Its Design In What It Calls The Platform’s Biggest Visual Rework Yet

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

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African Startup Ecosystem

A picture of African tech startup founders

African Startup Ecosystem

African Tech Startups Pull in About $2bn in 2026 as Mega-Deals Take Over

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

African tech startups have raised about $2 billion in the first eight months of 2026. The headline figure hides a...

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Fresh produce at a Kenyan market, the supply chain Twiga Foods spent a decade trying to rebuild

Twiga Foods Enters Administration After Raising $185 Million

September 17, 2026

Nigeria’s Federal Government has opened applications for S-VCG, a ₦50 million equity-free programme for students

September 16, 2026

Askyas 200000 Bet on African AI Startups

Askya Launches Free AI Growth Platform Offering $200,000 and Zero Equity for African Startups

September 16, 2026

A picture of the madica ventures team

Madica Backs Five African Startups Including Nigerian ChipMango

September 15, 2026

E-commerce

Newly deployed LagRide vehicles, part of a 400-car rollout across Lagos ahead of the Ember months

E-Commerce

LagRide Ember Rush: 400 New Vehicles Deployed, 1,000+ More Captains Targeted before Detty December

September 1, 2026

A picture of CMSL officials

E-Commerce

Contact Marketing Services Limited(CMSL): The Woman Who Stopped Buying Your Brand

August 24, 2026

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Code on a laptop screen, illustrating Hacktron AI security research that reached OpenAI's internal systems

Cybersecurity

How a 3-Person Team Used Claude to Hack OpenAI in 72 Hours

by Onyinye Moyosore

September 21, 2026

Three researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude to chain two flaws, take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of...

Read more

A picture of Professor Obi Ekwenna-Davis performing robotic surgery

Healthtech

Nigeria Records First Tele-Robotic Surgery as Ogun Surgeon Removes Kidney Tumour in Abuja

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

A surgeon in Ogun State has removed a cancerous kidney from a patient in Abuja, about 500 kilometres away, in...

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A picture of African tech startup founders

African Startup Ecosystem

African Tech Startups Pull in About $2bn in 2026 as Mega-Deals Take Over

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

African tech startups have raised about $2 billion in the first eight months of 2026. The headline figure hides a...

Read more

Spiro raises $18 million

Funding news

Spiro Secures Extra $18m as Africa Go Green Fund Doubles Commitment to $36m

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

African electric mobility company Spiro has raised an additional $18 million in debt financing from Africa Go Green Fund, bringing...

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A picture of bitcoin

FinTech & Digital Money

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 but Still Trails Its 2026 High

by Kingsley Okeke

September 21, 2026

Bitcoin has climbed back above $81,000, but the rally has not produced a new record for the year. The cryptocurrency...

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