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In AugusT 2026, the Government of Zambia launched a fully operational national carbon registry, becoming the second African countr...
Sixteen years after leaving the bank he helped grow into one of Nigeria’s biggest financial institutions, Tony Elumelu has left Un...
Jones Amegbor set out to build a system that pays schools, hospitals, and insurers directly. A decade later, PayAngel has processe...
The technology was not the problem. For Peter Otobong and his team at Fraqtion Finance, the idea was simple enough: allow people t...
Runable says 60%–70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.
The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted MTN Nigeria a conditional Approval-in-Principle (AiP) for its proposed ac...
The Pan-African venture firm has raised $84 million and plans to invest in startups beyond its home market of Nigeria.
Intron has released Sahara v2.5, a set of voice AI models built for when Africans use multiple languages in one sentence.
Ventures Platform has closed its second fund at $84 million, just $23 million short of what all six African venture funds that clo...
Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.
In today's edition: Moniepoint is phasing out remittance product || Courier platforms must submit data in Kenya || MTN targets 30...
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
In a statement to TechCrunch about Malone's departure, OpenAI said it had "recently reorganized" its "infrastructure organization...
Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder Summit in Boston on Novembe...
The company's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.
The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
The blockchain shutdown could end an important funding pipeline for African early-stage Web3 startups at a time when venture capit...
X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instanc...
Instagram says the process can produce a first pass in under 10 seconds, potentially saving creators significant editing time whil...
Fusion startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on a demonstration facility in New Mexico that it says will generate enough energy to p...
Life360’s new $7.99 scannable pet tags alert families when a lost pet is found and share its last known location, while new care-t...
Germany's autonomous vehicle regulations have made it a hotspot for autonomous vehicle testing and eventual commercial robotaxi de...
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of...
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