The CNN Fear & Greed Index currently sits in Extreme Fear territory, registering around 11–14 as of late March 2026 with readings as low as 10 recently reported. This composite gauge 0 = maximum fear, 100 = maximum greed incorporates seven indicators, including stock price momentum, volatility, put and call ratios, junk bond demand, and […] The post CNN Fear and Greed Index Sits in Extreme Fear Territory  appeared first on Tekedia.

Digital marketplaces are emerging in Francophone Africa. They are still developing, have both promise and challenges, and while early hype has cooled, the long-term opportunity is still significant.

Let us solve the equations of the market at Tekedia Mini-MBA. Tekedia Mini-MBA is a leading 12-week online innovation management program designed to equip professionals and business leaders with the capabilities to succeed in a rapidly evolving world. Delivered 100% online, the program features a global faculty of industry experts and combines videos, flash cases, […] The post Beat Tekedia Mini-MBA Early Bird Registration To Solve Equations of Markets appeared first on Tekedia.

Public reaction to President Bola Tinubu’s condemnation of recent killings in Nigeria’s Plateau and Kaduna states has exposed a widening gap between official government messaging and citizen perceptions, as social media debates reveal anger, distrust and competing narratives about the country’s worsening security crisis. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the State House, President […] The post We Need Action: Nigerians React to Tinubu’s Jos Killings Statement appeared first on Tekedia.

Iran launched a combined missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, which hosts U.S. forces. This is part of the ongoing 2026 Iran conflict now over one month in. Reports indicate Iran fired six ballistic missiles and up to 29 drones or at least one missile plus several drones in […] The post Implications of Iran’s Attacks on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  appeared first on Tekedia.

The recent killings in Jos have once again exposed the fragility of communal peace in parts of Nigeria. Beyond the tragic loss of lives, the aftermath of the violence has unfolded in another arena that is increasingly shaping conflict dynamics in the country. That arena is social media. In the hours following the attacks in […] The post Jos Killings and Digital Conflict Entrepreneurs appeared first on Tekedia.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor has once again doubled down on his ultra-bullish stance on Bitcoin, arguing that volatility often seen as a major risk, is actually one of the greatest advantage of the crypto asset. According to him, Bitcoin’s price swings create rare opportunities for long-term investors to accumulate the asset at favorable levels. In […] The post Bitcoin’s Volatility is A Gift Not a Risk, Most Will Regret Not Stacking Sooner Says Saylor appeared first on Tekedia.

Africa’s aviation sector extended its recovery in March 2026, with total airline capacity rising to 24.8 million seats, a 10.4 per cent increase from the same period last year. This comes as stronger cross-border travel demand and expanding domestic networks lifted activity across the continent. Fresh data from OAG’s monthly African aviation market update shows […] The post Africa’s Aviation Rebound Gains Altitude as Airline Capacity Climbs Above 24 Million Seats appeared first on Tekedia.

India’s financial markets closed the fiscal year on a deeply fragile note on Monday, with benchmark equities recording their weakest annual performance in six years as the widening Iran war, surging crude prices, and an unprecedented foreign investor exodus combined to batter sentiment across Dalal Street. The benchmark Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the 2025-26 […] The post India’s Markets Reel as Iran War, Oil Shock, and Foreign Selloff Deliver Worst Fiscal Year Since Pandemic appeared first on Tekedia.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has staked 22,517 ETH, worth approximately $46–46.25 million at current prices around $2,050–2,075 per ETH, in its largest single-day deposit to date. This occurred via the treasury’s multisignature wallet, split across 11 deposits of roughly 2,047 ETH each into the Ethereum Beacon Chain deposit contract. On-chain trackers like Arkham Intelligence flagged […] The post Ethereum Foundation Stakes 22,517 ETH Via the Treasury’s Multisignature Wallet  appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s fast-rising artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek suffered its longest service disruption yet on Monday, a seven-hour outage that rippled across offices, developer communities, and social platforms. This outage exposed the growing dependence of hundreds of millions of users on generative AI tools and sharpened focus on the company’s delayed next-generation model. According to the company’s […] The post DeepSeek Suffers Longest Outage Yet, Raises Questions Over Scale, Reliability, and the Race for V4 appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigerians consumed a total of 1.26 million terabytes of Internet data in February 2026, averaging about 45,000 terabytes per day

According to the latest CoinShares weekly digital asset fund flows report, investment products tracking cryptocurrencies recorded $414 million in net outflows for the week ending March 27, 2026. This marked the first weekly outflow in five weeks, ending a streak of inflows that totaled about $2.2 billion. Ethereum (ETH) led the outflows with approximately $222 […] The post A Look into CoinShares Weekly Digital Asset Fund Flows Report  appeared first on Tekedia.

Savanna Fibre, a Kenyan ISP, is attempting to upend Kenya’s internet sector by offering high-speed data at a fraction of the cost of established rivals.

The Houthis (Ansar Allah), the Iran-backed militant group controlling much of northern Yemen, have played a supporting role as part of Iran’s Axis of Resistance. They officially entered the 2026 Iran war on or around March 28, 2026—about one month into the conflict—by launching attacks on Israel. Houthi Actions in the Current Conflict Missile and […] The post Houthi (Ansar Allah) Officially Enters Ongoing US-Israel Conflict Against Iran, Pakistan to Host Talks between the United States and Iran appeared first on Tekedia.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Cuba is next in recent days. Trump echoed this statements in Miami speech at the Future Investment Initiative / FII Priority Summit: While touting U.S. military actions in Venezuela and Iran, Trump said: “I built these great Armed Forces. I said, You’ll never have to use them, but sometimes […] The post President Trump Notes Cuba is Next In Line While Touting U.S Military Actions in Venezuela  appeared first on Tekedia.

When TechCabal first spoke with Tamunotonye, the 16-year-old United Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidate from Borokiri in Bonny Island, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, his fear had a shape. It was not the exam itself; it was the machine. He had never used a laptop.  The UTME, Nigeria’s gateway into universities and other tertiary institutions, has been […]

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Gnosis and Zisk with co-funding from the Ethereum Foundation have announced the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) at EthCC in Cannes. This is a new L1-to-L2 framework designed to tackle Ethereum’s L2 fragmentation—not a pure scaling issue, but the problem of dozens of isolated rollups creating siloed liquidity, duplicated infrastructure, and reliance on slow and costly […] The post Gnosis and Zisk with Ethereum Foundation announce Ethereum Economic Zone  appeared first on Tekedia.

Kalshi has secured regulatory approval to offer margin trading, primarily targeting institutional and professional investors. This development, comes via its affiliate Kinetic Markets LLC, which received registration as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the National Futures Association (NFA) on or around March 24. Traditional prediction markets like Kalshi’s event contracts typically require fully collateralized […] The post Kalshi Secures Regulatory Approval to Offer Margin Trading Targeting Institutional and Professional Investors  appeared first on Tekedia.

Even as global markets reel from geopolitical tensions and a fresh wave of volatility, a handful of quantum technology companies are pushing ahead with public listings this year. They are determined to tap fresh capital and accelerate the long-promised shift from laboratory curiosity to real-world applications, according to a CNBC report. The latest example came […] The post Quantum Tech Startups Brave Market Turmoil to Go Public, Betting on Breakthroughs and Commercial Push appeared first on Tekedia.

March 2026 Tech Roundup: What Mattered Most March 2026 did not ease in gently. Within the first two weeks alone, Nvidia was redefining the AI… TechCity

Midas, a German startup specializing in tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and on-chain investment products, has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, with participation from a strong mix of crypto-native and traditional finance investors, including: Framework Ventures, HV Capital, Ledger Cathay, Franklin Templeton, Coinbase […] The post Midas Raises $50M in a Series A Funding Led by RRE Ventures and Creandum  appeared first on Tekedia.

Space-compute startup Starcloud has vaulted into unicorn territory, securing a $1.1 billion valuation in one of the fastest climbs from Y Combinator demo day to billion-dollar status. The company’s Series A round, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, raised $170 million and brought total funding to $200 million, according to the company and investors. The […] The post Starcloud Raises $170m to Hit $1.1bn Valuation as Investors Bet on Orbital AI Infrastructure appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigeria’s oil and gas sector recorded a sharp rebound in foreign capital inflows in 2025, with fresh investments rising to $17.98 million from $5.12 million a year earlier, underscoring renewed interest in the country’s hydrocarbon industry as policymakers intensify their push for gas-led growth. The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show […] The post Gas-Led Recovery Lifts $17.98m Foreign Capital into Nigeria’s Hydrocarbon Sector, but Inflows Remain Far Below Potential appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos details leaked via a misconfigured content management system (CMS) data store, exposing draft blog posts and other internal assets. Security researchers discovered that nearly 3,000 unpublished files—including draft blog posts, PDFs, and memos were publicly accessible due to a configuration error. One key draft described a new model called Claude Mythos, positioned […] The post Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Details Leaked Via a Misconfigured Content Management System  appeared first on Tekedia.

BFA Asset Management manages $600 million, invests in Ango lan startups but says Angola's biggest investment opportunity is hiding behind terrible data.

Bitcoin is currently trading around $67,000–$68,000 as of March 30, 2026, reflecting a roughly 40–46% drawdown from its all-time high of approximately $126,000–$126,300 reached on October 6, 2025. This correction has been widely discussed in recent analyses, with headlines noting that the decline may not be done yet, driven by factors like ETF flows, macro […] The post Bitcoin Roughly 40-46% Down from its All-time High of $126,000 appeared first on Tekedia.

A report from the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag concludes that the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran violates international law, specifically the prohibition on the use of force under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. The analysis, commissioned by lawmakers from the opposition party Die Linke, states that the attacks are neither justified […] The post Die Linke States the Attacks on Iran are Not Justified as Self Defense Under Article 51 of the UN Charter  appeared first on Tekedia.

German road hauliers have warned that sharply rising diesel prices are straining the freight and logistics sector, with potential knock-on effects for consumer prices in the near term. The alert comes primarily from the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr, Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL), Germany’s main road freight association. Its president, Dirk Engelhardt, highlighted the issue in recent statements. […] The post German Road Hauliers Warn about Rising Diesel Prices Straining Freight and Logistics Sector  appeared first on Tekedia.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is shaking up its flagship tournament, increasing the Africa Cup of Nations from 24 to 28 teams while shifting the competition to a four-year cycle and launching an annual Nations League starting in 2029, president Patrice Motsepe announced Sunday. The surprise expansion, revealed after a CAF executive committee meeting […] The post CAF Expands Africa Cup of Nations to 28 Teams, Unveils Four-Year Cycle and New Nations League appeared first on Tekedia.

Strategy Inc. formerly known as MicroStrategy, ticker MSTR, has been aggressively acquiring Bitcoin and using innovative capital raises to fund it. STRC is Strategy’s Stretch Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: STRC). It’s a perpetual preferred share designed to trade near a $100 par value, with a variable monthly dividend recently hiked to […] The post 80% of MicroStrategy’s Retail Investors Hold STRC Compared to 40% on MSTR Common Stock  appeared first on Tekedia.

Niger State, in Nigeria’s northcentral region, has introduced a major shift in its tech governance structure, replacing its Ministry of Communications Technology and Digital Economy with a new agency

Egypt has taken another step in extending its technology ecosystem beyond the capital, as the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) concluded the Aswan Bootcamp Series program in partnership with Plug and Play, supporting 61 startups across Upper Egypt. Several of the participating companies have collectively secured investments estimated at EGP 200 million, a signal of growing […] The post ITIDA, Plug and Play Wrap Aswan Bootcamp as Upper Egypt Startups Secure EGP 200M appeared first on Tech In Africa.

Wajih Othmani built ACCP in 30 days with zero budget — now targeting 400 million underserved Arabic speakers FasterCapital has added Tunis-based Causal Quantality to its EquityPilot program, backing founder Wajih Othmani as he scales ACCP (Agentic Causal Control Platform) — an Arabic-native AI tool that moves beyond correlation to deliver actual causal diagnosis. The […] The post Tunisian Solo Founder Lands FasterCapital Backing for Arabic-First Causal AI Platform appeared first on Tech In Africa.

A market headline can move fast. A company’s actual position usually changes much more slowly. That gap matters to any reader who follows startup funding, digital finance, public company expansion, or the business logic behind new products. On Tech In Africa, stories about capital raises, fintech growth, and company performance appear in a context where […] The post Fundamental Analysis Explained: How Investors Evaluate a Company’s True Value appeared first on Tech In Africa.