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The new logistics hub that wants to cut Nigeria’s port clearance timelines by 70%
TY Logistics Park FZE, a 29,000-square-metre facility located within Alaro City, a fully integrated logistics hub developed by General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma’s TY Holdings Group, launched on Monday, December 8, as West Africa’s first Free Zone–based contract logistics platform
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Summary of Tekedia Graduation Lecture: 2030s – The Decade of Nigeria’s Capital Market
“Capital markets are the factories of wealth. When nations build them well, prosperity follows the citizens” – Ndubuisi Ekekwe The central thesis of the lecture is that every decade in Nigeria’s economic life has been defined by a dominant innovation arc, and the 2030s will belong to the capital market—driven by regulatory modernization, technology, and […] The post Summary of Tekedia Graduation Lecture: 2030s – The Decade of Nigeria’s Capital Market appeared first on Tekedia.
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The Importance of Regular Financial Checkups
You get a health check-up each year. You also change the oil in your car. But what about your money? Your finances need attention, too. This is where a financial check-up comes in. It is a simple way to ensure you are on track. Financial checkups are not hard. You just need some time to […] The post The Importance of Regular Financial Checkups appeared first on Tekedia.
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Saylor’s Enigmatic Post Triggers Rapid Bitcoin Rally Amid Evolving MicroStrategy Policies
Bitcoin staged a sharp rally early Monday after a cryptic message from MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor ignited a wave of speculation across the market. Saylor on his X profile posted, “Back to Orange Dots?” His post teases at a potential new Bitcoin purchase by Strategy, referencing “orange dots” as markers for their acquisition events on […] The post Saylor’s Enigmatic Post Triggers Rapid Bitcoin Rally Amid Evolving MicroStrategy Policies appeared first on Tekedia.
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New Geyser Management System Launched in South Africa
Sensor Networks, a South African company in smart home and energy management technology, has launched a solar farm geyser management system designed for large-scale residential developments. As more estates switch to solar power, the upgraded system offers developers real-time visibility and centralized control over thousands of geysers, helping cut electricity costs, boost grid stability, and […]
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Q‑KON Forms Tripartite Alliance to Expand IoT Services in South Africa
African-based provider of satellite communication solutions, Q-KON Pty, Ltd., has reached a tripartite strategic alliance agreement with Beijing Guodian High-Tech Technology Co., Ltd. (Guodian Gaoke), and China StarWin Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (StarWin) to offer Internet of Things (IoT) services supported by the Tianqi Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Constellation in South Africa. Under the […]
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Top 10 Tech Jobs in South Africa’s Current Job Market
Demand for technology professionals in South Africa has rebounded strongly in the second half of 2025, indicating that the technology sector is turning a corner. Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for November 2025 shows meaningful signs of recovery for the IT sector following a prolonged slump from 2022 through to the first half of 2025. […]
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NITDA Raises Alarm Over Chatgpt Security Flaws Enabling Data-Leakage Attacks
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a critical cybersecurity advisory alerting Nigerians to newly discovered vulnerabilities in ChatGPT that could expose users to data leakage and targeted cyberattacks. The advisory, released through the agency’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT.NG), comes amid growing reliance on AI systems for business operations, academic […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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The University of Ibadan student making paper bags from waste grass
When I met Ifeoluwa Garba at the University of Ibadan SME Fair in November 2025, he had just pitched Ecobag to an audience of a few hundred people—a routine he was accustomed to. 
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FNB Launches eBucks Home Rewards
As you know, for many South Africans, buying a home is one of the biggest milestones in life; however, it’s also one of the most stressful. Between deposits, bond repayments, and the emotional toll of moving, homeowners often feel the weight of responsibility more than the joy of achievement. To bring back the joy of […]
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No expat CEOs: Kenya’s final condition in landmark Safaricom sale
To retain local control over East Africa's highly profitable Safaricom, the Kenyan government has directed that both the telco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer be Kenyan nationals.
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Next Wave: What if POS agents became Nigeria’s next AI labour force?
Can Nigeria’s vast agent population make money for the fintechs and themselves by participating in the global data labelling market?
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Redmi 14C: What you need to know about Xiaomi’s latest budget phone
Table of contents Redmi 14C price in Nigeria Full specifications Comparison with other Redmi phones The Xiaomi Redmi 14C is one of the newest additions to Redmi’s C-series, a lineup made for people who want long battery life, a big screen, and a capable camera without spending too much. The 14C follows that same philosophy. […]
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Mobile money turf war
In today's edition: M-PESA wants Ethio Telecom to share telecom access || Shutdown threat for unregistered PoS operators || KCB, Visa launch ‘Tap to Phone’ || Special Number
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Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Inflation Cools to 2.8%, Solidifying Case for Imminent Fed Rate Cut
The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, indicated a lower-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in September. This long-awaited data point, released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), strongly reinforces expectations that the Fed will opt to lower interest rates at its monetary policy meeting next […] The post Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Inflation Cools to 2.8%, Solidifying Case for Imminent Fed Rate Cut appeared first on Tekedia.
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USE.com Presale Ignites Massive Early Demand as Traders Race for First Access Ahead of the Beta
USE.com is igniting a wave of early demand as its presale accelerates and traders across global markets race to secure first access ahead of the highly anticipated Beta launch. The platform’s rapid rise in visibility reflects a growing belief that USE.com may become one of the most influential new centralized exchanges entering the market in […] The post USE.com Presale Ignites Massive Early Demand as Traders Race for First Access Ahead of the Beta appeared first on Tekedia.
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PeniWallet Has Processed Over $900M Trading Volumes, Six Months After Launch
PeniWallet, the non-custodial crypto wallet developed by the SMC DAO ecosystem tied to $WKC and projects like WikiCatCoin, has indeed shattered expectations by processing over $900 million in total transaction volume within just six months of its official launch in June 2025. This milestone, tracked transparently via smcstats.com analytics, underscores the wallet’s rapid ascent in […] The post PeniWallet Has Processed Over $900M Trading Volumes, Six Months After Launch appeared first on Tekedia.
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Ethereum’s Bullish Run Looks Promising, but Ozak AI Prediction Outshines in ROI Models
Ethereum continues building one of the strongest bullish structures in the market as investors position early for the next leg of expansion. Its role in powering Layer-2 ecosystems, staking infrastructure, institutional liquid staking demand, and smart-contract growth keeps ETH firmly in the spotlight as a top performer heading into 2025–26. Yet even with this impressive […] The post Ethereum’s Bullish Run Looks Promising, but Ozak AI Prediction Outshines in ROI Models appeared first on Tekedia.
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Myriad Markets Launches Pool with Trust Wallet Integration
Myriad Markets, a decentralized prediction market platform built by DASTAN, the parent company of Decrypt and Rug Radio, officially introduced “Myriad Pools” on December 4, 2025. This feature marks a key step in the platform’s evolution toward greater decentralization by allowing external users to provide liquidity to its markets, rather than relying solely on internal […] The post Myriad Markets Launches Pool with Trust Wallet Integration appeared first on Tekedia.
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EU’s DSA Fine of X Highlights How Government Policy Normalization Affects Innovations
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark regulation aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and user safety on large online platforms. X designated as a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the DSA, was found to have breached several key transparency requirements. The penalty totals €120 million, equivalent to approximately $140 million at current exchange […] The post EU’s DSA Fine of X Highlights How Government Policy Normalization Affects Innovations appeared first on Tekedia.
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Unveiling of Abia State’s 25-year Development Plan this December
Umu Abia, get ready for something big! I am excited to share that our Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, will unveil Abia State’s 25-year Development Plan this December. This vital document is a blueprint for our future, detailing our visions and strategies for tomorrow, next week, next year, and for the next quarter-century. It represents our […] The post Unveiling of Abia State’s 25-year Development Plan this December appeared first on Tekedia.
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Bitcoin Trades Below $90k as Fear Index Hits Extreme Low
Bitcoin slipped back below the $90,000 mark as market sentiment plunged to one of its weakest levels in months, with the Fear & Greed Index signaling “extreme fear.” In the battle between the bulls and bears, Bitcoin appears to be succumbing to pressure from the bears, as it trades at $89,504 at the time of […] The post Bitcoin Trades Below $90k as Fear Index Hits Extreme Low appeared first on Tekedia.
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Tekedia Black Friday Deals Extended To Dec 13, 2025
In the spirit of the season, Tekedia Institute is pleased to announce special Black Friday deals across many of our programs. For a limited time, course fees have been significantly reduced. Below is the list of eligible programs along with discounted prices and payment instructions: Tekedia AI Lab: From Technical Design to Deployment [next edition begins […] The post Tekedia Black Friday Deals Extended To Dec 13, 2025 appeared first on Tekedia.
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Tom Lee Declares Crypto Has Bottomed As Sappy Seals’ Omnia Playtest Goes Live
Tom Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors and a longtime crypto bull, made waves this week by stating that the cryptocurrency market has officially “bottomed” after a brutal correction phase. Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai on December 3-4, 2025, Lee attributed the recent downturn—marked by aggressive deleveraging and factors like quantum computing […] The post Tom Lee Declares Crypto Has Bottomed As Sappy Seals’ Omnia Playtest Goes Live appeared first on Tekedia.
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AlphaTON Capital Files for $420.69M Shelf Registration With US SEC
AlphaTON Capital Corp (Nasdaq: ATON), a Nasdaq-listed digital asset technology company focused on the Telegram and TON, The Open Network ecosystem, announced it has filed a $420.69 million shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This filing marks a significant milestone, as the company has exited the SEC’s “baby shelf rules”—restrictions […] The post AlphaTON Capital Files for $420.69M Shelf Registration With US SEC appeared first on Tekedia.
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NYT Escalates Legal War With Perplexity, Accuses Startup of Lifting and Monetizing Its Journalism
The New York Times has taken its fight against Perplexity to a new level, filing a lawsuit in federal court that accuses the fast-growing AI startup of systematically lifting, reproducing, and monetizing the newspaper’s journalism without permission. The complaint, submitted Friday in the Southern District of New York, alleges that Perplexity “unlawfully crawls, scrapes, copies, […] The post NYT Escalates Legal War With Perplexity, Accuses Startup of Lifting and Monetizing Its Journalism appeared first on Tekedia.
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Ana Marie Caballero Launches a free mint for her Latest Work “In Record Time” on OpenSea.
Ana María Caballero, the acclaimed poet and blockchain artist known for blending verse with digital collectibles, is launching a free mint for her latest work, “In Record Time”, on OpenSea. This drop builds on her ongoing “Paperwork” series, which explores themes of bureaucracy, identity, and the poetic absurd through generative text-based NFTs. As a free […] The post Ana Marie Caballero Launches a free mint for her Latest Work “In Record Time” on OpenSea. appeared first on Tekedia.
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Meta Signs Real-Time News Deals, as Wikipedia Seeks Compensation on Data
Meta has struck new commercial agreements with major news publishers to feed its Meta AI chatbot with real-time global, entertainment, and breaking news, marking a sharp pivot from the company’s retreat from news distribution in recent years. The tech giant said on Friday that users who ask Meta AI news-related questions will now get responses […] The post Meta Signs Real-Time News Deals, as Wikipedia Seeks Compensation on Data appeared first on Tekedia.
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Investors Are Loading Up on This Crypto Below $0.0025 Expected to Hit $0.45 Before XRP’s $10 Pump
The crypto community is buzzing again, but this time it isn’t about DOGE, SHIB, or even the recently revived PEPE surge. The spotlight has shifted to Little Pepe (LILPEPE), a meme coin that’s flipping the narrative and drawing in both seasoned investors and fresh degens looking for the next big move. At its current presale […] The post Investors Are Loading Up on This Crypto Below $0.0025 Expected to Hit $0.45 Before XRP’s $10 Pump appeared first on Tekedia.
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Flipping Just $1,500 Into Ozak AI Could Build a Six-Figure Portfolio by 2026
Crypto market momentum is shifting rapidly toward early-stage AI projects as traders and analysts focus on where the next major parabolic wave will originate. Among all emerging tokens, Ozak AI has become the standout name—repeatedly appearing in analyst forecasts as one of the few projects capable of delivering life-changing multipliers in the 2025–26 cycle. With […] The post Flipping Just $1,500 Into Ozak AI Could Build a Six-Figure Portfolio by 2026 appeared first on Tekedia.
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OpenAI Poised to Unveil GPT-5.2 as Early as Next Week in Accelerated Bid to Counter Google’s Gemini Surge
OpenAI could publicly reveal its next-generation model, GPT-5.2, as early as next week, according to a report by The Verge, signaling one of the fastest deployment cycles the company has attempted since ChatGPT debuted two years ago. The potential release date—moved up from mid-December to possibly December 9—comes at a moment of intense pressure inside […] The post OpenAI Poised to Unveil GPT-5.2 as Early as Next Week in Accelerated Bid to Counter Google’s Gemini Surge appeared first on Tekedia.
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U.S. Appeals Court Hands President Trump Unilateral Power to Fire Labor and Employment Board Officials
In a landmark decision that significantly expands the scope of presidential authority, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump may remove members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) at will, without requiring cause. The 2-1 decision from a panel of the U.S. Court of […] The post U.S. Appeals Court Hands President Trump Unilateral Power to Fire Labor and Employment Board Officials appeared first on Tekedia.
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Kenya Sells $1.6bn Safaricom Stake, Hands Vodacom Control as Ruto Hunts Cash to Ease Fiscal Strain
Kenya is selling a 15 percent stake in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion, marking one of the country’s biggest-ever divestments as President William Ruto’s government turns to asset sales to stabilize public finances. Finance Minister John Mbadi confirmed the agreement on Thursday, saying the proceeds will serve […] The post Kenya Sells $1.6bn Safaricom Stake, Hands Vodacom Control as Ruto Hunts Cash to Ease Fiscal Strain appeared first on Tekedia.
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Netflix Set To Buy Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn, Sets Up a Historic Hollywood Showdown
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s television, film studios, and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would place one of Hollywood’s oldest entertainment empires under the control of a company that built its global dominance by disrupting the very idea of a traditional studio. The agreement caps a fierce, weeks-long bidding […] The post Netflix Set To Buy Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn, Sets Up a Historic Hollywood Showdown appeared first on Tekedia.
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Amazon Pays €180m and Scraps Algorithmic Monitoring to Settle Landmark Italian Tax and Labor Probe
An Italian unit of e-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to a massive financial settlement of approximately €180 million ($210 million) with the Italian tax agency, and, critically, has scrapped its proprietary monitoring system for delivery staff. This decisive move ends a high-profile probe into alleged tax fraud and illegal labor practices, according to sources familiar […] The post Amazon Pays €180m and Scraps Algorithmic Monitoring to Settle Landmark Italian Tax and Labor Probe appeared first on Tekedia.
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Elon Musk’s X Fined €120m by European Union — What It Means for Social Media, Regulation and U.S.–EU Tech Tensions
The European Commission slapped a €120 million fine on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, marking the first enforcement of the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA) against a major social-media platform. The ruling grounds its decision on multiple breaches: X’s paid “blue checkmark” system was deemed a deceptive design, the company failed to maintain a […] The post Elon Musk’s X Fined €120m by European Union — What It Means for Social Media, Regulation and U.S.–EU Tech Tensions appeared first on Tekedia.
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