Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% last year https://ift.tt/qe6CMSv

Bain Capital has closed its second Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 billion https://ift.tt/xWTJgq7

Amid merger and bankruptcy in the West, lidar maker Hesai nails $190M IPO https://ift.tt/gto9Pyv

Morocco’s foodtech Terraa raises $1.5M led by FoodLabs https://ift.tt/v6DzpuB

Akamai reaches for the cloud https://ift.tt/kViN9bR

Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA https://ift.tt/KS27dLv

Twitter delays launch of its new API platform again https://ift.tt/Le3yN1F

India’s InsuranceDekho raises $150 million despite market slump https://ift.tt/2DY1ehq

Subaru recalls Solterra for its nagging wheels-fall-off problem https://ift.tt/fvptZBK

Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy https://ift.tt/KG1eYxJ