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6 VCs Set To Shape Africa’s Funding Landscape in 2026

Securing funding in Africa’s rapidly evolving tech ecosystem requires more than simply having a great idea – founders must understand the investors shaping the continent’s innovation future.

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Netflix’s Warner Bros. deal puts DStv in crisis

On Techpoint Digest, we talk about Netflix’s Warner Bros. acquisition putting DStv in jeopardy, Richard Eradiri’s unintentional journey into AI, and POS agents having to register by January 1.

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From victim to innovator: How this Nigerian founder recovered from a $1,000 failed product to build an AI tool for acing exams

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