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Kenya's Communications Authority has changed how short codes get allocated, moving from an operator-based system to a service-based one. A bank that previously needed…
dLocal has moved money in and out of Ghana since 2020 without being allowed to touch the rails directly. An Enhanced PSP licence from…
Uber promised Nigerian drivers a goodwill payment when it left but wouldn't say how much. The figure has landed: ₦40,000, roughly $30, with a…
South Africa's biggest regulated crypto platforms have formed a coalition to fight draft Treasury and Reserve Bank rules that would bar businesses from using…
Nigeria's SEC gave the public two weeks to comment on rules deciding whether your crypto is kept separate from your exchange's money. That window…
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle a sweeping lawsuit brought by nearly all US states, resolving claims that Facebook…
NITDA has told the Nigerian Army to treat data and artificial intelligence as core strategic assets rather than administrative afterthoughts, arguing that future military…
Nigerian defence technology company Terra Industries has appointed Ben MacWilliams, a former SpaceX executive, as its new Vice President of Strategy, as the company…
WhatsApp hacking in Nigeria almost never involves any real technical wizardry. It involves someone talking a person into reading out a code they were…
The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) has issued its first comprehensive guidelines on the taxation of virtual assets, giving cryptocurrency users, exchanges, and digital asset…
Kenya just released a draft AI policy that shifts focus from foreign dependence to local innovation. The policy proposes a Sovereign Cloud Strategy, worker…
The Nigerian Senate has moved closer to passing a bill that would compel global social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X, YouTube,…
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