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As DFI money dries up, AFC is doubling down on African VC with $100 million

For nearly two decades, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) wrote cheques for bridges, ports, mines, and subsea cables. Now, the $19 billion Africa-focused develop...

Show HN: InsForge – Open-source Heroku for coding agents

Hi HN, I'm Hang, cofounder of InsForge (YC P26). InsForge is an open-source Heroku for AI coding agents: a backend platform designed for coding agents to d...

Two men arrested over stunt at enclosure of famed monkey Punch

Two US nationals have been arrested after one jumped the fence of the monkey, who went viral online, police say.

Showmax is gone. MultiChoice’s future is now premium streaming and payments

This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs, financial institutions, companies,...

10 footballers who nearly quit before playing at the World Cup

For millions of footballers around the world, appearing at the FIFA World Cup is the ultimate dream. But for some stars, that dream almost never happened. Long...

Did Artemis II break through? Registrations at Space Camp double afterward.

When he was 12 years old, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the week-long "Aviation Challenge" program at Space Camp, in Huntsville, Alabama. "For the...

Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom

The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.

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Nigerians slam Sheikh Gumi over ransom-for-kidnappers comments

By Enitan Abdultawab Controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians on social media after he appeared to suggest that arm...

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Fuel subsidy savings insufficient for Nigeria’s annual infrastructure deficit – IMPI

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Independent Media and Policy Initiative, IMPI, is of the view that funds saved from the removal of fuel subsidy annually are not eno...

IMF urges UK to ‘stay the course’ on borrowing amid Starmer uncertainty

Washington-based fund praises Rachel Reeves for aiming to cut budget deficit as it upgrades growth forecastsBusiness live – latest updatesThe International Mone...

Magic mushrooms could be effective treatment for cocaine addiction, study shows

Participants who got single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from cocaine than those who got placeboResults from a new clinical trial show that a...

Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of House seats – US po...

GOP to target seat held by Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat among the state’s seven representatives in the HouseSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and we...

Oyo school kidnap: Gruesome killing of teacher sends fear across community

By Adeola Badru Tension has continued to mount across the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State after reports emerged that one of the teachers kidnapped dur...

Phone-Tapping Charge: Court grants El-Rufai N100m bail, seizes passport

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday granted N100 million bail to the detained immediate past governor of Kaduna State...

India’s Growing Infertility Crisis: Why More Young Couples Are Struggling to Conceive

A decade ago, infertility in India was largely discussed in silence. It was often associated with couples who had been trying for many years, usually in their m...

[Video] ‘Help us’ – Abducted Ogbomoso school principal, teacher beg FG, Makinde

Videos showing a school principal and a teacher abducted during attacks on schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have surfaced online, as familie...

Iran’s World Cup football team leaves for Turkey

Iran’s national football team was headed to Turkey on Monday to play a final friendly match and apply for visas to fly to the United States for the 2026 W...

FG rolls out free healthcare for pensioners earning below N70,000

By Victor Ahiuma-Young  The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has inaugurated a free healthcare initiative for retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme...