Technology

AI talents are in global demand. Yet, Africa has not fully capitalised on its potential to produce such AI professionals. Despite its youthful population, the continent is often relegated to low-level AI tasks like data annotation and labeling. JADA, a data & analytics talent hub focused on staff augmentation founded in 2024 by Massimiliano Spalazzi, former Jumia Nigeria CEO and …

Palmpay, the Nigeria fintech app, has entered into a strategic partnership with Jumia to allow Palmpay customers pay for products on Jumia directly from their accounts. The partnership comes as Nigerian fintechs continue to build payment methods on the pay-by-bank feature. According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, internet transfers accounted for 51.91% of total e-payment transactions in …