South African fintech startup Mission Mobile has secured $30.9 million (R500 million) in growth capital from investment company DN Invest (DNI) to expand its smartphone financing services and make mobile devices more accessible to consumers across South Africa. Founded in 2023 by brothers Tim and Adam Strike, the Johannesburg-based company provides smartphone financing through partnerships […] The post South African Fintech Mission Mobile Secures $30.9 Million from DNI to Expand Smartphone Financing appeared first on Tech In Africa.

A convincing vintage family portrait begins with how the people relate to one another. The faded colors can come later. For an imagined family scene, an AI image generator lets you describe a shared glance, familiar clothing, and the light across a porch or living room. Those choices give the picture its character before you […] The post Vintage Family Photo Prompts for a Natural Film Look appeared first on Tekedia.

Chinese financial regulators have asked some banks not to classify overdue loans to China Vanke as non-performing and to extend repayment deadlines for the state-backed developer, in one of Beijing’s strongest interventions yet to prevent a default that could further unsettle the country’s financial system. People familiar with the matter told Reuters that regulators had […] The post China Leans on Banks To Shield Vanke From Default As Property Crisis Deepens appeared first on Tekedia.

Meta’s new personal AI assistant Muse has been testing a “human concierge” system in which contractors quietly place some phone calls on behalf of users, exposing a significant gap between the company’s vision of autonomous AI and the human labor still needed to make some of its most ambitious features work reliably. The test was […] The post Meta’s Muse AI Quietly Used Human Contractors to Make Calls, Raising Privacy Questions appeared first on Tekedia.

The Trump administration is backing a key part of Apple’s legal argument in its Supreme Court fight with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games, urging the justices to impose a stricter standard for holding companies in civil contempt when they allegedly violate court orders. The Justice Department told the Supreme Court that civil contempt should generally be […] The post Trump Administration Backs Narrower Contempt Standard in Apple-Epic Supreme Court Fight appeared first on Tekedia.

Truecaller cannot use one person’s consent to justify processing another person’s phone number, a Lagos High Court has ruled. But the same court declined to award damages, exposing a gap in Nigeria’s privacy laws: what happens when your data is used without permission but you cannot prove measurable harm?

Paymob, a leading payments infrastructure provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has raised $35 million in a pre-Series C funding round to accelerate its expansion across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and develop new AI-powered solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The round includes investment from Mubadala’s Diversified Assets Unit under […] The post Paymob Raises $35 Million to Scale Payments And AI Solutions For SMEs appeared first on Tekedia.

Two years ago, choosing a data annotation partner mostly meant asking one question: who can label the most images, fastest, for the least money? That question is now close to obsolete. Foundation models handle routine pre-labeling on their own, which has pushed human effort toward the parts machines still get wrong — edge cases, subjective […] The post Top Data Annotation Companies in 2026 appeared first on Tekedia.

By Chidi O. | Startup funding analyst, 7 years covering African and cross-border venture capital. Tested September 2026. African venture capital had a strange couple of years. The slump that started around 2022 finally broke. 2025 came in as a genuine rebound year for the continent’s startup funding scene. But rebounds are messy. Money doesn’t […] The post What US Regional Tech Funding Signals for African VCs Chasing the Next Big Check appeared first on Tekedia.

Spam calls have become familiar enough that many people simply ignore numbers they do not recognize. That creates another problem: legitimate calls from doctors, delivery drivers, schools, clients, or local businesses can easily get missed too. A best spam call blocker should do more than silence everything unfamiliar. It should help separate likely scams and […] The post 10 Best Spam Call Blockers for Stopping Robocalls and Scam Calls appeared first on Tekedia.

Private equity firm Silver Lake has sued billionaire Carl Icahn and dozens of hedge funds in Delaware, seeking to prevent investors from using a specialized legal strategy to pursue potentially hundreds of millions of dollars from its $13 billion acquisition of Endeavor Group. Silver Lake Technology Management filed the lawsuit Monday in Delaware’s Court of […] The post Silver Lake Sues Icahn, Hedge Funds Over $13 Billion Endeavor Deal Appraisal Claims appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI and Anthropic are cutting the cost of their latest artificial intelligence models, signaling a shift in the frontier AI race from simply building more capable systems toward making advanced models cheaper and more efficient to operate. OpenAI on Tuesday introduced two additional models in its GPT-6 family, GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, cutting API […] The post OpenAI and Anthropic Introduce New Models, Cut Costs as Cheaper Rivals Intensify Pressure appeared first on Tekedia.

Have you ever wondered how physicians progressed from cluttered paper charts to programs that can identify disease in milliseconds? Once upon a time, not too long ago, every diagnosis began with… a clipboard. Penmanship. Folder-stuffed filing cabinets. Faxed test results. Today, most of that work happens on a screen. And that shift has changed: How […] The post From Paper Charts to Smart Systems: The Evolution of Diagnostic Workflows appeared first on Tekedia.

The crypto industry’s political strategy is becoming clearer: when legislation stalls in Washington, the fight does not necessarily end on Capitol Hill. It can move directly into the electoral arena. That is the significance of Fairshake’s decision to commit at least $30 million to oppose former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown as he seeks to return […] The post Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted and the Crypto Industry’s 2026 Senate Battle appeared first on Tekedia.

The latest crypto and technology market signals are highlighting three very different forms of concentration: governance power, artificial-intelligence expectations and corporate accumulation of digital assets. The developments involving Rarible, Meta and Bitmine show how rapidly capital and influence can shift when markets are increasingly organized around tokens, AI products and balance-sheet strategies. At Rarible, the […] The post Falcon Finance, Meta and Bitmine Highlight the New Battle for Digital Market Control appeared first on Tekedia.

Texas built much of its modern economic identity around abundance: abundant land, abundant energy and a political culture designed to attract capital. Artificial intelligence is now testing how far that model can stretch. Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to halt new state permits for data centers until regulators complete detailed audits of their electricity and water […] The post Texas’ AI Power Boom Meets the Limits of the Grid appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly moving beyond the chatbot window and into the infrastructure of work, education and decision-making. Two developments this week illustrate that shift from different directions: Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 has become generally available through Amazon Bedrock, while OpenAI is building a “College Plan” section inside ChatGPT designed around student profiles, college tracking […] The post Kimi K3 and ChatGPT College Plan Signal AI’s Shift Toward Specialized Workflows appeared first on Tekedia.

Russia is moving closer to a formal cryptocurrency market, with the country’s central bank saying the industry could begin operating within a legal framework before the end of 2026. The statement marks a significant shift in a country that has spent years balancing the potential economic value of digital assets against concerns over financial stability, […] The post Russia Plans Regulated Cryptocurrency Market Under Central Bank Oversight appeared first on Tekedia.

The artificial intelligence investment boom is showing few signs of slowing, with spending across the hyperscaler ecosystem potentially reaching $1 trillion next year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said, highlighting the growing influence of AI infrastructure on the broader economy. Spending by hyperscalers and companies across their infrastructure ecosystem has more than doubled from about […] The post AI Spending Could Hit $1tn Next Year as Hyperscalers Fuel a New Investment Boom, Dimon Says appeared first on Tekedia.

The boundary between social media and financial markets is becoming increasingly difficult to define. This week, two developments involving X and Binance have underscored how rapidly crypto infrastructure is moving beyond exchanges and into the places where people discover, discuss and ultimately act on financial information. X is connecting its timeline to major trading platforms, […] The post X Partners With Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini to Enable Trading From the Timeline appeared first on Tekedia.

Crypto markets are once again highlighting the difference between a temporary market dislocation and a fundamental break in a financial system. Ethena’s USDe briefly lost its dollar peg on Binance before recovering rapidly, while prediction-market platform Trueo is migrating from Base to Ethereum’s layer 1. The developments show how liquidity, infrastructure and market design are […] The post USDe Recovers Quickly After Brief Depeg on Binance As Trueo Moves Prediction Market From Base to Ethereum appeared first on Tekedia.

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization has surpassed $3 trillion, marking the first time the sector has reached this level since January. The move came as Bitcoin and major altcoins extended a broad rally, lifting the overall market by roughly 4.3% over the previous day before it settled just below the threshold. Bitcoin traded above the […] The post Crypto Market Cap Briefly Surpasses $3 Trillion as Bitcoin and Altcoins Rally appeared first on Tekedia.

India’s National Stock Exchange has received more than $10 billion in investor bids for its $2.3 billion initial public offering, underscoring the strength of demand for exposure to the country’s rapidly expanding retail investment market even as the exchange commands a valuation well above major U.S. peers. Investors bid for 505.81 million NSE shares on […] The post India’s $2.3 Billion NSE IPO Draws $10 Billion in Bids Despite Premium Valuation appeared first on Tekedia.

Iambic Therapeutics, a drug developer backed by Nvidia and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has filed for a U.S. initial public offering, adding another biotechnology company to an increasingly active fall pipeline and highlighting the sector’s relative resilience as other parts of the IPO market face rising borrowing costs and geopolitical uncertainty. The San Diego-based company […] The post Nvidia-Backed Iambic Files for IPO as Biotech Defies a Choppy US Listing Market appeared first on Tekedia.

The U.S. diesel market is sending a warning that reaches far beyond the fuel pump. With diesel prices hitting a record $6.51 per gallon, the shock is no longer simply a problem for truck drivers or logistics companies. Diesel is embedded in the physical economy, powering freight, agriculture, construction, mining, manufacturing and countless businesses that […] The post When Diesel Becomes a Tax on the Economy appeared first on Tekedia.

Tesla is laying the groundwork to enter Vietnam, targeting one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing electric vehicle markets but also one where a powerful domestic competitor has already established a commanding position. The US electric vehicle maker registered a local entity, Tesla Motors Vietnam, this month, according to business registration records seen by CNBC. The move […] The post Tesla Enters Vietnam EV Market, But Faces Homegrown Giant VinFast appeared first on Tekedia.

Meta’s new AI agent Muse is being marketed as something more consequential than a chatbot: a digital assistant that can act on behalf of consumers and potentially save them hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Alexandr Wang, Meta’s chief AI officer, has been promoting the agent on X through the #MuseMoneyChallenge, encouraging users to share […] The post Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Promising to Save Users $1,000. Businesses Are Already Pushing Back appeared first on Tekedia.

Alibaba is escalating its push to compete in artificial intelligence, announcing plans for an AI model potentially four times larger than its current flagship while unveiling a new processor it described as China’s most powerful AI chip. The announcements, made Tuesday at Alibaba Cloud’s annual Apsara conference in Hangzhou, sent Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares up […] The post Alibaba Bets on 10 Trillion-Parameter AI Model and Homegrown Chips in China’s Race to Build an AI Stack appeared first on Tekedia.

Bitcoin’s move toward $87,000 is arriving at an unusual moment for global markets: geopolitical tensions that recently threatened to push energy prices higher are suddenly showing signs of easing. On September 21, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted roughly $999 million in net inflows, their strongest daily haul of 2026, while Bitcoin briefly climbed above $87,000. […] The post Bitcoin’s $87,000 Rally Meets a New Oil-Market Signal appeared first on Tekedia.

The relationship between the White House and the American press has entered a new and unusually consequential confrontation. In September 2026, President Donald Trump’s administration barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House after Trump accused the organizations of publishing what he described as “fake news.” The affected outlets have […] The post Trump White House Media Ban Raises Questions About Press Freedom appeared first on Tekedia.

In June 2024, former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner published a 165-page essay arguing that artificial intelligence would require an extraordinary expansion of physical infrastructure. The future of AI, he argued, would not be built only with better algorithms. It would require enormous quantities of chips, memory, electricity and data centers. He later turned that conviction […] The post The Power and Danger of Concentration appeared first on Tekedia.