Key points Main Story Nigerian businesses that rely heavily on WhatsApp to communicate with customers are set to face additional messaging costs from October 1, 2026, as Meta introduces per-message charges for service communications sent through the WhatsApp Business Platform. The new pricing structure applies specifically to businesses using the official WhatsApp Business Platform, formerly […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.

For years, artificial intelligence has largely been associated with hyperscale data centres and cloud computing environments. But the next phase of AI innovation is moving much closer to where decisions need to happen at the edge of the network. This shift is being driven by a new generation of applications that cannot afford delays. Whether […]

When patients move, their healthcare data should move with them A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic, be referred to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or follow-up in another province. At every handover, the next care team needs enough context to […]

Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage fund, has announced the final close of its second institutional fund – VP Pan-African Fund II (VP PAF II)– at $84 million, exceeding its original target of $75 million.  Achieved just three years after the close of Fund I and against a markedly more cautious global venture backdrop, the oversubscribed […]

AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, today announced the appointment of Brock Ballard as Chief Revenue Officer effective 1 October 2026. Brock joins the team from Bentley Systems following an extensive recruitment process led by AVEVA; he will succeed Sue Quense in the role as she steps into an advisory capacity. Brock brings over […]

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, economies and societies at an unprecedented speed. As demand for cloud computing, AI workloads and data-intensive digital services accelerates, access to resilient, scalable and locally hosted digital infrastructure will become increasingly critical to Africa’s competitiveness and economic growth. Against this backdrop, MTN Group today announced that MTN Digital Infrastructure has […]

Inside the sprawling machinery of Microsoft, where lines of code become products and ideas become empires, another story is quietly being written—the story of what talent is worth. Nearly 600 Microsoft employees reportedly shared their base salaries, raises, cash bonuses, and stock awards in an internal spreadsheet, offering an unusual glimpse into how one of […] The post The Currency of Talent; Inside Microsoft’s Pay Landscape, and When Attention Becomes the Currency appeared first on Tekedia.

Nigeria’s active telecommunications subscriptions rose to 192.23 million in June 2026, up from 189.68 million in May, as demand for mobile connectivity and broadband services continued to expand across the country, according to the latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The 2.56 million increase in active subscriptions lifted telecommunications teledensity to 88.67 percent, […] The post Nigeria’s Active Telecom Subscriptions Rise To 192.23 Million As Data Consumption Hits 1,532TB appeared first on Tekedia.

Allianz is considering a takeover of the AA worth about £5 billion, as the German insurance giant joins a growing field of international and private equity suitors seeking to acquire one of Britain’s largest motoring and membership businesses. Sky News has learnt that Allianz is among a small number of potential buyers that have been […] The post Allianz Weighs £5bn Takeover of AA Amid Intense Bidding Battle appeared first on Tekedia.

There is a particular kind of noise that belongs to the modern age: not the roar of a train, the whistle of a factory, or the distant thunder of an airport, but the continuous mechanical hum of machines that never sleep. As data centers multiply to satisfy the world’s growing appetite for artificial intelligence, cloud […] The post When Machines Become the New Neighbors appeared first on Tekedia.

In New York City, wealth has long known how to hide in plain sight. It has slipped behind trusts, companies, accountants and carefully constructed legal arrangements, finding quiet corners in which fortunes could rest while the city moved around them. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new tax on second homes is beginning to disturb that familiar […] The post New York’s Second-Home Tax Turns Wealth Into a Complicated Equation appeared first on Tekedia.

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that a new 25-year energy agreement with the United States would target crude production of more than 1.5 million barrels per day and generate an estimated $209 billion in revenue for the Venezuelan state, while preserving Caracas’ ownership and sovereignty over its oil resources. In a late-night […] The post Venezuela Says 25-Year U.S. Energy Deal Targets 1.5mbpd, Promises $209bn in State Revenue appeared first on Tekedia.

The collapse of a high-profile AI hedge fund has opened another chapter, and this time the spotlight is turning toward Wall Street’s largest financial institutions. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed major banks over their dealings with Situational Awareness, seeking information about the fund’s trading activity, leverage and communications with lenders. The inquiry […] The post SEC Subpoenas Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Other Banks in Fund Investigation appeared first on Tekedia.

A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that Kalshi cannot stop Nevada’s gaming regulators from overseeing its prediction markets platform, dealing a significant blow to the company. The ruling also intensified a growing legal battle over whether prediction markets are financial products regulated by Washington or a form of sports gambling controlled by individual states. […] The post Appeals Court Rules Nevada Can Regulate Kalshi, Deepening Legal Fight Over Prediction Markets appeared first on Tekedia.

There are moments in technology when a product announcement feels less like a business decision and more like the opening of a door. Anthropic’s decision to make its Claude Team plan available to scientists, with 10,000 free standard seats, carries that feeling. It is not merely an invitation to use another artificial intelligence system. It […] The post Claude Opens the Laboratory Door to Scientists appeared first on Tekedia.

The crypto world has always lived between two realities: the physical and the digital, the culture of belonging and the machinery of capital. This week, those two worlds move closer together. On one side stands Bored Ape Yacht Club, preparing to open early access to ApeFest merchandise on August 31. On the other stands Evernorth, […] The post Bored Ape Yacht Club and Evernorth Highlight Crypto’s Shift From Culture to Finance appeared first on Tekedia.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is in the final stages of an investigation into whether Alphabet’s YouTube violated consumer protection laws through its handling of user account suspensions and content moderation, potentially setting up another major regulatory challenge for the Google-owned video platform. The FTC has been examining YouTube since last year and is preparing […] The post FTC Nears Potential Lawsuit Against YouTube Over User Account Suspensions, Bloomberg Reports appeared first on Tekedia.

The boundary between Wall Street and blockchain is becoming less a wall and more a bridge, and the latest signals are arriving from two very different corners of the financial world. Robinhood Chain has reportedly seen real-world asset (RWA) trading surpass $100 million in daily volume, while Charles Schwab is preparing to expand trading access […] The post The Wall Street–Blockchain Bridge Widens as RWA Trading Surges appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s leading memory-chip manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies has sued the U.S. Department of Defense to overturn its designation as a Chinese military company, escalating a dispute that could further complicate Beijing’s efforts to expand its semiconductor industry and gain access to global markets. CXMT filed the lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for […] The post China’s CXMT Sues Pentagon Over Military Blacklist Amid Escalating Chip Tensions appeared first on Tekedia.

Technology was once imagined as a kingdom beyond the reach of politics, a digital frontier where code could move faster than governments and innovation could outrun regulation. But that illusion is fading. From artificial intelligence laboratories to meme-coin markets, technology is becoming inseparable from the exercise of political power. Two recent developments capture this changing […] The post Anthropic, Meme Coins, and the New Politics of Technology appeared first on Tekedia.

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Anthropic has been sued by Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music and other major music publishers, which accuse the artificial intelligence company of illegally obtaining and using thousands of copyrighted musical works to train its Claude AI models. The publishers filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, […] The post Anthropic Sued By Sony Music, Warner Chappell Music, Other Music Publishers Over Alleged Mass Piracy Of Copyrighted Songs appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI said Friday it plans to stop providing its artificial intelligence models to Cursor, the coding platform recently acquired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, escalating a long-running dispute between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI said it proposed November 12, 2026, as the cutoff date for its agreement with Cursor, arguing that it could no […] The post OpenAI to Cut Off Cursor Over SpaceX Ties, Escalating Musk-Altman Feud appeared first on Tekedia.

AI startup Valon has introduced a policy requiring most new employees to learn their jobs without artificial intelligence before they are allowed to use the technology, as concerns grow that widespread reliance on AI could weaken workers’ judgment and leave companies paying heavily for tools that employees may be using unnecessarily. Andrew Wang, Valon’s CEO […] The post AI Startup Valon Tells New Hires To Learn Without AI Before Using It appeared first on Tekedia.

China’s top memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), will supply its latest LPDDR6 DRAM chips for Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship foldable smartphone, marking a significant step in Beijing’s push to build a more self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain. CXMT said on Saturday that it has begun mass production of LPDDR6 memory and will supply the chips for […] The post China’s CXMT to Supply Latest LPDDR6 Chips for Xiaomi’s New Foldable Phone appeared first on Tekedia.

Bitcoin is showing signs of a stronger alignment with traditional safe-haven assets as its relationship with gold strengthens, while its correlation with technology stocks continues to weaken. According to Grayscale, Bitcoin’s correlation with gold has risen above 50%, highlighting a potential shift in how investors view the cryptocurrency amid changing market conditions and broader macroeconomic […] The post Bitcoin’s Correlation With Gold Tops 50% as Nasdaq Link Weakens, Grayscale Says appeared first on Tekedia.

The American economy is moving through a landscape where the road ahead appears increasingly narrow. In the second quarter, U.S. gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.5%. While the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index climbed 3.7% year over year in July. The figures paint a delicate economic portrait: growth is losing some […] The post U.S. GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% as PCE Inflation Hits 3.7% appeared first on Tekedia.

Bitcoin’s price has declined significantly, reigniting fear across the cryptocurrency market as the flagship asset falls below closely watched levels. BTC came under renewed selling pressure after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone on inflation at the Jackson Hole symposium, warning that the central bank still has work to do before inflation […] The post Bitcoin Falls Below $77,000, $200 Million Long Positions Liquidated After Kelvin Warsh Comment on Inflation appeared first on Tekedia.

OpenAI has begun showing advertisements to some ChatGPT users in India, expanding one of its most important consumer markets as the artificial intelligence company seeks new revenue streams ahead of a planned public listing. The ads are being shown to users on ChatGPT’s free tier and its 399-rupee ($4) monthly Go plan, an OpenAI spokesperson […] The post OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Ads in India as AI Giant Steps Up Monetization appeared first on Tekedia.

Meta and gaming platform Roblox have agreed to strengthen protections for children and teenagers in the Philippines, including age verification, parental controls and faster removal of harmful content, as pressure mounts on technology companies to take greater responsibility for online safety. Philippine Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda said on Thursday that the companies […] The post Meta, Roblox Agree To Strengthen Child-Safety Measures in Philippines appeared first on Tekedia.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his clearest warning yet that the U.S. central bank could raise interest rates if inflation fails to move convincingly toward its 2% target, shifting the policy debate at a time when markets have been expecting monetary easing. Speaking at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic symposium […] The post Warsh Signals Fed May Need to Raise Rates if Inflation Fails to Return to 2% appeared first on Tekedia.