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  • Nigeria unveils AI chatbot to simplify public access to government services

    The Nigerian government has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot designed to improve public access to government information and services. The initiative, developed with support from Meta, marks another step in Nigeria’s push toward digital transformation and smarter public service delivery. The chatbot is expected to provide citizens with quick and simplified access to official…

  • Visa bullish on stablecoins for Africa’s digital payments growth

    Global payments giant Visa believes stablecoins could play a transformative role in Africa’s financial ecosystem, describing the technology as a “pretty big” opportunity for the continent’s payments future. As digital finance adoption accelerates across Africa, stablecoins are increasingly being viewed as a practical solution to long-standing challenges in cross-border payments, currency volatility, and financial inclusion.…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…