Lately, more and more websites and apps have started asking the same question after you log in: would you like to create a passkey? Many people tap “not now” and move on without knowing what they’re skipping. The biggest names in tech have been steering everyone in this direction for years, and the shift is…
Author: Ewang Johnson
As African governments press for processing, jobs, and technology rather than raw-material deals, India and Russia could pool their strengths to help them climb the mineral value chain
Anthropic’s IPO has created an unusual situation in the AI industry. Some of the companies investing in the Claude maker also supply the chips and computing power it needs to operate. Google and Nvidia are each committing $10 billion, while AMD is putting in $2.5 billion. Four other technology companies are joining them. The deal…
African entrepreneurs and technology startups have an opportunity to access funding of up to $5.5 million through Qatar’s Startup Qatar Investment Programme, an initiative designed to attract innovative businesses and international investors to the Gulf nation.
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 – Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, government leaders from around the world today opened the International Telecommunication Union’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26). Organized by ITU and hosted by the Communications Regulatory…
Days after winning control of Congress in the midterms, Democrats have picked their first big target: the tech giants that helped pay for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is set to chair the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has asked Apple, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft to hand over…
It feels like AI has been integrated into every facet of modern technology. Apple users now have access to an AI-powered Siri, thanks to iOS 27, that will change how they use iPhones, iPads, and Macs, while popular web browsers like Google Chrome have made AI-focused features a premier aspect of its services. Even refrigerators…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has warned against a legislative proposal in Delaware that would permit autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to legally manage and operate corporate entities. Suleyman pushed back the state’s initiative, saying that granting legal corporate status to autonomous software demands extreme scrutiny, and calling it ‘deeply concerning’. Not just tech leaders,…
Flutterwave founder Olugbenga Agboola says African technology companies need access to international capital and talent to expand. [Photo: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
African startups raised $183 million in October 2026, with ventures outside the continent’s traditional investment hubs attracting more than half of the disclosed funding.
