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Meta’s messaging platform WhatsApp has revealed that users can now create an account directly from their iPad devices. The update comes after the company launched WhatsApp for iPad last year.

According to an announcement on Wednesday via a <...

Why are ₦100 and ₦200 notes becoming harder to find? According to CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso, Nigeria’s growing adoption of fintech and digital payments is one reason. But inflation and other factors may also be shaping how lower-denomination notes circulate.

Zambia has commissioned its 100-megawatt (MW) Chisamba Phase II Solar Power Plant, projected to increase its electricity generation to 437MW by the end of the year. The project marks another step by the Zambian government toward reducing dependence on grid electricity and strengthening energy security.

Valued at $70 million, the latest development doubles the plant’...

On June 15, 2026, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular that most Nigerian fintech users who bank on their phones will never read, titled Introduction of Market Structure Requirements, Data Localisation, Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Disclosure, and Sys...

Samsung Electronics has unveiled three new foldable smartphones, including a passport-sized Galaxy Z Fold8 with a wider display, while raising prices across its foldable lineup as soaring memory chip costs continue to pressure manufacturers.

At its Galaxy Unpacked event in London on Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant