₦ NGN
Language
Currency

public News & Insights

Fresh technology, health, farming, nutrition and Nigerian headlines — curated for the Epelcon community.

flash_on Headlines & quick share
TechCrunch Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot

The five-day format will look quite similar to the two-day format. There will be a live show from 12 p.m. U.K. time to 3 p.m., bre...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal Airtel Money Kenya chief exits months before planned London listing

Her departure comes weeks after Airtel Kenya appointed a new managing director and days after Safaricom announced the exit of its...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal African venture capital is backing fewer founders than ever

Rather than being spread across hundreds of young companies, venture capital is increasingly concentrating in a small group of mat...

1 day ago Read here ›
TechCabal The Next Wave: Africa’s payment rails have a participation problem

Speed made instant payments possible, but the harder task now is deciding who gets access to the rails, on what terms, and who con...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal Unlicenced Kenya’s digital lenders cannot recover loans after court ruling

The rulings suggest that lenders operating without a CBK digital credit provider licence may struggle to enforce loan contracts, r...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal Zedcrest Group acquires cross-border payments startup Leatherback in global fintech push

The acquisition formalises a relationship that began in 2021 when Zedcrest participated in Leatherback’s $10 million pre-seed fund...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – E-buses in Cape Town

In today's edition: Airtel’s share buyback plan || Cape Town now has e-buses || Kenya finalises crypto rules || Kenya’s eTIMS’ dow...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?

Forget YouTube videos — frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and, soon, brain wave readings.

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?

As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concer...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules

How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack

"The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!"

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in...

2 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year w...

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives

The lawsuit will likely renew debates about whether term employment agreements are enforceable under California. law

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught

An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never g...

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation

Elon Musk's tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal “The problem was much bigger than we anticipated it to be”: Day 1-1000 of Mida

A lender could streamline the onboarding process, automate credit checks, and approve loans within minutes. But unless borrowers r...

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary

Kalshi claims the trailer is “defamatory” and contains “both fabricated documents and false and misleading statements.”

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.

A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here's how to fix the problem...

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCabal Digital Nomads: Eseandre Otomiewor built a $100,000 business. Then started over in the US.

Somewhere in Eseandre Otomiewor's memory is an alternate version of his life in which he is, by his own joking estimate, a billion...

3 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else

OpenAI's fancy new AI keypad will be a lot of fun for some, while many others are probably not going to touch it.

4 days ago Read here ›
TechCrunch TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between

Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’re devoting...

4 days ago Read here ›

Read stories right here on Epelcon. Headlines are aggregated from third-party sources; the full article and original publisher are always one tap away. Epelcon Global is not the author.

Get the EPELCON App v3.6.0
Invest, Learn & Earn on the go
Download APK
feedback Feedback