Here’s today’s Online Business, Tech & AI roundup 💻. From African startups to global artificial intelligence trends.
- 🇳🇬 M-PESA Ethiopia expands into tax collection with Amhara region deal
- 🇳🇬 Next Wave: The end of the phone numbers in M-PESA as we know it
- 🇳🇬 As Moniepoint acquires Orda, the battle for Nigeria’s restaurant stack intensifies with Chowdeck
- 🇳🇬 This Nigerian lady wants to be an Astronaut, but she’s starting with Nigeria’s space reality
- 🇳🇬 ‘I entered tech through strategy’: The non-coder route that shaped myStash’s Onyinye Stephanie
- 🇳🇬 The 30% rule: How SORA kills more African mosquitoes for less with AI drones
- 🇳🇬 African agri-tech startups invited to apply for Innovate for Impact Challenge
- 🇳🇬 SA’s Happy Pay raises $5m seed round to scale ad-subsidised payments network
- The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future
- Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi
- Best Merino Wool Clothing (2026): Base Layers, Hoodies, Jackets & More
- The Best Subscription-Free Home Security Cameras I’ve Tried
- The Download: OpenAI is building a fully automated researcher, and a psychedelic trial blind spot
- OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher
- We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
- DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
- You thought the generalist was dead — in the ‘vibe work’ era, they’re more important than ever
- Testing autonomous agents (Or: how I learned to stop worrying and embrace chaos)
- Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum – Reuters
- Musk says SpaceX and Tesla to build advanced chip factories in Austin – Reuters
- AI in the workplace: A report for 2025 | McKinsey – McKinsey & Company
- Faces, places, and trends: The state of tourism & hospitality – McKinsey & Company
- Stretch Your Tech Budget with This $200 MacBook Air
- What Two Adopted Puppies Taught Me About Breaking Through the Noise
- An Air Canada plane was wrecked at LaGuardia after it collided with a vehicle while taxiing
- Cursor acknowledges its new low-cost coding model has Chinese bones
- Georgia Suspends State Gas Tax—Here’s How Much Drivers Will Save
- ‘I Had a Feeling’—The Split-Second Decision That Saved an NCAA Underdog’s Season
- 🇳🇬 Moniepoint acquires restaurant management platform Orda in full-stack merchant infrastructure bet
- 🇳🇬 Inside Daniel Anomfueme’s mission to build Africa’s first truly decentralised science tech ecosystem
That’s all for tech and online business today 🚀. Which AI trend or startup caught your eye? Share below!
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