8 things on Google that could ruin your peace of mind
You probably use Google dozens of times a day without thinking twice, asking it everything from the nearest restaurant to symptoms you can’t quite explain. It feels harmless, even helpful. But what if a single search could quietly affect your mental health, expose your data, or put you on the
9 most profitable crops in Africa that farmers are ignoring, and it’s costing them big
Every morning, millions of people across Europe, America, and Asia consume products that originate from African soil, the coffee in their cups, the cocoa in their chocolate, and ingredients used in everyday goods. Africa feeds the world. Yet, paradoxically, the continent spends over $80 billion annually importing food. This contradiction
Mandatory AI ethics in Mauritius triggers concerns among tech players
While many African countries race to deploy artificial intelligence, Mauritius has made governance and ethics the starting point of its AI strategy, rather than a problem to solve after the technology is in use. Central to the strategy is the FAIR framework, a set of guidelines that governs how AI systems
You’ll Stay Poor If You Keep Choosing Low-cost Business Ideas, Try These 15 Instead
Starting a business can feel exciting until the numbers begin to stare back at you. Many people want freedom, extra income, or a fresh start, but they do not want to empty their savings to get there. That is why low cost business ideas with high profit keep pulling attention
Absa Kenya forced to spend $23.2 million annually amid digital bank pressure
Absa Bank Kenya will spend up to KES 3 billion ($23.2 million) a year on technology to deepen its digital strategy, according to a Business Daily report, as the lender seeks to move more customer activity to mobile and other self-service channels. The bank said the recurring investment will make transactions
If You’re Waiting for Money to Start a Business, Read These 12 Ideas First
Starting a business used to sound like a game for rich people. Many people pictured a storefront, a big loan, shelves full of stock, and months of waiting before the first sale ever came in. That picture is changing, and that is exactly why low investment business ideas now matter
Ghana’s National ID cards can now make payments
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA), a statutory body mandated to establish a national identification system, has now added a digital wallet to the Ghana Card, the identification card used for services like SIM registration and passport applications. The new payments feature, first announced in September 2025, would allow users to make use of Automated Teller
CBN orders banks to assess their own cybersecurity within 21 days
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all deposit money banks, microfinance banks, payment service providers, and other regulated financial institutions to complete a new Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Tool (CSAT) and submit it through a dedicated portal. The directive, dated March 30, 2026, takes immediate effect. Deposit money banks have three weeks
Moniepoint acquires Orda in full-stack merchant infrastructure bet
On March 23, 2026, Moniepoint announced that it had acquired Orda Africa, a restaurant management platform built for food businesses. The acquisition folds Orda into Moniebook, Moniepoint’s business management product, with the restaurant-focused offering set to become Moniebook for Restaurants. The deal value was not disclosed, Orda’s Nigerian operations are
Assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the Collapse of Congo’s First Government
Few figures in African political history embody the promise and tragedy of post-colonial independence as vividly as Patrice Lumumba. Emerging from the final years of colonial rule in Central Africa, Lumumba became the first democratically elected prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960. His
