Innovation Village Weekly Roundup: Issue 45/25

🤝 SmartBuy Partners with Truecaller for Verified Calls

Plus: 🌐 Google Launches Nano Banana Pro AI Model

📱Kenya Isn’t Collecting Your DNA for SIM Cards

Plus: 🌐Safaricom and Starlink Strike a Deal

📶 Nigeria Purges 60M Ghost SIMs

Plus: ☁️ Cloudflare Outage Hits Websites Worldwide

💵 Nigeria Unveils ₦50m Equity-Free Grant for Student Innovators

Plus: 🏦 Zenith Bank Is Moving Into Kenya

💵 AfDB Invests $100M in New Infrastructure Fund

Plus: 📲 Tim Cook to Step down at Apple

Innovation Village Weekly Roundup: Issue 44/25

⚖️ FCCPC Sets January 2026 Deadline for Digital Lenders

Plus: 💵 Dangote’s $1bn Zimbabwe Plan

📱Nigeria Telecoms OPEX hits ₦5.85 Trillion

Plus: 🌐Vodacom + Starlink

💼 Moni Rebrands to Rank After Acquiring AjoMoney, Zazzau MFB

Plus: 🤖 Cassava + NVIDIA

💽 Equinix to build a new $22m data centre in Nigeria

Plus: 🛍️ Alibaba in South Africa after Shein and Temu

🚗 Nigeria to Turn Petrol Stations into EV Charging Hubs

Plus: 🛍️Amazon’s New “Bazaar” App Lands in Nigeria