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Rick Ross is doing a birthday party for a ZANU-PF politician. The rapper will perform in Zimbabwe this year for Scott Sakupwanya's birthday. Sakupwanya is the member of parliament for Mabvuku. He is turning forty-seven. Ross announced the show in an Instagram video. He said he was coming to...

A government guy got locked up for scamming a goat scheme. Mike Chimombe, a ZANU-PF bigwig, is doing twelve years at Chikurubi prison. He was convicted of fraud involving a national goat farming contract worth eighty-seven million dollars. His partner, Moses Mpofu, is also inside. Chimombe...

Total chaos is breaking out over control of those pro-government groups. Major infighting has erupted inside Zanu PF linked affiliates as senior figures battle to seize empowerment funds and grassroots structures. This turmoil follows a party resolution to formally integrate these support groups...

That official says the waterfront demolitions are actually strategic urban renewal. Lagos Commissioner Dayo Bush Alebiosu framed recent actions in Oworonshoki as a deliberate plan to restore safety and economic value, calling it a regeneration initiative for the waterfront community. He recalled...

The Dangote Refinery says everything is fine and the drama is fake. They pushed back hard on rumors about production issues, stating their massive Lagos facility runs without interruption despite routine maintenance on some units. Management confirmed the refinery can still pump out up to fifty...

A brewery just pulled off a major first with a giant bond. Champion Breweries placed its debut bond issue, raising thirty billion naira over five years at a nineteen-point-five percent coupon rate. Rand Merchant Bank led the deal as the main arranger. This move under a larger forty-five billion...

That huge Olam Agri deal is almost cleared for takeoff. Olam Group got the regulatory green light from nearly everywhere for selling a big chunk of its agribusiness arm to a Saudi firm. They announced approvals are secured in all but two places, with final sign-offs still pending. This move...

A mattress company is handing out freebies to newborns again. Mouka Limited, a foam product maker under the Dolidol International Group, continued its annual tradition this year by gifting items to families with new babies. They worked with public hospitals in fifteen states, like Lagos, Oyo...

Crude prices spiked after some wild geopolitical news. Oil climbed around one percent as traders freaked out about potential supply shocks from Venezuela. The U.S. captured that country's president, Nicolas Maduro, announcing plans to take over its oil exports, which were already under an...

The bank money grab is getting intense as the deadline looms. Insiders and big players are frantically buying more shares before time runs out. Reports show a spike in internal transactions across multiple banks, with others quietly offering stock to major investors as a cushion for the coming...

The stock market just crossed a ridiculous mental barrier. Nigerian equities blasted past a hundred trillion naira in total value for the first time ever, hitting a wild 101.81 trillion. This happened after two straight days of gains this year, adding over two trillion naira already. The main...

Sounds like the pay TV bubble is finally popping. MultiChoice Group just had a brutal year, calling it a perfect storm of bad economic conditions across Africa. Their latest annual report shows a major subscriber bleed. The total active customer count dropped from fifteen point seven million...

Fintech partnerships are basically copy-paste at this point. Mukuru, a financial services platform, joined forces with foreign exchange operator Travelex in South Africa. This lets people pick up cash remittances at Travelex branches. The deal adds forty six pickup locations nationwide, placed...

Kuwait's telecom scene is all about that sweet, sweet digital transformation. Ooredoo Kuwait spent last year pushing hard into that space, aligning itself with national development goals. They framed themselves less as a phone company and more as a strategic partner for the country's tech...

Just when you thought drones were only for deliveries. A Japanese startup called SORA Technology, based in Nagoya, raised around four hundred million yen. That is roughly two and a half million dollars. The late seed funding round wrapped up last year with new money from investors like Daiwa...

The Malawi communications regulator, MACRA, gave a shoutout to sector teamwork after a meeting with Malawi Telecommunications Limited. MTL is one of the country's network operators. Their people paid a courtesy visit to the agency's Acting Director General, Mayamiko Mkoloma. The chat was...

Fintech promises, yet again, to fix sending money home. Thunes, a global payments network, partnered with Nigeria's Sterling Bank. Their goal is simpler cross-border payments for Nigerians living abroad, starting in Europe. This uses the Thunes direct network for moving cash. People can...

Reaching ten million users is a real flex for any fintech. Barq just hit that number globally, a serious milestone showing how fast they are growing. Their digital finance platform now moves serious cash, having processed over one hundred fifty billion Saudi Riyals. That volume came from more...

Apple's next chip is getting pricier but not as bad as feared. Morgan Stanley reports the tech giant locked down enough NAND flash memory supply for early this year, though vendor KIOXIA will still raise rates in a coming long term deal. The bigger issue is DRAM. Apple is still negotiating for...

Razer is making a weird AI gadget with Tenstorrent. They revealed a compact AI accelerator that connects to any laptop with a Thunderbolt or USB4 port. This little box uses Tenstorrent's Wormhole n150 chip based on RISC V architecture, marking a first for a consumer-focused device. It aims to...