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Technext is a premier tech news publication in Africa deeply covering the digital economy in Nigeria and across the continent. Focusing on startup funding policy analysis and technical innovation, it is a key platform for understanding the explosive growth of African tech.

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PAPSS adds 6 Central African countries, now connects 28 African Central Banks

PAPSS adds 6 Central African countries, now connects 28 African Central Banks

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has added its most significant member yet. The Bank of Central…

Kenya Copyright Tribunal rules AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted – What it means

Kenya Copyright Tribunal rules AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted – What it means

Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal has ruled that works generated by artificial intelligence cannot attract copyright protection or be registered…

US travellers will now submit Nigeria visa applications at embassy as NIS scraps third-party service

US travellers will now submit Nigeria visa applications at embassy as NIS scraps third-party service

Nigerians in the U.S. seeking visas to travel to Nigeria must now apply directly at Nigerian diplomatic missions.…

E-hailing drivers urge FG to implement ILO Convention on employee status, arbitrary deactivation

E-hailing drivers urge FG to implement ILO Convention on employee status, arbitrary deactivation

A Nigerian e-hailing drivers’ union, AUATON, has urged the Federal Government to promptly ratify and implement the provisions…

How Grok 4.5 and GPT 5.6 actually stack up against Claude Opus class

How Grok 4.5 and GPT 5.6 actually stack up against Claude Opus class

SpaceXAI and OpenAI, two of the AI industry’s most-watched labs, shipped competing frontier models within 24 hours of…

10 non-technical careers women thrive in with tech

10 non-technical careers women thrive in with tech

For a very long time, the phrase “working in tech” was almost synonymous with writing code. If you…

From AbokiFX to HyperFX: Instant FX Settlement, Built on Stablecoin Rails

From AbokiFX to HyperFX: Instant FX Settlement, Built on Stablecoin Rails

Polytope Labs launches HyperFX, a fully onchain FX engine that swaps currencies in stablecoins in seconds, verifiable onchain,…

Global PC shipments fall to 68.2 million units in Q2’26, first drop in over 2 years

Global PC shipments fall to 68.2 million units in Q2’26, first drop in over 2 years

Global PC (personal computer) shipments fell 4.9% year-on-year to 68.2 million units in Q2 2026, driven by continued…

OKX restores P2P trading and full platform access for Nigerian users

OKX restores P2P trading and full platform access for Nigerian users

Almost two years after suspending its services in Nigeria amid the government’s crackdown on crypto exchanges, OKX has…

The 6% security gap: How Nigerians protect savings using their fintech apps

The 6% security gap: How Nigerians protect savings using their fintech apps

Only 6% of Nigerians say they feel financially secure. That number comes from the Piggyvest Savings Report 2025,…