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Generative AI-driven fraud surges across Africa, reaching crisis levels — Smile ID report

Generative AI was behind more than a third of new biometric fraud cases in Africa last year, according to a new report by Smile ID, the continent’s leading provider of identity verification solutions, warning that the surge in deepfakes threatens the data of millions of consumers whose details are held on insecure systems. The 2025 […]

Kenya scraps visa requirement, bringing Africa’s dream of visa-free travels closer to reality

Kenya has joined Seychelles, Benin, and The Gambia in announcing the lifting of visa restrictions for all African nationals on 12 December in a move that has been hailed as a step in the right direction. President William Ruto stated in his address at the recent Youth Connekt Africa 2023 Summit in Nairobi that he […]

Nigeria’s state-owned oil giant launches its first drilling site in country’s north

Drilling for oil and gas began in Nigeria’s northeast this week, a first for the African oil giant, NNPC, which has exploited large deposits in the south for decades and whose production is declining. During a visit in the Kolmani field, located in Gombe and Bauchi states, to inaugurate the drilling site, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu […]