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Villpress is an integrated media company focused on uncovering the stories behind culture-shaping people, technology, and business.
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Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, will join Meta’s management team

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Meta Appoints Former Trump Adviser Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman - Villpress
Meta Platforms announced on January 12, 2026, that it has named Dina Powell McCormick as its new president and vice chairman, tapping the former Trump
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January 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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MTN Group has paused plans to sell down an 11% stake in MTN Nigeria after capital gains tax jumped from 10% to 30%.

The move, meant to close loopholes, is now discouraging large equity deals,

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Nigeria Tax Reforms Force MTN to Pause MTN Nigeria Stake Sale
Nigeria’s capital gains tax hike has forced MTN Group to pause its planned sell-down of MTN Nigeria, stalling a major local ownership push.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Netflix emerged as the top winner at the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026, securing seven trophies across its slate of original content.

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Netflix Leads 2026 Golden Globes With Seven Wins, Highlighted by 'Adolescence' Sweep - Villpress
Netflix's haul underscores its continued investment in original programming, following a strong 2025 awards season. The full list of winners is available on
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January 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Terra Industries, a #Nigerian defense tech #startup , has raised $11.75M in seed funding to build Africa’s first homegrown, vertically integrated defense tech prime.

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Terra Industries Raises $11.75M to Build Africa’s First Defense Tech Prime
Terra Industries, a Nigerian defense tech startup, raises $11.75M to build Africa’s first homegrown defense prime for drones, surveillance, and security.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Nigeria’s new tax laws are well written.
The reforms are structured, detailed, and professionally designed.
Many ordinary Nigerians, market women, farmers, small traders, POS agents,

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January 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Sterling Bank has teamed up with global payments firm Thunes. Announced on January 6, 2026, this deal lets Nigerians abroad send money straight to Sterling accounts faster, cheaper, and more easily from Europe.

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Sterling Bank Partners with Thunes to Boost Diaspora Remittances in Nigeria - Villpress
In a fresh push to grab a bigger slice of Nigeria's massive remittance market, Sterling Bank has teamed up with global payments firm Thunes. Announced on
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January 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Foreign tech workers are steering clear of travel to the United States due to tough new immigration rules under the Trump administration.

This shift, highlighted in reports from late 2025, stems from fears of visa denials, long delays,

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Foreign Tech Workers Avoid Travel to US Amid Visa Laws - Villpress
In a growing trend that's hitting the tech industry hard, foreign tech workers are steering clear of travel to the United States due to tough new immigration
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December 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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A recent report from the energy think tank Ember shows that Africa imported over 15 gigawatts of solar panels from China in the 12 months ending June 2025,

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Cheap Solar Is Changing Lives and Economies in Africa - Villpress
In a big shift powered by falling prices, cheap solar panels from China are helping people and businesses across Africa get reliable energy. This is cutting
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December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Two men, Ryan Clifford Goldberg, 33, from Watkinsville, Georgia, and Kevin Tyler Martin, 28, from Roanoke, Texas. Goldberg worked as an incident response supervisor at Sygnia, a cybersecurity firm based in Israel with offices in the US.

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Cybersecurity Workers Plead Guilty to Running Ransomware Attacks - Villpress
In a shocking twist that shows how even the good guys can go bad, two former employees from cybersecurity companies have admitted to helping a big hacking
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December 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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GEEKCon has hosted 17 events, and this one focused on real-world dangers in technology, such as robots. Researchers Qu Shipei and Xu Zikai from the cybersecurity group DARKNAVY led the demo.

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December 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Trust Wallet is reimbursing $7M after its Chrome extension was hacked over Christmas. Compensation is now LIVE.

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Trust Wallet Launches $7M Reimbursement Program After Chrome Extension Hack — Experts Call It an “APT-Level” Breach - Villpress
Trust Wallet is rolling out a full compensation program for users hit by a holiday-season Chrome extension hack that drained roughly $7 million in crypto. The
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December 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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AI slop alert: Less than 20% of YouTube recommendations to new users are low-effort AI junk, per Kapwing study. 278 channels = 63B views, 221M subs, $117M/yr revenue. #AI #YouTube

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Over 20% of YouTube's Recommendations to Newbies Are AI-Generated Video, Kapwing Study Reveals - Villpress
A new report from video-editing startup Kapwing has pulled back the curtain on YouTube's algorithmic underbelly, revealing that more than 20% of videos pushed
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December 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Non-technical founders are building AI products faster than ever. But guess what?
Most of those products fall apart before they ever reach real users.

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December 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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As the AI hype cycle shows no signs of slowing, OpenAI is ramping up its talent hunt with the 2026 Residency program, a six-month deep dive aimed at spotting and supercharging the next generation of AI innovators.

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OpenAI 2026 Residency: Scouting the Next Wave of AI Trailblazers - Villpress
As the AI hype cycle shows no signs of slowing, OpenAI is ramping up its talent hunt with the 2026 Residency program, a six-month deep dive aimed at spotting
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December 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Morocco's TravelTech scene is exploding, turning from a tourism hotspot into Africa's innovation lab! In 2024, 17.4M arrivals boosted GDP by 7%

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December 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Villgro Africa, in partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation, has opened applications for the Eye Health Innovation Accelerator 2026, offering $100,000–$250,000 in funding to African startups.

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Villgro Africa Announces New Eye Health Accelerator with Funding Up to $250,000 - Villpress
Villgro Africa, working alongside The Fred Hollows Foundation, has officially opened applications for its Eye Health Innovation Accelerator 2026, a major
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December 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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After over 10 years in the classroom, Timothy Obinna O. saw a painful truth:
Students don’t fail because they’re dull; they fail because the system doesn’t guide them.

Today, MOTBIN has helped 1,200+ students across Nigeria and beyond,

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How a Lagos Teacher Is Quietly Building One of Africa’s Most Promising EdTech Platform Called MOTBIN - Villpress
Today, he is the founder of MOTBIN, an emerging EdTech platform based in Lagos, one that is quietly transforming how young Africans learn.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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We have spent the last twelve months tracking the capital torrent pouring into Silicon Valley (and, increasingly, Pittsburgh, New York, and Seattle), and the numbers are frankly numbing.

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70 US AI Startups Raising $100M+ in 2025 Mega-Funding Wave
Explore the 70 US AI startups that raised $100M+ in 2025, shaping the future of AI across healthcare, robotics, infrastructure, and generative media.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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After announcing its migration to Google Workspace back in 2018, Airbus is still unable to fully ditch Microsoft Office. A new report reveals why the transition remains incomplete after seven years,

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Seven Years On, Airbus Still Struggles to Break Free from Microsoft Office - Villpress
In a story that has sparked global tech conversations, Airbus is once again in the spotlight for its prolonged and complicated effort to move away from
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November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🚨 AWS launches Accelerated Recovery for Route 53!
A new feature promising 60-min DNS recovery during US East-1 outages.
Free. Opt-in. Replicates zones to US West-2.
A big win for uptime. 🔥

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AWS Unveils ‘Accelerated Recovery’ to Strengthen Route 53 DNS Reliability in US East-1 - Villpress
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Accelerated Recovery, a new DNS resiliency feature for Amazon Route 53 designed to boost reliability in the frequently
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November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Paystack co-founder Ezra Olubi has alleged that the company wrongfully terminated his employment amid ongoing sexual-misconduct accusations, claiming the process violated internal policies he helped design.

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November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Verizon Communications Inc. officially confirmed the largest single round of layoffs in the company’s history. In an internal memo sent to staff, CEO Dan Schulman announced the elimination of more than 13,000 positions,

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Verizon Confirms Historic Layoffs: Over 13,000 Jobs Cut in Major Restructuring Push - Villpress
Verizon Communications Inc. officially confirmed the largest single round of layoffs in the company’s history. In an internal memo sent to staff, CEO Dan
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, details how a team at the University of Stuttgart managed to bridge the gap between two distinct “quantum dots”,

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Major Leap for Quantum Internet: Scientists Teleport Data Between Different "Islands" of Light - Villpress
quantum internet: Scientists successfully teleported information between two different quantum dots, solving a key frequency hurdle
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November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Warner Music Group (WMG) has quietly settled its copyright lawsuit against AI music startup Udio and, in a surprising twist, signed a licensing deal that will make the company a partner rather than an adversary.

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Warner Music and Udio Turn Conflict Into Collaboration in AI Music Shift - Villpress
In a development that could reshape the power dynamics of AI-generated music, Warner Music Group (WMG) has quietly settled its copyright lawsuit against AI
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November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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#Spotify has officially acquired #WhoSampled, the community-driven database known for tracking sampled music, remixes, covers, and artist connections.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM