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A film made entirely by AI just got accepted into Tribeca, one of the world's most prestigious film festivals. Just 75 minutes long, cost $2,000 to make and it is the first of its kind. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eezWuR-6 #techcrier #AI #Tribeca 

 Nigeria just claimed four spots on Bloomberg's 25 African Startups to Watch for 2026. Healthcare. Fintech. Defence tech. The range says a lot about where Nigerian founders are building right now. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eV2zzqn9 #techcrier #NigeriaTech 

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are no longer entirely free. Meta has officially launched paid subscription tiers for all three platforms. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eHf8ppfe #techcrier #Meta #Facebook

Anthropic just raised $65 billion and is now worth $965 billion, overtaking OpenAI as the most valuable private AI company in the world. Claude's parent company has crossed $47 billion in run-rate revenue. And in Nigeria, Claude is already giving ChatGPT a run for its money. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eZy8PBU2 #techcrier #Anthropic

CNN just sued Perplexity AI for copying its articles word for word and giving users access to content behind its paywall. The AI search wars just got legal. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/ebZ6e_ZK #techcrier #Perplexity

MCB Group just committed $1 billion to solving one of the quietest but most damaging problems holding African trade back. If you work in cross-border business, you need to read this. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eyG9CSaD #techcrier #MCBGroup #AfCFTA 

MTN Ghana announced a new mobile money fee on Monday and by Tuesday it was already suspended. What happened in between says a lot about the real politics of mobile money in Africa. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/ex7D3mK3 #techcrier #MTN #Ghana

Nigeria's payment culture has gone from cash to transfer. CashAfrica thinks the next shift is already here and most people have not noticed yet. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/ezznXUgX #techcrier #CashAfrica

The co-founder of Wasoko just launched a $100 million fund. But it is not a VC fund, and the problem it's trying to solve is bigger than most people talk about. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eVS2Fikp #techcrier #AfricaJobsFund

Africa's largest e-mobility operator just made a move that changes everything about how electric motorcycles will be built for African roads. Spiro did not just hire engineers, it acquired the entire firm. Read more on Techcrier: https://lnkd.in/eSciy8-z #techcrier #Spiro #AfricanTech