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How To Buy Electricity Online In Nigeria
Learn how to buy electricity online in Nigeria. Follow simple steps to purchase electricity online for your prepaid meter instantly.
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Network down for over 24 hours? When Nigerian rules say you’re owed compensation
Network down for over 24 hours? When Nigerian rules say you’re owed compensation MTN reported outages in five states on Oct. 8. When an outage counts as major, when you are owed compensation, and how to complain. TechCity
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What a banker discovered when he started listening to farmers
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The 20-metre neobank: How Mukuru is solving the gap between receiving cash and spending it
For the Spanish-born executive, the future of African fintech is about eliminating the friction that hinders how people receive, store, move, and spend their money.
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Lagos Life maker Vatar raises $500,000 one week after launch
Vatar Inc., the company behind the viral Nigerian browser game Lagos Life, has closed a $500,000 pre-seed round at a $10 million valuation.
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Why Moove is leaving the Nigerian market it was built in
Moove's future is in robotaxi depots in the United States, so its Nigerian business, which had challenges, no longer represents a solid business.
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SARS eFiling Deadline Is 23 October: How to Spot the Tax-Season Phishing Scams
The SARS filing deadline for most salaried taxpayers is Friday, 23 October 2026. Scammers know this date too. Fake SARS emails, SMSes and eFiling pages are circulating as the deadline nears. This guide shows you how to file safely and how to recognise a fraudulent message. All amounts in this article are in rand. What […]
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Why Europe Is Rethinking Its Economic Dependence on China
China has criticized Germany and France after the two European powers called for stronger measures to protect the European market from what they consider unfair trade practices. The dispute highlights growing tensions between Europe and China at a time when governments across the continent are trying to balance economic cooperation with concerns about strategic dependence, […] The post Why Europe Is Rethinking Its Economic Dependence on China appeared first on Tekedia.
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The Rise of Stablecoins in Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Economy
Stablecoins, a type of digital cryptocurrency designed to reduce the high volatility of traditional crypto assets like Bitcoin, have in recent times gained global attention due to their significant value. These digital currencies, which bridge traditional finance and digital assets, have evolved from a niche part of the cryptocurrency market into one of the fastest-growing […] The post The Rise of Stablecoins in Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Economy appeared first on Tekedia.
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Amazon Cuts Fewer Than 1,000 Jobs as Retail Unit Restructuring Continues After Pandemic Hiring Surge
Amazon has cut fewer than 1,000 white-collar jobs, primarily in the retail division that operates its main e-commerce business, extending a period of workforce reductions that began after the company sharply expanded its headcount during the pandemic. The cuts were confirmed by Amazon on Wednesday as the company was in the middle of Prime Big […] The post Amazon Cuts Fewer Than 1,000 Jobs as Retail Unit Restructuring Continues After Pandemic Hiring Surge appeared first on Tekedia.
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Treasury Yields Surge to Multi-Decade Highs as Fed Signals More Rate Hikes; Dollar Gains, Gold Slips
U.S. Treasury yields climbed further on Thursday, with the benchmark 10-year yield approaching levels last seen more than two decades ago as investors absorbed a Federal Reserve warning that interest rates may need to rise again to contain persistent inflation. The move higher in borrowing costs came ahead of a closely watched $22 billion auction […] The post Treasury Yields Surge to Multi-Decade Highs as Fed Signals More Rate Hikes; Dollar Gains, Gold Slips appeared first on Tekedia.
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India Stocks Hit 32-Month Low As Oil Shock, Rupee Weakness And Foreign Selling Deepen Market Rout
India’s benchmark Sensex fell to its lowest level in 32 months on Thursday as surging oil prices, rising global bond yields and a weaker rupee intensified inflation concerns, adding to the pressure created by the Reserve Bank of India’s hawkish interest-rate increase a day earlier. The Nifty 50 fell 1.64% to 22,231.80, while the Sensex […] The post India Stocks Hit 32-Month Low As Oil Shock, Rupee Weakness And Foreign Selling Deepen Market Rout appeared first on Tekedia.
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Overview of 20 Startups in Current Tekedia Capital Investment Cycle [video]
This is the overview of 20 startups in the ongoing Tekedia Capital investment cycle. To join our community, go here and join. The post Overview of 20 Startups in Current Tekedia Capital Investment Cycle [video] appeared first on Tekedia.
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Blue Origin IPO: Bezos Says Space Company Could Go Public in Coming Years
Blue Origin is laying the groundwork for a possible stock market debut in the coming years, with founder Jeff Bezos giving his clearest indication yet that the privately held space company could eventually become a publicly traded business after raising $10 billion from outside investors for the first time. Bezos said on Wednesday that an […] The post Blue Origin IPO: Bezos Says Space Company Could Go Public in Coming Years appeared first on Tekedia.
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BYD Says Geopolitics Is Its Biggest Expansion Challenge As US Passenger-Car Plans Remain On Hold
Geopolitical uncertainty has become the biggest obstacle to BYD’s global expansion, according to executive vice president Stella Li, highlighting the difficulty facing the Chinese electric vehicle maker as it seeks to expand beyond its home market and challenge established global automakers. Li said on Thursday that BYD needs greater certainty and visibility before committing capital […] The post BYD Says Geopolitics Is Its Biggest Expansion Challenge As US Passenger-Car Plans Remain On Hold appeared first on Tekedia.
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Deloitte Fined £6.05 Million Over Go-Ahead Audits in UK Rail Overpayment Case
Deloitte has been fined £6.05 million ($7.98 million) by Britain’s accounting regulator over failures in its audits of transport operator Go-Ahead Group between 2016 and 2020, including its handling of more than £30 million in public money that was wrongly retained by a subsidiary. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Thursday that the penalty […] The post Deloitte Fined £6.05 Million Over Go-Ahead Audits in UK Rail Overpayment Case appeared first on Tekedia.
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SpaceX Wins FCC Approval for 15,000 Starlink Satellites for Direct-to-Device Operation
SpaceX has secured a significant regulatory boost for Starlink’s direct-to-device ambitions after the Federal Communications Commission approved its request to deploy and operate 15,000 additional Starlink satellites capable of providing connectivity directly to mobile devices. The FCC also waived a requirement that satellite operators entering the direct-to-device market lease spectrum from one or more terrestrial […] The post SpaceX Wins FCC Approval for 15,000 Starlink Satellites for Direct-to-Device Operation appeared first on Tekedia.
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Microsoft Unveils $2,600 Surface Laptop Ultra As Nvidia-Powered AI Pcs Target Developers
Microsoft has unveiled its first Surface PCs built around Nvidia’s new RTX Spark platform, putting a price and hardware specification behind a new class of Windows machines designed to run advanced AI models and autonomous agents locally. The company introduced the Surface Laptop Ultra in San Francisco on Wednesday during the city’s Tech Week, with […] The post Microsoft Unveils $2,600 Surface Laptop Ultra As Nvidia-Powered AI Pcs Target Developers appeared first on Tekedia.
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Why Even Warren Buffett Gets Lost in the YouTube Rabbit Hole
Warren Buffett is widely known for his disciplined approach to investing, his long-term view of markets, and his preference for spending hours reading and thinking. Yet one of the world’s most famous investors has another, more modern habit: YouTube. The platform has become an unexpected part of Buffett’s nightly routine, offering him a window into […] The post Why Even Warren Buffett Gets Lost in the YouTube Rabbit Hole appeared first on Tekedia.
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Meta, Google and US Government Commit $1.8bn to Build AI Biology Datasets with Biohub
The US government and major technology companies Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are joining nonprofit Biohub in a $1.8 billion effort to create large open datasets for training artificial intelligence models for biological research, as the technology industry and government seek to accelerate the use of AI in drug discovery and life sciences. The initiative […] The post Meta, Google and US Government Commit $1.8bn to Build AI Biology Datasets with Biohub appeared first on Tekedia.
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Prediction Markets vs Gambling: Africa’s Fintech Grey Zone
By Tomiwa A. | Fintech policy analyst, 7 years covering African regulatory markets. Tested October 2026. A Lagos-based founder posted something last week that stuck with me. He said his prediction market app had been live for four months, had never once advertised odds, used the word “forecast” everywhere instead of “bet,” and still got […] The post Prediction Markets vs Gambling: Africa’s Fintech Grey Zone appeared first on Tekedia.
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How LLMs Are Quietly Rewiring Fraud Detection in 2026
By Daniel O. | Business and enterprise tech analyst, 9 years covering AI commercialization. Tested October 2026. OpenAI wants your company’s money, not just your curiosity. That much is clear from the push toward enterprise contracts, the kind of multi-year deals that look nothing like a $20 monthly ChatGPT subscription. OpenAI’s new Frontier platform is […] The post How LLMs Are Quietly Rewiring Fraud Detection in 2026 appeared first on Tekedia.
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Live Rosin Gummies explained (2026): 6 Solventless Brands Compared
Quick answer: TribeTokes Live Rosin Gummies are the best live rosin gummies in 2026. Each gummy contains 10mg of THC sourced entirely from solventless live rosin, with no distillate, and every batch is third-party lab tested. Live rosin is made with only ice water, heat and pressure, while live resin is extracted with a solvent […] The post Live Rosin Gummies explained (2026): 6 Solventless Brands Compared appeared first on Tekedia.
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Winklevoss Capital Files for Spot Zcash ETF WINK on Nasdaq As Polymarket Announces Protocol V2 Ahead of November 2 Mainnet Switch
The cryptocurrency industry is entering another important phase as traditional investment products and decentralized applications continue to develop at the same time. Two recent announcements highlight this transition. Winklevoss Capital has filed for a spot Zcash exchange-traded fund that would trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WINK, while Polymarket has announced Protocol V2 and plans […] The post Winklevoss Capital Files for Spot Zcash ETF WINK on Nasdaq As Polymarket Announces Protocol V2 Ahead of November 2 Mainnet Switch appeared first on Tekedia.
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Anthropic Opens Claude Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 to Verified Cybersecurity Experts
Anthropic is expanding its Cyber Verification Program, marking a significant step in how advanced artificial intelligence can be made available to cybersecurity professionals without opening the door to unrestricted misuse. The company is introducing verified access to Claude Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5, and Sonnet 5.5, while also adding new tiers designed specifically for authorized offensive […] The post Anthropic Opens Claude Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 to Verified Cybersecurity Experts appeared first on Tekedia.
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The Three Biggest Traffic Challenges Every Digital Product Faces
Every digital product needs traffic. That sounds obvious, but then again it does not always feel obvious when you are living inside the dashboards. An app needs people, a marketplace needs buyers and sellers, a subscription service needs trial signups, an online game needs registrations, and a software tool needs folks who are willing to […] The post The Three Biggest Traffic Challenges Every Digital Product Faces appeared first on Tekedia.
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S&P 500 Hits New High as Long-Term Treasury Yields Reach 2002 Levels
The financial markets are presenting investors with a striking contrast as S&P 500 futures reach a record high while the U.S. Treasury market sends a very different signal. The S&P 500’s market capitalization has climbed above $71 trillion, highlighting the extraordinary scale of the American stock market. At the same time, the 30-year Treasury yield […] The post S&P 500 Hits New High as Long-Term Treasury Yields Reach 2002 Levels appeared first on Tekedia.
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Beam AI and the Race for More Efficient Artificial Intelligence
Beam is emerging as one of the latest names in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry, attracting attention for an approach that some observers have compared with DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that disrupted assumptions about the cost and efficiency of advanced AI models. Beam is being described by some as the DeepSeek of the […] The post Beam AI and the Race for More Efficient Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Tekedia.
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Bitcoin Liquidations Top $400 Million as Crypto Market Turns Volatile
Bitcoin’s latest decline below $84,000 highlights the fragile balance currently shaping the cryptocurrency market. More than $400 million in long positions were liquidated as traders betting on higher prices were caught on the wrong side of a sharp move lower. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted $118 million in net inflows, while Ethereum ETFs recorded $201 […] The post Bitcoin Liquidations Top $400 Million as Crypto Market Turns Volatile appeared first on Tekedia.
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Arthur Hayes Bets AI Infrastructure Boom Will End in Crash, Bailout and Crypto Surge
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes is betting that the artificial intelligence boom will follow a familiar pattern in financial history: massive investment, excessive capacity, a sharp correction, and eventually a policy response that floods markets with liquidity, creating a powerful tailwind for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Hayes, co-founder and chief investment officer of crypto investment […] The post Arthur Hayes Bets AI Infrastructure Boom Will End in Crash, Bailout and Crypto Surge appeared first on Tekedia.
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Billionaires online, broke offline: Nigerians escape reality inside viral games 
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South Africa targets 17.5 billion spam calls with new registry
The registry is part of a sweeping government effort to tackle South Africa’s growing spam-call problem.
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Black Hills to Invest $1.8 Billion in Power Capacity for Google AI Data Center
Black Hills Corp said on Tuesday it had signed agreements to supply electricity to a proposed Google data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the utility plans to invest $1.8 billion between 2027 and 2029 to expand generation capacity amid a surge in power demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure. The agreement highlights the growing competition among […] The post Black Hills to Invest $1.8 Billion in Power Capacity for Google AI Data Center appeared first on Tekedia.
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How To Add Adsense To WordPress Header
Learn how to add Google AdSense to your WordPress header step-by-step. Discover easy methods using plugins or code to monetize your website today.
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Gold M&A Booms, but Valuation Gaps Keep Deals From Closing, Perseus CEO Says
A wave of mergers and acquisitions is sweeping the gold mining industry as elevated bullion prices strengthen miners’ balance sheets and encourage consolidation, but disagreements over valuations and the future direction of gold prices are making it harder to complete transactions, Perseus Mining Chief Executive Craig Jones said. “There’s a lot of activity, but not […] The post Gold M&A Booms, but Valuation Gaps Keep Deals From Closing, Perseus CEO Says appeared first on Tekedia.
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