Here’s today’s Online Business, Tech & AI roundup 💻. From African startups to global artificial intelligence trends.
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria to conduct “thorough assessment” of MTN’s $2.2 billion IHS deal
- 🇳🇬 MTN moves to take full control of IHS Towers in $2.2 billion deal
- 🇳🇬 MTN’s $6.2 billion IHS acquisition to face Nigerian regulatory review
- 🇳🇬 MTN Group proposes $6.2 billion buy-out of IHS Towers
- 🇳🇬 Monei and Scrub.io want to protect AI agents from payment fraud
- 🇳🇬 Is crypto here to stay? South Africa backs ZARU Stablecoin with Rand
- 🇳🇬 SA’s HAVAÍC announces 3rd close of $50m 3rd fund; makes 4 investments
- 🇳🇬 Revamped “Egypt Innovate” platform to support country’s innovation, entrepreneurship ecosystem
- 🇳🇬 Fears that Basel III regulations could penalise Africa – African Business
- 🇳🇬 Overseas and e-commerce payments to be made easier in Ethiopia – African Business
- Tesla dodges 30-day suspension in California after removing ‘Autopilot’
- Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says
- Lowe’s Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 40% Off Appliances
- The Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for Traveling Are $50 Off
- The Download: the rise of luxury car theft, and fighting antimicrobial resistance
- The Download: unraveling a death threat mystery, and AI voice recreation for musicians
- GameHub will give Mac owners another imperfect way to play Windows games
- Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true
- Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.6 matches flagship AI performance at one-fifth the cost, accelerating enterprise adoption
- OpenAI’s acquisition of OpenClaw signals the beginning of the end of the ChatGPT era
- US Supreme Court adopts new technology to help identify conflicts of interest – Reuters
- Canada pitches CANDU nuclear technology for Poland’s second plant – Reuters
- Why AI Adoption Stalls, According to Industry Data – Harvard Business Review
- With Rise of Agents, We Are Entering the World of Identic AI – Harvard Business Review
- AI in the workplace: A report for 2025 | McKinsey – McKinsey & Company
- A surge in M&A, the value of human leadership, and making progress possible – McKinsey & Company
- How Companies Turn Loyalty Into Billion-Dollar Data Assets
- The Mindset Every Founder Needs to Make Smarter Business Purchases
- The EU is investigating Shein for its ‘addictive,’ gamified service
- Companies laying off staff this year includes Amazon, Citi, and Pinterest — see the list
That’s all for tech and online business today 🚀. Which AI trend or startup caught your eye? Share below!
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