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Kenya’s Chicken Inn Franchise Operator Processes 6,000 Daily Deliveries as Food Ordering Demand Surges.
A fast-growing shift in how Kenyans buy food is putting serious pressure on restaurant logistics, with the operator behind Chicken Inn reporting handling up to 6,000 deliveries a day as digital ordering and delivery platforms reshape the fast-food business. The surge reflects a broader change in Kenya’s urban consumer behavior. Over the past few years,…
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Why Africa’s AI Ambitions Depend on Building More Data Centers.
Africa’s push into artificial intelligence is running into a problem far less visible than chatbots or flashy demos: the continent still lacks enough data centers to power the digital systems modern AI depends on. While governments and startups talk increasingly about AI adoption, much of the computing infrastructure behind those tools remains concentrated outside Africa,…
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Hark Raises $700M Series A as Investors Bet Big on an AI Personal Assistant Built Across Software and Hardware.
A $700 million early-stage funding round is usually reserved for proven companies — not startups still trying to define what their product category even looks like. Yet that is the scale of the bet now placed on AI personal assistants as investors push for the first consumer AI product people use daily, not occasionally. The…
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Nigeria Moves Toward a Unified Digital Tax ID System Linking Income and Identity.
Nigeria’s tax system is heading toward a more tightly connected digital structure, where income, identity, and financial activity could eventually be tracked under a single taxpayer profile — a shift that could reshape how individuals and businesses interact with the state. For years, tax administration in Nigeria has operated through fragmented systems. The Tax Identification…
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Nigeria and Neighbours to Receive 1,500 New Base Stations in Rural Connectivity Push.
Large parts of rural Africa are still digitally present on paper but disconnected in reality, and a new rollout of 1,500 US-made base stations across Nigeria and three other countries is aimed at closing that gap. For years, telecom expansion in Africa has followed a familiar pattern. Cities got faster coverage first because they are…
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MTN Nigeria Launches Alumni Awards to Deepen Engagement With Media Professionals.
Nigeria’s media and tech ecosystems are becoming more tightly connected, and MTN Nigeria is now formalising that relationship with the launch of its inaugural MIP Alumni Awards, a move that highlights how telecom companies are investing in the people who shape public understanding of the digital economy. The initiative builds on the Media Innovation Programme…
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