Nigeria Funding: $364 million is really two stories in one
Strip out Moove, Jumia, and Yellow Card — three companies — and August's remaining 17 startups shared $24 million between them.
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Ghana Spectrum: MTN paid the premium and won anyway
Ghana's regulator charged MTN a 40% price premium specifically to stop the company — which already holds over 60% of mobile internet connections — from locking in that same dominance for the 5G era.
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Analysis of a $103,000 US visa surcharge finds that demand for visas did not fall but hiring patterns shifted, with implications for African talent strategies and diaspora deployment. The framing positions the surcharge as a potential catalyst for retaining high-skilled African professionals on the continent.
Nigerian organisations are absorbing an average of 4,906 cyberattacks per week, with threat volumes up 45 percent year-on-year. The data provides a concrete risk benchmark for founders and investors operating in the country's digital economy.
Mary-Brenda Akoda has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation for an AI tool that reduces MRI scan times by up to 90 percent. The award marks a high-profile recognition of African AI-in-health innovation at the national level.
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