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<title>Brightnoval News – Nigeria &amp;amp; Global Breaking News, Politics, Business, Tech, Entertainment &#45; : Technology</title>
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<title>From Lagos, a film festival wants to rewrite cinema with AI</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/from-lagos-a-film-festival-wants-to-rewrite-cinema-with-ai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A 2024 survey by DLA Piper Africa of Nigerian film and television professionals found that 35% already use generative  AI tools in their work, and another 35%  were considering adoption.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Airtel Kenya moves into home fibre, challenging Safaricom, Faiba</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Airtel managing director Ashish Malhotra said the service would be unveiled “soon” as part of the operator’s push to expand beyond mobile data. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Three loan shark breaches a day: Inside Nigeria’s busiest year of data enforcement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With an average of three loan shark–related data breaches reported daily, the NDPC is at the centre of Nigeria’s digital economy, enforcing a law designed not just to protect citizens’ privacy but also to stimulate growth, jobs, and investment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Three, loan, shark, breaches, day:, Inside, Nigeria’s, busiest, year, data, enforcement</media:keywords>
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<title>GTBank Kenya is turning post offices into agent banking outlets</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/gtbank-kenya-is-turning-post-offices-into-agent-banking-outlets</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The lender, which operates just 12 branches in Kenya, said the first phase of its agency banking service—branded GTExpress—is now operational in partnership with Posta Kenya, a state-owned national postal service. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>GTBank, Kenya, turning, post, offices, into, agent, banking, outlets</media:keywords>
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<title>We aren’t building tech for older Africans</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/we-arent-building-tech-for-older-africans</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ According to Afrobarometer, older people are significantly less likely to use mobile phones, the Internet, or mobile money services—widening the continent’s digital divide. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:28 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>aren’t, building, tech, for, older, Africans</media:keywords>
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<title>Costly smartphones keep six in ten Nigerians offline</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/costly-smartphones-keep-six-in-ten-nigerians-offline</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Six in ten Nigerians are offline because smartphones cost too much, according to a new report by GSMA, the global industry body for telecom operators. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:23 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Costly, smartphones, keep, six, ten, Nigerians, offline</media:keywords>
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<title>After solving fresh flower deliveries, Oyemade Oyemaja is building a translation tool for Nigeria’s 500+ languages</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/after-solving-fresh-flower-deliveries-oyemade-oyemaja-is-building-a-translation-tool-for-nigerias-500-languages</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Oyemade Oyemaja, co-founded Ennoble Technologies, the company behind Buyflowers.ng. Now, he&#039;s tackling language barriers with AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:23 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, solving, fresh, flower, deliveries, Oyemade, Oyemaja, building, translation, tool, for, Nigeria’s, 500, languages</media:keywords>
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<title>Hyper’s new developer playbook helps casual&#45;game makers earn for life</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/hypers-new-developer-playbook-helps-casual-game-makers-earn-for-life</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For years, Nigerian game developers struggled to earn from their creations, competing against global studios with bigger budgets and limited monetisation options. Hyper, a Nigerian eSports platform, is changing that by paying developers millions for their games and now shifting to a commission-based model that shares revenue and keeps creators earning over time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:19 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hyper’s, new, developer, playbook, helps, casual-game, makers, earn, for, life</media:keywords>
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<title>👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – sUber legit</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/techcabal-daily-suber-legit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In today&#039;s edition: Gig drivers to get licences in South Africa || Kenya’s lending to the private sector picks up in July || Airtel Kenya moves into fibre || GTBank Kenya 🤝 Posta ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:19 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal, Daily, –, sUber, legit</media:keywords>
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<title>Morocco’s Jobzyn raises pre&#45;seed led by Janngo Capital to scale AI&#45;powered hiring across Africa</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/moroccos-jobzyn-raises-pre-seed-led-by-janngo-capital-to-scale-ai-powered-hiring-across-africa</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jobzyn, a Moroccan startup that uses AI to optimise recruitment, has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round led by Janngo Capital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:33:19 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Morocco’s, Jobzyn, raises, pre-seed, led, Janngo, Capital, scale, AI-powered, hiring, across, Africa</media:keywords>
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<title>MTN doubles fixed broadband users in two months, claims 100% of industry growth</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/mtn-doubles-fixed-broadband-users-in-two-months-claims-100-of-industry-growth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ MTN Nigeria cemented its dominance in the country’s fixed broadband market, more than doubling its subscriber base between May and July 2025 ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:58:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>MTN, doubles, fixed, broadband, users, two, months, claims, 100, industry, growth</media:keywords>
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<title>👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – A Twofold buyout for TaxTim</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/techcabal-daily-a-twofold-buyout-for-taxtim</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In today&#039;s edition: A Twofold buyout for TaxTim || Egypt&#039;s TradeHub shuts down || Buy tokenised stocks for $0.07 || MTN owns Nigeria&#039;s fixed broadband market ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:58:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal, Daily, –, Twofold, buyout, for, TaxTim</media:keywords>
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<title>With $61.6 million fund, Accion Ventures doubles down on early&#45;stage fintechs </title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/with-616-million-fund-accion-ventures-doubles-down-on-early-stage-fintechs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Accion Ventures, a global early-stage fund, has closed a $61.6 million fund to double down on its thesis of backing early-stage fintechs in developing markets like Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia that widen access to finance for underserved consumers and businesses.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:58:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, 61.6, million, fund, Accion, Ventures, doubles, down, early-stage, fintechs </media:keywords>
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<title>Airtel Nigeria wants a slice of ₦20.7 trillion mobile money market</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/airtel-nigeria-wants-a-slice-of-207-trillion-mobile-money-market</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With over 56 million subscribers, Airtel may be Nigeria’s second-biggest telco, but in mobile money—the country’s fastest-growing financial services segment—it is still playing catch-up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:58:01 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Would you save every time your sports team wins a game? Chumz believes so</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/would-you-save-every-time-your-sports-team-wins-a-game-chumz-believes-so</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chumz is trying to make saving fun. It is built on gamified features and behavioural nudges that encourage consistent saving. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Would, you, save, every, time, your, sports, team, wins, game, Chumz, believes</media:keywords>
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<title>This Nigerian startup plans to convert 1M vehicles from petrol to gas</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/this-nigerian-startup-plans-to-convert-1m-vehicles-from-petrol-to-gas</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Renda Africa bets that CNG will offer a cheaper path to cleaner transport in Africa through its embedded finance platform, SCALE by Renda. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:57:59 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>This, Nigerian, startup, plans, convert, vehicles, from, petrol, gas</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s official; payments are interoperable in WAEMU. Who are the real winners?</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/its-official-payments-are-interoperable-in-waemu-who-are-the-real-winners</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Interoperability has arrived in West Africa’s digital finance market, and with it, a new balance of power. By forcing banks, fintechs, and mobile money operators onto a shared system, the BCEAO’s PI-SPI platform breaks down silos, cuts costs for users, and fuels competition. But for Wave—the disruptor that thrived on a closed ecosystem—this shift could be both a threat and a test of its ability to innovate beyond cheap transfers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:57:58 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Insurance, airtime, and data: Safaricom’s new pitch to Kenya’s drivers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Safaricom has introduced new bundles for Kenya’s mobility drivers and boda riders, combining data, airtime, insurance and fuel discounts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:57:57 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Best data plans in Nigeria for September 2025</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/best-data-plans-in-nigeria-for-september-2025</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Table of contents Daily data plans Weekly data plans Monthly data plans Unlimited &amp; broadband data plans I don’t usually buy mobile data since I have FibreOne unlimited WiFi at home. But last weekend, I had to spend the night somewhere else and subscribed to MTN’s ₦900 plan for 2.5GB (valid for two days). To […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:57:57 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<title>Zoho in Nigeria: Why the brand remains little known after 5 years</title>
<link>https://news.brightnoval.com/zoho-in-nigeria-why-the-brand-remains-little-known-after-5-years</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Zoho, an enterprise software corporation with 130 million users across 150+ countries, admits that one of its biggest challenges in Nigeria is still brand recognition, even after five years of operating in the market. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zoho, Nigeria:, Why, the, brand, remains, little, known, after, years</media:keywords>
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