Here’s today’s Online Business, Tech & AI roundup 💻. From African startups to global artificial intelligence trends.
- 🇳🇬 Paystack Inc. acquires Nigerian microfinance bank as it expands beyond payments
- 🇳🇬 Uganda orders nationwide internet shutdown ahead of polls
- 🇳🇬 Uganda switches off the Internet ahead of January 15 elections
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria eyes passage of AI law to lead regulation push in Africa
- 🇳🇬 How Nigeria’s Vet Konect uses mobile, AI technology to connect users to veterinary services
- 🇳🇬 Kenya’s Mamy Eyewear secures strategic investment from Japan’s IVS to expand across East Africa
- 🇳🇬 Lily by Zoubeir Jlassi wins the first-ever $1m Google AI film award – African Business
- 🇳🇬 Africa Collective Davos 2026: A strong platform for amplifying Africa’s growing economic leadership – African Business
- Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup – TechCrunch
- Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups – TechCrunch
- Google Workspace Promo Code: Up to 14% Off in 2026
- The Fight on Capitol Hill to Make It Easier to Fix Your Car
- The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station – MIT Technology Review
- CES showed me why Chinese tech companies feel so optimistic – MIT Technology Review
- BMW’s first electric M car is coming in 2027—with one motor per wheel
- The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”
- This new, dead simple prompt technique boosts accuracy on LLMs by up to 76% on non-reasoning tasks – VentureBeat
- Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI – VentureBeat
- Britain seeks ‘reset’ in copyright battle between AI and creators – Reuters
- Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact – Reuters
- Gen AI Is Threatening the Platforms That Dominate Online Travel – Harvard Business Review
- Leaders, It’s Time to Build Your Tolerance for Uncertainty – Harvard Business Review
- AI in the workplace: A report for 2025 | McKinsey – McKinsey & Company
- A skills evolution, true transformations, and building leaders’ AI muscles – McKinsey & Company
- Why Traditional Reputation Management Fails in an AI-Driven World
- I Own a Small Business — and I’d Still Choose a Big Company for This Job
- Russian oil firm says it will keep its Venezuela assets after US military operation
- Ben Horowitz says that investing teams shouldn’t be ‘too much bigger than basketball teams’
- Investors Make a Bold Move to Rescue Troubled Whiskey Brand Uncle Nearest as Owners Fight for Control
- AI Holograms Are Here. What Does This Mean for AI Companions?
That’s all for tech and online business today 🚀. Which AI trend or startup caught your eye? Share below!
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