Yinka’s view For years, the case for US investment in Africa has run into the same wall: Companies and financiers argued the regulations, infrastructure, and technical capacity needed to make projects bankable simply weren’t there. The US State Department thinks it finally has the answer: The Bureau of African Affairs’ ...
African startup funding dips 6% year on yearAfrican startup funding dips 6% year on year
African startup funding dipped by 6% year on year to $1.4 billion in the first six months of 2026, after the number of early-stage companies securing venture capital investment fell, data from Africa The Big Deal shows. The largest agreement for the year so far happened in June, when four-year-old ...
Senegal’s president forms new party as political crisis continuesSenegal’s president forms new party as political crisis continues
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye founded a new political party, deepening his split with former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and setting the stage for a reelection bid. Faye will lead the new Kiiraay party in local and legislative polls ahead of national elections in 2029, a senior party official said. ...
Uganda hires Washington lobbyists to combat rights reputationUganda hires Washington lobbyists to combat rights reputation
Uganda hired two lobbying firms in Washington, DC as Kampala seeks to combat criticism of its rights record and make the case for ending Ebola-related restrictions. The push comes as American lawmakers question the outsized role of Chief of Defense Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba — President Yoweri Museveni’s son and a ...
Chinese investments in Africa soar to $34 billion so far this yearChinese investments in Africa soar to $34 billion so far this year
Chinese infrastructure and energy investment in Africa nearly tripled in the first half of 2026, rising to $33.5 billion — the highest half-year total on record and by far the strongest performance of any region under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, a new report found. The surge was driven by ...
Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy failsTrump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy fails
Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis Donald Trump has once again warned that the US will return to “strong military action” against Iran if diplomatic efforts do not bring a rapid resolution to the crisis in the Middle East. “We ...
This Man Bought Phone Location Data from Around the World (with Mike Yeagley)This Man Bought Phone Location Data from Around the World (with Mike Yeagley)
This week Joseph talks to Mike Yeagley. As you’ll hear, he is a very interesting guy. He introduced parts of the government to the whole idea of commercially sourced location data. He spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying the data, and showing what could be done with it. It’s ...
Tons of Peoples’ Claude Chats and Creations are Exposed on GoogleTons of Peoples’ Claude Chats and Creations are Exposed on Google
Claude is exposing a wealth of users’ chats and creations in Google search results, meaning anyone can dig through conversations or other material that people used Claude to make but may not have realized were publicly available for strangers to see. ...
Spotify’s AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the SlopSpotify’s AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Slime Dot, a young R&B artist from Las Vegas, currently has over 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. In an interview with GQ in May, after sharing an image of herself posing with Drake on Instagram, Slime Dot directly denied accusations that she was an “AI artist,” saying “The truth doesn’t ...
‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again
Culture Club singer sings ‘I stand with the Jews / I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human’, in song defending Israel’s response to Hamas attack Boy George has released a new song entitled We Will Dance Again, which voices support for Israel’s military action in ...