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Nigeria pulled in 77.4 trillion naira from exports last year compared to 36 trillion the year before, even though the dollar numbers dipped a bit to 57.9 billion from 60.65 billion. The naira-denominated spike came partly from currency depreciation, but cocoa sales absolutely went off, jumping...

JA Africa says each dollar they put into helping kids gets back more than 20 bucks for the economy, and they just wrapped their big student business showdown in Abuja. The org works with teenagers from eight countries across the continent, teaching them how to build actual companies while...

Nigerian Ports Authority boss Abubakar Dantsoho showed up at the Kano International Trade Fair and basically said his agency wants to hook up local exporters with overseas buyers by cutting through all the paperwork nonsense. He gave props to the Kano Chamber of Commerce for keeping the fair...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry just picked Leye Kupoluyi as their new president after Gabriel Idahosa wrapped up his run. Director General Chinyere Almona announced the move at the group's annual meeting and said Kupoluyi has been putting in work as a council member with solid...

Nigeria LNG just told everyone at their Finima retreat that they are done treating local content requirements like a checkbox exercise, and they want to actually build up homegrown energy sector talent. Deputy Managing Director Olakunle Osobu said the company is setting new standards through...

Egypt's Health Ministry met with the Digital Transformation Ministry to push forward on turning medical records and disease tracking into a fully digital system. Minister Mohammed Mahmoud Ael Mahmoud and Minister Ahmed Salem Ashfa ran the session with help from the Prime Minister of...

Cisco teamed up with the OECD to figure out who actually uses generative AI, and the results show a massive split between countries and age groups. People under 35 are running the show globally, while emerging markets like India, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa are way ahead of Europe on...

Smart Africa and YouthConnekt Africa teamed up to help young tech people across the continent get their stuff off the ground. The two groups signed a partnership deal at the Transform Africa Summit 2025 that connects their youth networks and sets up joint programming at major regional events...

Airtel Tanzania just locked in Phase 10 of its deal with the Universal Communication Service Access Fund to throw up cell towers in the sticks. Communications Minister Angellah Jasmine Mbelwa Kairuki showed up for the signing, and the company is building 132 out of 201 towers that need to go up...

Senegal's National Assembly green-lit an 81-billion-franc budget for the Communications Ministry's 2026 plan, and almost 60 percent goes toward tech infrastructure. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko want the country to run as a digital hub by 2034, with plans to...

Namibia finally got its electronic securities system running after years of sitting around waiting for old regulations to get updated. The Namibia Securities Exchange teamed up with Bank of Namibia and NAMFISA to launch the Central Securities Depository, which ditches paper certificates for a...

Cape Verde wrapped up its sixth Digital Scholarship program at Praia Technology Park with three startups taking home the win: Tournament Tubaron, Nikopay, and Cabopay. The Ministry of Digital Economy ran the three-month bootcamp with Pro-Entrepreneurship and IEFP to pump out viable tech...

Mozambique just made data governance a constitutional thing, and the government is treating it like a big deal for their whole digital transformation project. The Communications Ministry rolled out the National Data Governance Policy at a workshop in Maputo, with INTIC Chairman Lourino Chemane...

Chad's telecom minister just told the UN and UNHCR that his government wants to wire up refugee camps with internet and solar-powered systems. The country is dealing with over 1.5 million displaced people who fled from Sudan's conflict, and officials think getting them online will help with...

Retired general Krasimir Petrov says the Interior Ministry keeps screwing up worse and worse. The former counter-terrorism unit boss thinks police leadership wanted to dodge responsibility when vandals wrecked stuff after the December protests, and he figures letting property get trashed beats...

People hit the streets again in multiple Bulgarian cities because they want the government gone. Stara Zagora and Vidin both saw protests, with crowds chanting for resignations and saying their wallets are getting lighter while nothing gets better. Around 50 people showed up in rainy Vidin at...

Alexander Rusanov bailed on his Control Council gig with We Continue the Change because the party voted with GERB and DPS-New Beginning to block a euro referendum. The former council head said his party talks big about fighting corruption, but then lines up with the exact politicians they call...

Former Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev told NOVA NEWS that the patched-together budget does not give him confidence, and he is more worried about what happens in 2027. He says the government needs a three-year economic plan because 2026 is loaded with expenses, but nobody knows where...

Rumen Petkov from ABV says the Files Commission needs to shut down even though it means losing 10 million, and he thinks BSP has no reason to change its mind about the Soros Commission. The former Interior Minister went on bTV and said passing the budget was the right move because entering the...

Political scientist Kaloyan Metodiev from Nepokorna, Bulgaria, went off on Facebook about the government being totally clueless. He says Boyko Borisov still doesn't get why people are mad, Peevski keeps playing ethnic politics that nobody cares about anymore, and Toshko Yordanov straight-up...