Security researchers are sounding the alarm on a newly discovered vulnerability in the widely used web server management software cPanel a...
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Nvidia has laid a new brick in its AI empire. NVentures, its corporate VC fund, has backed Legora, reportedly its first legal AI investmen...
MTN Nigeria says rising fuel costs could wipe $102 million off profits
MTN Nigeria has warned that rising fuel prices could affect its profitability this year, even as the country’s largest telco operator deli...
YC-backed fintech Grey registers as payment service provider in Canada
Grey, a Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments platform, has been registered as a payment service provider (PSP) in Canada under the co...
Meta Charged in Europe Over Child Safety Failures on Instagram and Facebook
The tension between Europe and big tech has opened another front, this time over child safety. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and W...
California Mansion Is Listed on Zillow — Owner Says He Wants Anthropic AI Shares
A property in Mill Valley, California, listed for sale on Zillow, a real estate marketplace, is starting to turn heads, not just because o...
Goldman Sachs Restricts Hong Kong Staff’s Access to Anthropic AI
Goldman Sachs is banning access to Anthropic’s Claude for bankers in Hong Kong, according to a source cited by the Financial Times. In th...
Kenya’s WapiPay expands into Jamaica to tap $2.5 billion remittance market
WapiPay, a Kenyan remittance startup, has secured regulatory approval to launch in Jamaica, marking its entry into the Caribbean and a pus...
MTN Nigeria shareholders to vote on fintech spin-off on Thursday
Shareholders of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc are set to vote on Thursday on a proposed restructuring that will separate its financial te...
This bank CEO let his AI clone handle an earnings call — now he's signing an OpenAI deal
A regional bank CEO just took AI adoption from buzzword to boardroom reality. Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank, deployed an AI clone of hi...
Musk and Altman go to court
The courtroom battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI officially kicked off this week, setting the stage for what's shaping up to be one o...
Terra Unveils Drone Killer and Bomb Hunter Product for Nigeria’s Frontlines
In the past few months, West African defence startup Terra Industries has been getting a lot of buzz, from raising $22 million in February...
Ethiopia-based Dodai raises $13 million to expand battery-swapping EV network
Dodai, an Ethiopia-based electric mobility company that focuses on electric two-wheelers, has closed its $13 million Series A funding roun...
Replit CEO Calls It “Pretty Dumb” to Study Computer Science for the Paycheck
Amjad Masad, the co-founder and CEO of the AI coding platform Replit, is not all for young people learning computer science if they have n...
Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats
In a proactive move against emerging AI threats, Taylor Swift has filed new trademark applications aimed at protecting her identity from u...
This Kenyan startup wants to rebuild enterprise software around AI agents
In most companies, software is still built around the logic that work is broken into steps, passed through systems, and tracked by people....
Swoop raises $7.3 million seed for African super app, food delivery first
Swoop, an Eswatini food delivery startup, has raised $7.3 million in seed funding to support its expansion into Nigeria as it pursues its ...
Nigerian banks will now verify fraud-linked mobile numbers under new CBN–NCC agreement
Nigeria’s Central Bank and the Nigerian Communications Commission signed a formal agreement on Monday that gives banks real-time access to...
Terra Industries says it is building Africa’s largest drone factory in Ghana
Terra Industries, Africa’s most-funded defence-technology startup, is building a 34,000-square-foot drone factory in Accra, Ghana, that th...
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora, Loses Two Execs in Enterprise Pivot
OpenAI just pulled the plug on Sora, its once-hyped video generation AI, while losing two senior executives in a dramatic strategic retrea...
Zoom Partners With World to Verify Humans in Video Calls
Zoom is teaming up with World, Sam Altman's controversial biometric verification company, to tackle one of the biggest threats facing ...
Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Exits After 30 Years
Reed Hastings is walking away from Netflix. The company's co-founder and current chairman announced he won't stand for re-election...
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