Business & Tech
Covering African business, startups, stock markets, major deals, innovations, and the latest tech shaping the continent’s future.
AI Colonialism: How Silicon Valley is Building Tomorrow’s Empires with Africa’s Unpaid Labor and Unheard Voices
AfricaFirst.news Investigations Desk Silicon Valley calls it innovation. We call it the digital Berlin Conference—only this time, the scramble for...
Google’s Gemini 2.5: Breakthrough AI or Another Step in the Digital Colonization of African Minds?
Silicon Valley has declared a new AI arms race milestone—but who controls the mind of the machine, and at whose...
Kenya’s Food Crisis Is a Financial Failure – Not Just a Question of Production
Kenya is hemorrhaging over Sh72 billion each year in wasted food, even as millions of its citizens struggle to secure...
Africa’s AI Revolution Begins at Home
Strive Masiyiwa Taps Nvidia to Launch Continent’s First AI Factory—But Who Will Control the Future of African Intelligence? Africa is...
Kenya to Host Africa Inclusive Finance Summit 2025 — But Will Empty Promises and Failed Funds Continue?
Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya will host the Africa Inclusive Finance Week (SAM 2025) this October. Billed as a continental gathering for financial inclusion,...
Yahoo Sells TechCrunch – Where Are Africa’s Own Tech Media Titans?
Yahoo sold TechCrunch, one of the world’s leading tech news outlets, to investment firm Regent. This might seem like a...
Tesla Targeted: Rising Attacks on Dealerships and Vehicles Signal Growing Extremism
March 20, 2025 A surge in violent attacks on Tesla dealerships and vehicles across the United States and Europe has...
Nvidia Opens Quantum Lab in Boston – Will Africa Miss the Next Computing Revolution?
Nvidia has announced a new quantum computing lab in Boston, in collaboration with Harvard and MIT. This signals a pivot...
Beyond Broadcast: What Kenya’s Media Partnership with China Really Means for African Sovereignty
In a move hailed by both sides as a step toward media modernization, the Kenyan and Chinese governments are deepening...
Tencent Doubles Down on AI – Africa Must Wake Up to the Global Code War
China’s Tencent announced a massive capital expansion into AI and digital infrastructure. The company is accelerating efforts to compete in...
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