ICANN Wiki. Africa’s Fight over who controls digital memory leaves reasons why every African Tech Founder needs to own their own history before AI does

There’s a question that should keep every African tech founder up at night: what happens when the record of your life’s work depends entirely on whether the institution you challenged happens to fund the platform documenting you? That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the exact fight playing out right now between a prominent African internet governance…

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What Gigbanc’s shutdown teaches African Founders about building businesses, not just raising rounds

Gigbanc, a Nigerian fintech that built cross-border payment services for freelancers, creators, remote workers and businesses, is shutting down after three years as it struggled to secure fresh funding, and the startup is now in acquisition talks with an undisclosed Nigerian fintech infrastructure provider. Customers have until July 31 to convert their balances into naira…

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