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New GSMA report shows how Africa's top mobile operators are building AI language models in African languages
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (560+ words) The collaboration brings together operators, researchers, startups, and civil society groups to tackle four barriers standing in the way of African-led AI development: data, compute, talent, and policy. The stakes are significant. Africa is home to more than 2, 000 languages, accounting…...
Canal+, DStv owner, cuts over 300 jobs in South Africa
4+ day, 38+ min ago (333+ words) Victoria from Techpoint here, Here's what I've got for you today: Victoria Fakiya " Senior Writer Stop struggling to find your tech career path Discover in-demand tech skills and build a standout portfolio in this FREE 5-day email course Have a…...
Dev Career and Nomba Launch Nigeria's Premier Payments Hackathon " With a Direct Pathway into the Nomba Developer Partner Program
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (515+ words) Registration opens today for a 5-week fully virtual hackathon challenging Nigerian developer teams to build production-grade payment infrastructure on the Nomba API stack. Top builders enter the Nomba Developer Partner Program. Total prizes: USD 6, 500. This Brand Press post is for…...
Talstack Supports Nigerian Founders Through i DICE Startup Bridge Founders Lab
2+ week, 1+ day ago (296+ words) Talstack is supporting 185 early-stage Nigerian founders as the learning platform partner for the i DICE Startup Bridge Founders Lab. The 12-week structured entrepreneurship programme is designed to help founders move from early-stage ideas to stronger, more execution-ready businesses, with the…...
Spiro raises $215 M as it eyes Ethiopia and DRC expansion
2+ week, 2+ day ago (435+ words) Victoria from Techpoint here, Here's what I've got for you today: Victoria Fakiya " Senior Writer Stop struggling to find your tech career path Discover in-demand tech skills and build a standout portfolio in this FREE 5-day email course For creators,…...
Zimbabwe gives content creators until June to declare income or face tax penalties
4+ week, 2+ day ago (269+ words) Zimbabwe's government has set a end-of-June deadline for online content creators and social media influencers to voluntarily disclose income they have not previously declared to tax authorities, signalling a push to bring the digital economy into the country's tax net....
South Africa moves to rewrite telecom law for Starlink, marking a continental inflection point for satellite internet
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (578+ words) Solly Malatsi, SA Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies South Africa's Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has announced plans to pursue legislative amendments to the country's Electronic Communications Act, a move explicitly designed to clear a path…...
Starlink is finally legal in Uganda after months of tension
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (511+ words) Victoria from Techpoint here, Here's what I've got for you today: The national gateway requirement especially matters because it means Internet traffic must pass through infrastructure physically located in Uganda, giving authorities greater visibility and control over data flows that…...
Africa's enterprise AI problem starts with procurement
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1154+ words) At a procurement innovation conference in the United Kingdom last year, Amazon Business, SAP, and Oracle were in attendance. So was a Nigerian company. "Save for a representative from the Lagos State government, we were the only African company in…...
Clarus believes East African startups need a different kind of support
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (780+ words) African startups raised $887 million across 84 deals between January and April 2026, per TC Insights, up from $803 million in the same window of 2025, but across fewer than half as many deals. Last year recorded 173. Debt led the latest rounds, with equity coming…...