Innovation Village Weekly Roundup: Issue 36/25

💵AgDevCo invests $7.2M in EFAfrica to boost African farmers

Plus: 📰Ghana pushes forward with Telecel–AirtelTigo merger

🛑 FCCPC Slams Rogue Loan Apps with ₦100m Penalty

Plus: 📰 Nielsen exits South Africa

🌾 Babban Gona Secures $7.5m from BII

Plus: 🏦 Union Bank completes Titan Trust merger

🪢 Safaricom, Meta Partner on Kenya’s First Subsea Cable

Plus: 🏦 GTCO Injects $236M Into GTBank for CBN Requirement

🪙 Roqqu Becomes Latest Nigerian Crypto Supporting cNGN

Plus: 🤖 Meta Adds AI Writing to WhatsApp Messages

🌱Dangote, Ethiopia Ink $2.5 Billion Fertilizer Deal

Plus: 🤖 Bosun Tijani listed in TIME100 AI 2025

💵 CBN Cracks Down on POS Devices Across Nigeria

Plus: 📶 T2 Mobile posts first subscriber gain in two years

🛰️ EU Kicks Off $16m Africa Broadband Mapping

Plus: 🎵 Spotify Adds Messaging Feature to Boost Social Side

📱WhatsApp Adds Voicemail-Style Messaging for Missed Calls

Plus: ☁️ Meta Strikes $10 Billion Google Cloud Deal

📱Nigeria Shuts Down 13M+ Social Media Accounts

Plus: 🤖 Google Rolls Out AI Search in Africa

📱5% Telecoms Excise Duty Scrapped

Plus: ⚖️ Google to pay $30m in Children’s YouTube Lawsuit