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Meta Ordered to pay $375 Million after losing first child exploitation case

Meta loses Child Exploitation Case, to pay $375 million

News

Three-time founder Sim Shagaya launches Myka, a new insurance company for Nigeria

Sim Shagaya, founder of Konga and uLesson, has launched Myka, a new insurance company in Nigeria. The startup is currently accepting waitlist sign-ups.

Funding

South Africa’s littlefish raises $9.5M

littlefish secures $9.5M Series A led by Partech to help African banks offer payments, POS, and SME tools without relying on fintech middlemen.

Analysis

The super app graveyard: ‘Everything apps’ just don’t work in Africa

Even with its massive scale and a $300 million Fintech 2.0 upgrade, M-Pesa remains a reminder that absolute reliability is a myth in African fintech.

Crypto

Changpeng Zhao reaffirms belief in Bitcoin, calls it a hard asset

Binance Founder Bets on Bitcoin's Long term viability despite slump

Analysis

Apple turns 50 next week. Eddy Cue thinks the next 50 could break it

The question inside Cupertino is whether what got Apple here can carry it forward.

News

MTN’s Ayoba app is shutting down

MTN is shutting down Ayoba, its messaging and super app launched in 2019. Despite early growth and free data incentives, the platform failed to retain users against WhatsApp and Telegram.

Funding

Happy Pay raises $5M to build an ad-funded payments network that charges consumers nothing

Happy Pay has raised $5 million to expand its ad-funded BNPL platform in South Africa. The startup shifts the cost of credit from consumers to merchants, offering zero-interest installment payments.

Features

‘I entered tech through strategy’: The non-coder route that shaped myStash’s Onyinye Stephanie

Onyinye Oguego, co-founder of myStash, shares how she made her first million before entering tech and why access to capital remains the biggest barrier for African women building wealth.

AI

The 30% rule: How SORA kills more African mosquitoes for less with AI drones

By combining fixed-wing drones and AI, they are killing mosquitoes and decoding the inefficiency of the public health budget.

Crypto

$96 billion in crypto transactions : The Nigerian SEC thinks is time for serious regulations

Nigerians Using Crypto Processed $96 billion Last Year

Features

Ex-PalmPay employee’s startup helping Africans reduce the cost of online subscriptions

Subify is helping Africans cut software subscription costs by splitting enterprise plans across users, turning a WhatsApp group into a fast-growing fintech product.

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