Online Business Daily Digest – January 17, 2026

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Here’s today’s Online Business, Tech & AI roundup 💻. From African startups to global artificial intelligence trends.

  1. 🇳🇬 5 African startups reimagining stores, services, and storytelling
  2. 🇳🇬 For businesses tired of saying no to crypto payments, CoinCircuit has an answer
  3. 🇳🇬 MyInvestar Hits ₦13.9bn in Transaction Volume in 2025: A New Era for Nigerian Wealth-Tech?
  4. 🇳🇬 How Clarus wants to fix one of Africa’s most expensive startup mistakes
  5. 🇳🇬 “I’m Not Aware”: Musk, Grok, and the silence around image abuse
  6. 🇳🇬 Cardtonic raises $2.1 million to build Pil, its standalone business spend infrastructure
  7. 🇳🇬 Egypt’s FitXpert secures 7-figure funding to scale fitness and nutrition SaaS platform
  8. 🇳🇬 African payments startup NALA partners Noah to launch instant stablecoin settlement network
  9. 🇳🇬 Mamadou Toure: The entrepreneur using blockchain to disrupt gold investment in Africa – African Business
  10. 🇳🇬 Africa House at Davos: A new paradigm to accelerate Africa’s decade of transformation – African Business
  11. AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post – TechCrunch
  12. From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development – TechCrunch
  13. Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
  14. Our Favorite Compact Power Station Is on Sale for 33% Off
  15. Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026 – MIT Technology Review
  16. The Download: cut through AI coding hype, and biotech trends to watch – MIT Technology Review
  17. Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
  18. Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike
  19. How Google’s ‘internal RL’ could unlock long-horizon AI agents – Venturebeat
  20. Kilo launches AI-powered Slack bot that ships code from a chat message – Venturebeat
  21. Taiwan aims to be strategic AI partner in US tariff deal – Reuters
  22. Indra signs $1.1 billion deal to manage London transport ticketing and control systems – Reuters
  23. Why Training Employees Pays Off Twice – Harvard Business Review
  24. Why People Create AI “Workslop”—and How to Stop It – Harvard Business Review
  25. AI in the workplace: A report for 2025 | McKinsey – McKinsey & Company
  26. Law Firms & Professional Services – McKinsey & Company
  27. 7 AI Tools That Run a One-Person Business in 2026 — No Staff. No Code.
  28. Why Your Website Traffic Isn’t Turning Into Revenue — and How to Change That
  29. OpenAI is turning to the court of public opinion in its battle with Elon Musk
  30. An OpenAI researcher turned venture capitalist says investors are 3 to 5 years behind the latest AI studies

That’s all for tech and online business today 🚀. Which AI trend or startup caught your eye? Share below!

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