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Starlink Hits Capacity in Nigeria’s Largest Cities, Raising Questions About Musk’s Africa Ambitions
Starlink’s satellite internet service has reached capacity in Nigeria’s largest cities, forcing the company to halt new sign-ups and pushing would-be customers onto a waitlist.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PlaySuper Secures $1 Million Seed Funding to Power Next-Gen Gaming Monetization
"PlaySuper aims to build the commerce backbone for the next generation of gaming. . . "
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Ghana Brings in Trust Stamp to Build Tokenized Digital ID Infrastructure
The tokenized ID services will be provided to the NIA, other government ministries and agencies, as well as the private sector, with the National Identification Registry (NIR) used as the foundation.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Seeks $300 Million to Fund Electricity Mini-Grids in Africa
The International Finance Corp. is setting up an entity aimed at lowering the cost of mini grids in Africa, to accelerate plans to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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VC Firm Crane Launches $135 Million Fund in Asia Pacific
Crane Venture Partners was founded in 2015 and invests in technology companies at early stages across multiple regions.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Elon Musk’s xAI Secretly Dropped Its Benefit Corporation Status While Fighting OpenAI
While xAI, and its supplier, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, initially promised to use pollution controls with the turbines, those haven’t yet materialized.
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- Technology
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- North America
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Africa50, AfDB, and AfCFTA to Bridge Infrastructure Gaps and Drive Digital Transformation
The new partnership between the three institutions aims to dramatically increase this figure by addressing the infrastructure gaps that currently constrain trade flows across African borders.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SMBC Invests in Novastar Ventures’ New Fund
This commitment is a clear indicator of a wider, calculated trend of Japanese corporate capital being strategically deployed into Africa’s vibrant and rapidly expanding technology startup ecosystem.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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