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Nigeria’s Power Crisis Deepens on Grid Failures, Dysfunctional DisCos

Nigerian Customs Announces 90-Day Window for Import Duty Regularisation on Vehicles 

Amazon and SpaceX Accused of Trying to Demolish National Labor Law 

Flutterwave’s Disha Pauses All Activity

Kenyan EV Startup Roam Secures $24m to Scale Production 

Starlink Importation, Use, and Resale a Criminal Offence in Botswana 

Partech Closes Its Second Africa Fund At $300M+ to Invest in Series C 

Nigeran State to Use Tech to Track Kidnappers  

Nigeria, Brazil Seek Stronger Bilateral Ties

Nigerian Government Reopens Lagos Airport Runway After 11-month Repairs 

UK Parliament Warns Rwanda Plan is Fundamentally Flawed 

Central Bank of Nigeria Splits $134m Bank Transfer to Avoid Infraction  

Oregon Considers Right-to-RepairBill 

Ethiopia Ban Importation of Non-electric Cars

Flutterwave to Recover $24 Million Lost to Unauthorised POS Transactions 

Leatherback CEO Sues EFCC for Defamation 

Starlink Clamps Down on South African Resellers 

Kenya to Penalise Unregistered AI Firms with $6,250 Fine 

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Nigeria’s Insurance Industry Sees Changes as Top 10 Insurers Post N472.6bn Premium

Multichoice to Invest $89 Million in Showmax 

Botswana Rejects Starlink Satellite Internet Application  

E-motorcycle Startup Cake Files for Bankruptcy 

EU’s AI Act Passes Last Big Hurdle to Adoption

Nigeria’s Central Bank Scraps Exchange Cap for International Money Transfer Operators   

Airtel Africa Reports a 99% Plunge in Profits in 2023 

Spotify Calls Apple’s DMA Compliance Plan Extortion 

Access HoldCo Completes Acquisition of ARM Pensions.   

Indian Government Fixes Website Bugs Exposing Residents’ Sensitive Documents 

Sama Activates Multi-cloud Integration in Kenya 

Ten Agritech Startups Awarded $11,000 from 4IRTA 

Nigerian Government to Sell Five Power Plants for $1bn 

Nigerian Court Approves Creation of Another Body for Lawyers 

American Companies Ready to Invest in Nigeria

European Union Sanctions Companies Dealing with Sudan 

Blinken Pledges $45m Security Fund for Nigeria 

Dangote Refinery Registers Oil Marketers for Product Distribution 

Somali President Warns Ethiopia Over Somaliland Port Deal 

Turkey’s Parliament Approves Sweden’s NATO bid 

Telecom Egypt to Test 5G Within Three Months 

Kenya Warns Airtel and Telkom Over Poor Service 

Patricia Announces Five-year Repayment Plan For Customers 

Amazon Prime to Lay Off Staff and Stop Producing African Content 

Openview Sues DStv’s SuperSport for Monopoly 

Globacom Gets an Extra 21 Days to Pay Interconnect Fees 

Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 

Presidential Tax Panel Asks States to Suspend Low-Revenue Taxes 

Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Deal to End War

Ron DeSantis Quits Presidential Race And Backs Trump 

Internet Access Reduced Poverty in Nigeria, Tanzania by 7%