New Data Privacy Law in South Africa: Key Changes for Businesses South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, updated with amended regulations in April 2025, tightened consent, breach reporting, and enforcement. This article explains the changes, practical steps for startups and SMEs, and resources to get compliant quickly. TechCity

M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya Inc., Africa’s AI-powered creator platform, announced the launch of the Dala AI Bundle—a new subscription offering that allows Ethiopians to access advanced AI creation tools and make payments directly through M-PESA. The partnership marks the first time an African mobile money operator has bundled AI-powered creation tools as a mainstream product, […]

Nigeria has secured its first major commitments from European partners for its national fibre-optic rollout, Project BRIDGE.

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“Kenanga Group”), Malaysia’s leading independent investment bank, and the Stellar Development Foundation (“Stellar”), a US-based non-profit organization that supports the Stellar network, today introduced Myrra, a dedicated token platform that leverages the Stellar blockchain to enable the tokenization of real-world assets. The inaugural deployment on the Myrra platform is the tokenization […]

Small images can be so annoying. They are ideal for viewing on your phone screen but become so distorted when you need to print them or scale them up for larger designs. They become pixelated, their corners become fuzzy, and their detail gets lost in the process. This is exactly why people have turned to […]

With over $5 trillion traded every single day, the forex (foreign exchange) market is the largest, most liquid market in the world. With forex trading, you speculate on the value of one currency against another. To be successful at forex trading, it’s essential to understand how to read the various forex charts and use them […]

In today's edition: Starlink reopens business-tier plans in Nigeria || GTBank Kenya appeals CAK fine || South Africa to monitor cross-border crypto flows || South Africa pushes for more data centres

By Boluwatife Oshadiya | February 23, 2026 Key Points Nigeria’s push toward credible, technology-driven elections is once again under scrutiny as persistent network coverage gaps raise concerns over the electronic transmission of results across parts of the country. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) introduced electronic transmission to strengthen transparency, reduce manual collation disputes, and […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned that Nigeria’s $6 billion capital importation in the third quarter of 2025, while statistically impressive, may not represent durable economic transformation. In a statement, CPPE Chief Executive Officer Muda Yusuf described the 380 percent year-on-year and 17 percent quarter-on-quarter surge as a “remarkable rebound,” […] The post CPPE Warns Nigeria’s $6bn Capital Inflows Mask Structural Weakness appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI’s Frontier launch marks a pivot from chatbot adoption to workflow automation, as the company confronts the harder problem of embedding AI agents into the operational core of large enterprises. When OpenAI introduced OpenAI Frontier earlier this month, the announcement was positioned as a step toward helping enterprises build and manage AI agents across internal […] The post OpenAI Concedes Enterprise AI Hasn’t Scaled Yet as It Bets on Agents and India Expansion appeared first on Tekedia.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping consulting’s operating model, and entry-level professionals are often portrayed as the most exposed. Tasks that once defined the apprenticeship phase of a consulting career — building slide decks, conducting market scans, synthesizing data — can now be completed in seconds by generative AI tools. Yet senior leaders at Ernst & Young […] The post EY Leaders Push Back on AI Anxiety, Say Junior Consultants Hold Strategic Advantage appeared first on Tekedia.

Are Caesars and FanDuel still setting the pace, or is the action shifting elsewhere. Recently, both brands have faced mixed headlines, Caesars reporting steady revenue but ongoing net losses, and FanDuel pushing expansion while its sports network arm deals with layoffs. The market is competitive, and players are looking for more speed and better value. […] The post Spartans Casino Links Up with X7Dave, Rolls Out $2,000,000 Leaderboard – Can Caesars & FanDuel Compete? appeared first on Tekedia.

Why settle for the same old delays and limits when the future of betting is already here? While Stake continues to push into the F1 world and Roobet doubles down on its Chelsea FC partnership, the actual user experience on these legacy sites often feels stuck in the past. If you are looking for the […] The post X7Dave’s $2,000,000 Leaderboard on Spartans Casino: Historic Payout Takes the Fight Straight to Stake and Roobeta appeared first on Tekedia.

Table of contents Product announcements Software & feature announcements Pricing & availability Samsung held its first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2026 on Wednesday, February 25 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The theme was “Your Companion to AI Living,” built around what Samsung calls “Agentic AI”  software that anticipates your needs and […]

The entire keynote presentation was captured and livestreamed using the Galaxy S26 Ultra, demonstrating the device's professional-grade broadcast capabilities.

The Sui price prediction 2030 points toward a possible $20 target, giving long-term holders a steady roadmap to follow. At the same time, the Hyperliquid token team is turning heads by deploying $29 million to shape crypto legislation in Washington. Both projects are moving forward, but neither is moving fast. BlockDAG (BDAG) operates on a […] The post Sui Targets $20, Hyperliquid Token Commits $29M to D.C. Policy, and BlockDAG’s $0.0001 Sale Enters Final 6 Days appeared first on Tekedia.

Jane Street has been accused in a fresh civil lawsuit of using insider information to sell UST in a way that allegedly accelerated TerraUSD’s depeg on May 7, 2022, helping trigger the death spiral that wiped out roughly $40 billion in value. The plaintiff is Todd R. Snyder, the court-appointed administrator overseeing Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy […] The post Jane Street Accused of Using Insider Information to Sell UST which Accelerated TerraUSD’s Depeg appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigeria’s equities market closed 2025 on a powerful note, delivering a +51.19% year-on-year return and outperforming the previous year’s +35.45% gain. The market surged to an all-time high of 155,613.03 points, creating approximately N26.50 trillion in investor wealth and marking the year as one of the strongest recovery periods for domestic equities in recent history. […] The post Nigeria’s Equities Market Delivers Historic Gains in 2025 as Sector Reforms Power Investor Confidence appeared first on Tekedia.

Anthropic has publicly accused three Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax—of conducting large-scale “distillation attacks” on its Claude models. Anthropic published a blog post titled “Detecting and preventing distillation attacks,” detailing what it described as industrial-scale efforts to illicitly extract Claude’s capabilities. The companies allegedly created approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts bypassing terms of service […] The post Anthropic’s Claim of Distillation Attacks on its Claude Models Builds Around Ongoing AI Supremacy  appeared first on Tekedia.

Recent developments in U.S. stablecoin regulation show meaningful progress in negotiations over stablecoin rewards, a key sticking point that has delayed broader crypto market structure legislation such as the CLARITY Act. The White House has taken a more active role in mediating between banks and crypto firms, leading to a noticeable narrowing of differences. White […] The post US Stablecoin Regulation Shows Meaningful Progress in Negotiations over Rewards appeared first on Tekedia.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index primarily tracking Bitcoin and broader crypto sentiment has hit a reading of 5 out of 100 in February 2026, marking its lowest level in history based on multiple sources tracking the index since its inception around 2018. This extreme fear level anything below ~25 is “Extreme Fear” occurred multiple […] The post Crypto Fear & Greed Hits a Reading of 5 out of 100, Marking Lowest in History appeared first on Tekedia.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the government now views data infrastructure as essential to the economy, comparing it to electricity, ports, and transport networks.

Africa recorded 84.4 million smartphone shipments in 2025, a 13% year-on-year increase, Omdia said. Devices priced below $200 accounted for 81% of total shipments.

Bitcoin (BTC) briefly dipped below $63,000, amid mounting liquidations and a broader risk-off sentiment in global markets. This move extends a correction that has been ongoing for much of the month, with BTC approaching levels last seen earlier in February around $60,000. BTC fell below $63,000 during Asian trading hours, with lows reported around $62,700–$62,900 […] The post Bitcoin Price Dipped During Asian Trading Amid Altcoins Weakening Metrics appeared first on Tekedia.

January in England has a particular sound: studs on slick grass, floodlights humming, and the low buzz of a club statement waiting to be typed. The Premier League never really “settles.” It simply pauses between matchdays long enough for boardrooms to rehearse their patience. This season’s title race and relegation fight have both tightened the […] The post The Premier League Managerial Merry-Go-Round: Who Could Be Next to Go? appeared first on Tekedia.

The SKR token; associated with Solana Mobile’s Seeker Web3 smartphone ecosystem has seen strong performance, with gains in the 50-65% range over the past 24 hours, significantly outperforming the broader crypto market amid a dip. This surge appears driven primarily by its recent spot listing on Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, with trading pairs […] The post SKR Token Pumps Amid TokenWorks Season 2 Mint Going Live appeared first on Tekedia.

More than 30% of Gen Alpha children say they aspire to become social media creators, with studies showing that around 32% of 12–15-year-olds already name “YouTuber” as their dream job. For many children, digital creators are role models, and their desire to shine online emerges even before adolescence. In such a situation, parental involvement becomes not […]

AI agents often called “agentic AI” have transitioned from experimental prototypes and hype-driven demos to a core part of enterprise infrastructure and daily workflows. The shift is dramatic: we’re moving beyond chat-based assistants to semi-autonomous systems that plan, reason, use tools, collaborate in multi-agent setups, and execute complex, long-horizon tasks with minimal human intervention. The […] The post Agentic AI in 2026 appeared first on Tekedia.

AI venture capital reached $211 billion in 2025, representing about half of global VC funding. Multiple sources, including Crunchbase reports, confirm AI startups raised $211 billion in venture funding for the year—a roughly 85% increase from 2024. This accounted for approximately 50% or “one out of every two VC dollars” of total global venture capital, […] The post AI Venture Capital Funding Reached $211B in 2025 appeared first on Tekedia.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has officially begun staking a portion of its treasury holdings. This marks a strategic shift toward generating sustainable, on-chain yield to fund its operations, rather than relying primarily on periodic ETH sales which have been a point of community discussion in the past. The EF made its first staking deposit of […] The post Ethereum Foundation Begins Staking a Portion of its Treasury  appeared first on Tekedia.

The Tech Credit Fund (TCF) has deployed a structured private credit facility to TOGIT, a 100% youth Black-owned telecommunications and IT infrastructure services provider, to accelerate its infrastructure rollout and operational capacity. Telecommunications infrastructure expansion in South Africa remains execution-intensive and capital-dependent. Rollout programs require upfront mobilization, equipment procurement, and alignment of working capital with […]

Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank charter in the United States. The approval applies to Foris Dax National Trust Bank, which will operate under the name Crypto.com National Trust Bank (d.b.a.). It’s a limited-purpose national trust bank focused on digital […] The post Crypto.com Receives OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter appeared first on Tekedia.

Officials associated with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”—a body established to oversee the reconstruction and economic recovery of postwar Gaza—are exploring the introduction of a US dollar-backed stablecoin for the enclave. This initiative is still in very preliminary stages, according to multiple sources including an article in the Financial Times, which cited five […] The post Board of Peace Exploring Introduction of US-backed Stablecoin in Gaza appeared first on Tekedia.

JAMB has said visually impaired candidates who paid for the ongoing UTME registration will be refunded at the point of examination, and audio versions of prescribed texts will be provided after registration closes.

How digital tools and embedded payments are turning Africa’s informal shops into efficient, credit-ready businesses with inventory, bookkeeping and logistics. The post Why African Micro-retail Digitization Is Exploding: The Chari / SMB Payments Playbook appeared first on Tech In Africa.

4G Capital says it has disbursed $889 million through 6.8 million loans to more than 723,000 customers in Kenya and Uganda.