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Nigeria plans nationwide AI and blockchain research centers

4.7.2024
The research centers count as another step toward taking a leadership position in artificial intelligence (AI) development in Africa

Y Combinator Expands Focus to Include Stablecoin Startups

19.2.2024
Y Combinator identified 20 specific areas in its latest Request for Startups list, potentially signaling upcoming investment trends. The venture fund, known for backing early-stage tech startups, highlighted stablecoin finance as one of its key investment areas. Stablecoins are a type...

Dubai lures AI, Web3 enterprises with 90% subsidized commercial licenses

15.8.2023
In addition to attracting talent, Dubai has also given out operational licenses to crypto exchanges over the past several months

AI startup by ex-Meta and Google researchers raises $113M in seed funding

14.6.2023
The company is on a hiring spree and on the lookout for researchers, software engineers and product developers in AI

Silicon Valley-based tech accelerator expands its digital asset vertical to France

26.4.2023
Plug and Play Tech Center will add crypto and digital assets to the list of verticals in its Paris office, where it will help startups network with consumer brands

Over 100 VCs, investors voice solidarity with Silicon Valley Bank

12.3.2023
Approximately 125 VCs and investors signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank as a way to limit the fallout of the bank’s collapse and subsequent extinction of tech companies

‘Fiat Is Fragile’ — Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Sparks Finger-Pointing and Concerns of Contagion

11.3.2023
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has become the center of attention after its collapse prompted the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to shut the bank down on Friday. It was the largest U.S. bank failure since 2008, and various alleged catalysts have been pointed to. Some believe venture...

South Korea’s Second-Largest City Aims to Become a Crypto Hub

15.2.2023
South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is making efforts to become a crypto hub. Busan has been designated by the Korean government as a “super-aged” city, and its officials believe that crypto could help turn things around by attracting young people, tech startups,...

Fintechs Accounted for Over 30% of Tracked Kenyan Tech Startups in 2022 — Study

7.1.2023
As of November 2022, Kenyan fintechs accounted for 30.2% or 93 out of the 308 tracked tech startups, a Disrupt Africa study recently found. In addition, the study findings show that the fintech sub-sector alone accounted for 3,100 or 27% of the 11,462 people that were employed by tech startups...

Tech talent migrates to Web3 as large companies face layoffs

30.10.2022
Web3 companies continue to hire amidst a bull market as tech giants undergo layoffs and hiring freezes

Coinbase CEO announces documentary on cryptocurrency and exchange

4.10.2022
Armstrong said that the documentary will capture “the good, bad, and ugly” of building a tech start-up from the ground up

Nigerian Fintech Founder: ‘African Fintechs Have a Greater Scale Potential Than Other Tech Startups’

9.5.2022
The African fintech industry has grown rapidly over the past few years and this has caught the attention of some well-resourced venture capital (VC) firms. As one would expect, Nigerian fintech startups have dominated the continent in terms of funds raised or the number of transactions performed....

Crypto startup employee quits after realizing telltale signs of failure

16.3.2022
Offering NFT services without proper infrastructure and purchasing crypto at ATH purely based on popularity were the red flags for the Redditor

Blockchain startups grow as global VC funding generated $25.2B in 2021

4.2.2022
A 713% increase in venture capital funding went to global blockchain startups last year, but will this trend continue?

Report: Nigerian Fintechs Account for Nearly 91% of $417.5 Million Raised by Tech Startups in the Country

30.11.2021
According to an analysis of the $417.5 million that was raised by Nigerian tech startups during the first nine months of 2021, fintech firms accounted for about $379 million or 90.78% of the total. Nigerian Fintechs Dominate the African Continent Nigerian fintechs currently account for more than...