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If the early 2000s were Africa’s telecoms moment, then this decade could be its AI infrastructure revolution—a leap that determines who builds, owns, and benefits from the next era of global intelligence. Bayo (Olubayo) Adekanmbi PhD of Data Science Nigeria, and Alex Tsado of Alliance4AI believe Africa’s participation must come through localisation, contextualisation, and ownership. From offline models that run on local data to GPU data centers powering startups, they are showing what AI sovereignty can look like in practice. Head to the link🔗 below to see how their work could help equalize opportunity across the continent. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dJditKxP   

On Wednesday, US chipmaker NVIDIA became the first company to reach a market valuation of $5 trillion. On the day it crossed the $5 trillion mark, Nvidia’s stock rose by 4.5% to $210.11, bringing its total value to about $5.1 trillion. That jump alone equals the combined value of many Fortune 500 companies. The company’s valuation now exceeds the total global cryptocurrency market and equals nearly half the size of Europe’s Stoxx 600 index. Nvidia has become one of the most significant forces in global market growth and a core member of the Magnificent Seven, alongside Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla. Click the link🔗 below to see how NVIDIA achieved these numbers 👉 https://lnkd.in/gJ2D49ex

Flutterwave, Africa’s largest payments infrastructure company, is betting on stablecoins to make cross-border transactions faster and cheaper through a multi-year partnership with Polygon Labs, a blockchain software company.  Through the partnership, Flutterwave will use Polygon’s blockchain network to enable instant, low-cost settlements across more than 30 African countries, in what both companies describe as one of the largest real-world stablecoin deployments in emerging markets. Click the link🔗 below for full details  👉 https://lnkd.in/duEddkyG   

On paper, Nigeria has recognised digital assets (including cryptocurrencies), established a licensing framework, and introduced taxation for crypto businesses. Yet, nearly two years after the sector was legally unblocked, most major crypto companies remain inaccessible through Nigerian telecom networks. Why is this the case? Click the link 🔗 below to find out. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dH7JMkq3 

“For 18 hours, families in Tanzania couldn’t receive money from loved ones abroad. Why? Internet blackout. This isn’t about tech — it’s about food, medicine, and survival.” A nationwide internet outage in Tanzania on Wednesday disrupted international money transfers and digital services, prompting the remittance platform NALA to temporarily shut down its operations. For over 18 hours, Tanzanians were cut off from online services, leaving thousands unable to receive funds from relatives abroad. The blackout coincided with protests and unrest in parts of the country as voting took place. The Tanzanian government has not provided an official explanation for the outage, which digital rights groups say reflects a growing pattern across parts of Africa where authorities restrict access during politically sensitive moments. Click the link 🔗 below for more details 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGhmbdmr 

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc posted a 245.7% year-on-year rise in profit after tax to ₦750.19 billion ($522.06 million) for the nine months ending September 2025, from a ₦514.9 billion ($358.34 million) loss in the same period last year, solidifying its return to profitability. The telecoms giant also restored its positive retained earnings and shareholders’ equity positions and announced its first dividend payout since August 2023, when it paid ₦5.60 per share. Get full details at the link 🔗 below  👉 https://lnkd.in/dXpPiatm  

MTN Nigeria has more than tripled its capital expenditure to ₦757.4 billion ($527.08 million) in 2025, marking its largest infrastructure push in years to meet surging demand for data and broadband. The company channelled about 87% of the record spend into network expansion, fibre rollout, spectrum renewal, and digital-service infrastructure, including the first phase of its $240 million Dabengwa Tier-3 Data Centre launched in July. Backed by a stronger naira, easing inflation, and renewed investor confidence, MTN’s investments drove a sharp turnaround in performance — service revenue rose 57.5% year-on-year, EBITDA more than doubled to ₦1.9 trillion ($1.32 billion), and profit after tax surged 245.7% to ₦750.2 billion ($522.07 million). With improved cash flow and a debt ratio of 0.1×, the company declared an interim dividend of ₦5.00 per share and signalled optimism for sustained growth into 2026. Click the link 🔗 below for more details  👉 https://lnkd.in/d79teJrB   

Access Bank’s fraud losses increased by 254.02% to ₦1.64 billion ($1.13 million) in H1 2025, from ₦464.12 million ($320,478) in the previous year, with fraudulent transfers, withdrawals, and account reactivations costing the bank ₦617.11 million ($426,119). This marks Access Bank’s highest six-month fraud loss since June 2023, when it lost ₦5.46 billion ($3.77 million), driven largely by fraudulent transfers, withdrawals, and account reactivations worth ₦5.45 billion ($3.76 million). Click the link 🔗 below for more details  👉 https://lnkd.in/d95gknmC   

eTranzact PLC, a Nigerian payments and switching company, expects its profit to grow by at least 26.03% to ₦4.28 billion ($2.98 million) in 2025, despite an anticipated 5.34% decline in revenue to ₦28.30 billion ($19.69 million) from ₦29.89 billion ($20.80 million). During the first nine months of 2025, the company’s revenue fell 8.26% to ₦20.11 billion ($13.99 million), while profit after tax rose 12.45% to ₦2.41 billion ($1.68 million). For Q4 2025, eTranzact projects ₦8.19 billion ($5.69 million) in revenue and ₦1.87 billion ($1.30 million) in profit after tax, bringing the annualised figure to ₦28.30 billion ($19.69 million) and ₦4.28 billion ($2.98 million), respectively. The company disclosed this in its Q4 2025 earnings forecast and unaudited financial statements for the nine months ending September 2025. Click the link 🔗 below for more details  👉 https://lnkd.in/dXivPbi7