The Quiet Trade-Off with AI; Convenience for our creativity

Apr 07, 2025

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Official News From Last Week

Shuttlers, a Nigerian mobility startup, has added Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles to build a climate-friendly fleet.
YouTube has increased the price of its YouTube Premium service in several countries, including Nigeria from ₦1,100 to ₦1,700.00/month.
African Warriors Fighting Championship (AWFC) has entered an exclusive partnership with London-based sports streaming platform DAZN to showcase Dambe, Nigeria’s centuries-old traditional boxing to viewers around the world.
Earnipay, a Nigerian fintech startup layoff staff and pivots to business lending to focus on profitability.
The Africa Stablecoin Consortium (ASC), behind Nigeria’s first approved stablecoin cNGN, is in early talks with Roqqu and Yellow Card to list the Naira-backed token.
Zest Payments Limited, the fintech arm of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, reported a loss of ₦2 billion ($1.3 million) after tax in 2024, up from a ₦1.2 billion ($778,000) loss in 2023.

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Welcome to Q2 2025!! As you know, this isn't your regular tech newsletter, so let's get into some of the most intriguing happenings on "tech Twitter" from the past week. To view the full content of this newsletter, please click View More at the bottom of the email.

1.. Update on Paystack and Zap Africa’s Trademark controversy

Mark refers to Nigeria’s" “First to file” principle

Well, it depends on the country

And there are also exceptions

The concept of Trademark classes explained (1/2)

2/2

2… “And I like to say this always, so how many people know Jameson, raise your hands, Martell? So everything you see for Jameson, everything you see for Martell is me. How many people have watched AMVCA Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards—good. So for nine years in a row, from inception to the year before last year, we managed it, my company managed it”, Eunice said this in the video below—some people were amazed for others it was aggravating

Maybe, maybe not

Okay, maybe (1/2)

2/2

A dissenting opinion

Ahh

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3… Job Alert!!

Image:

Are you sending or not?

shade seen

Well, we don’t know but the flier states “applicants outside Abuja will not be considered”

Words on marble

4… Ahan easy now

5… AI and the problems that comes with it

Gossip says AI is bad at placing structuring

Ahan big flex

Interesting perspective

6… AI is stealing from humans

2/3

3/3

Let us use our dashes in peace pleaseee

Taking self expression in return for convinience… Fair deal?

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