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Binance Attempting to recover $6.3bn Stolen Crypto in Mega Hack Linked to North Korea
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a “complex” hack, after $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was accessed in what is believed to be a record heist. The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured – but many were still in the hands of…
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Lagos Life hit 10 Million players in 10 days and Closed a $500,000 angel round at a $10 Million Valuation
Lagos Life hit 10 million users on Thursday evening, with users from 15 countries. More than 100,000 were playing on Thursday evening, Rayhamen said, and the game has peaked at more than 200,000 players at once. After Nigeria, most users come from the US, UK, Ghana, Canada and the Netherlands, she added. Photo Credit: Lagos…
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Nigerian Health-Tech Startup HubPharm Emerges Overall Winner of the ECOWAS Startup Awards with $30,000 STAR Prize
HubPharm Africa, a pharmacist-led specialty pharmacy and coordinated-care platform focused on chronic disease management, edged out four other finalists from across the region. Photo Credit: ECOWAS
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Applications open for the 2026 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Inaugural AI Innovation Café in Accra Ghana
Organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the Africa IGF Secretariat, in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Research ICT Africa (RIA), the café aims to bridge policy, innovation, and implementation. It highlights what African innovators are already achieving with AI rather than focusing solely on future potential. Photo…
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Committed $3 Billion Dollars to Creating an Immortality Pill : What Became of it?
The core technology draws from Shinya Yamanaka’s 2012 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of four transcription factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc often called the Yamanaka factors or OSKM. When introduced into adult cells, these factors can reprogram them toward a pluripotent, embryonic-like state. Photo Credit: Blueprint Media
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OpenAI Boss Sam Altman says the World is Right to be Afraid of AI but ‘Should Trust’ AI firms
OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks. Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Why are Tech Bigwigs Suddenly rushing to Kazakhstan?
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Liquid Network says $320 Million Withdrawn in Bitcoin hack as Criminals return part of the Loot
Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain developed by Blockstream for faster, confidential transactions and asset issuance, disclosed that roughly 4,000 bitcoin valued at about $320 million had been withdrawn from its federation wallet. Photo Credit: Collage Photo of a Cyber Hacker/Bitcoin
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3-Days to GITEX Nigeria 2026: What to Expect at Africa’s Biggest AI and Tech Showcasing Programme
GITEX Nigeria 2026 kicks off, positioning itself as West Africa’s largest technology, AI, and Startup showcase widely regarded as the continent’s most significant platforms for digital transformation. Photo Credit: GITEX NIGERIA 2026 OFFICIAL FLYER
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ThriveAgric raises $3.93 Million in Commercial Paper Sale
The move marks ThriveAgric’s first foray into Nigeria’s debt capital markets and opens another channel beyond bank lending for a company whose core challenge has long been access to the right kind of capital. Photo Credit: Techcabal
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These Nigerian Startups Raised over $100 Million in Funding, got Bankrupt and Shut Down
These 7 Nigerian Startups, successfully raised huge $Million funding from foreign investors, yet got bankrupt leading to complete shutdown and final business closure. Photo Credit: Shutterstock
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What to Expect at GITEX 2026 AI and Tech Expo Nigeria
GITEX Nigeria returns from 31 August to 3 September 2026 as West Africa’s largest technology and startup event, spanning Abuja and Lagos. Organised under the global GITEX brand and themed around “Forging the Rise of Digital Nigeria,” GITEX 2026 positions the country as a hub for AI, digital transformation, and the future economy. Photo Credit:…
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Nigerian Startup ‘Moove’ Secures $250M Series C at $2.1B Valuation to Scale Autonomous Vehicle Infrastructure
Picture showing Moove Co-founders Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi. Image Source: https://arabfounders.net/en/moove-raises-250m-valuation-2-2billion/
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Kenya and UNDP Signs New Partnership to Develop National AI Computing Platform
The partnership coveres several key strategic initiatives, including the Regional Centre of Competence, which is expanding digital and AI capabilities across Kenya’s public sector, as well as the timbuktoo Africa GreenTech Hub, which supports green innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Investing in Women & Youth Technology Development Holds the Key to Sustainable Development in Africa
Investing in African youth technology development through Digital Skills, Entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems, and the enabling infrastructure that supports them, is not a luxury, It is a strategic imperative for inclusive, resilient, and sustainable growth in Africa. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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ECOWAS Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (EYEP) 2026 With up to $15,000 in Grants for Young Entrepreneurs across Africa
The ECOWAS Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (EYEP) 2026, part of the broader ECOWAS Youth and Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (EYWEP) offering grants of up to USD 15,000 in Funding
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STAR ⭐ 17-year-old Self Taught Nigerian Programmer Built an Artificial Intelligence Platform OkeyAI
Okechukwu Nwaozor, a 17-year-old entrepreneur, founded the technology startup OkeyMeta at the age of 15 – Photo Credit: Stock Photo
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Flutterwave Secures $3.2 Billion Series E Investment Funding from Ripple to Hit Unicorn Status
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments infrastructure company, secures $3.2 Billion Series E Fund Investment from Ripple
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Bluechip Acquires YarnGPT: A Huge Milestone for African AI Innovation
Bluechip Technologies has officially acquired YarnGPT, a homegrown Nigerian voice-AI startup specializing in text-to-speech technology. – Photo Credit: Shutterstock
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Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire
Elon Musk has become the first person in history to surpass the $1 trillion net worth mark, at least on paper, after SpaceX priced its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) at $135 per share – Photo Credit: Samuel Jones/Getty Images
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