🏦 Nigeria Added to Mercury Bank's Prohibited Account List

Plus: Meta unveils biggest Llama 3 AI model

🏆 Sycamore Wins $100k in Second Edition of NSIA Prize for Innovation

📱Nigeria fines Meta $220m for Data and Consumer Rights Violations

Plus: MNT-Halan Secures $157.5m in funding

💰 TerraPay secures $95m to enhance remittance services in Africa

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💰 Swedfund provides $30 million loan to Access Bank for Nigerian SME development)

Plus:🤖 OKZ announces termination of cryptocurrency services in Nigeria

💡d.light secures $176m for affordable off-grid solar in East Africa

Plus: 🔐 Kaspersky to Exit U.S. Market

💰 Uncover Secures $1.4M to Expand and Innovate in Africa’s Beauty Market

Plus:⚕️Côte d’Ivoire Pioneers Deployment of the R21 Malaria Vaccine

👫 Committee set up to oversee Nigerian 1st digital census

Musk’s X Faces Backlash in Europe Over Paid Blue Checkmark Controversy

⚖️ CAC Issues 3-Month Ultimatum to Delisted BDCs

Lagos Welcomes Africa’s First UNDP-Powered Fintech Hub

Plus: Microsoft and Apple Withdraw from OpenAI Board

Tanzanian fintech NALA secures $40m to accelerate remittance business

Plus: 50 YouTubers to vie for $1,000,000 - MrBeast

🔐 Nigeria Proposes Creation of ‘Nigerium’ Blockchain

Plus: Norfund invests $20 million in Apis Growth Markets Fund III