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Top Story: Nigeria’s Prembly Launches AI-Powered FraudLens to Tackle Digital Fraud Across Africa
Nigerian digital security and identity verification startup, Prembly, has launched FraudLens, an open-source fraud intelligence bank designed to help financial institutions, fintechs, and digital businesses detect and prevent fraudulent activity.
The platform, built on insights from millions of identity verification checks conducted through Prembly’s infrastructure, serves as a publicly accessible repository of fraud data. Initially focused on Nigeria, FraudLens is expected to expand across the continent as part of broader efforts to strengthen Africa’s digital trust infrastructure.
Founded in 2021 by Lanre Ogungbe, Niyi Adegboye, and Tolu Adetuyi, Prembly provides AI-powered digital identity and compliance tools to businesses across Africa and global markets.
“Having supported digital security for leading financial institutions both regionally and globally, we’ve seen firsthand that data sharing is the critical first step toward meaningful fraud reduction. We haven’t seen any resource this accessible and comprehensive, and rather than waiting for someone else to build it, we decided to,” said Lanre Ogungbe, CEO of Prembly.
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On Startup Spotlight:
OPSWAT Launches AI-Powered MetaDefender Aether to Help Detect Cyber Threats
Global cybersecurity company, OPSWAT, has launched MetaDefender Aether, a new artificial intelligence-powered threat detection engine designed to identify and block zero-day cyber threats before they enter organisational networks.
The platform is designed to operate at the network perimeter, intercepting files as they enter systems through key channels such as file transfers, removable media, email attachments, cloud storage and web traffic.
According to OPSWAT, the system analyses each file through multiple AI-driven layers to determine whether it is safe or malicious before it reaches users, devices or internal infrastructure.
“MetaDefender Aether delivers on what sandboxing was not designed to do: replacing isolated analysis with an AI-native pipeline that delivers a single, high-confidence verdict that SOC teams and automation platforms can act on immediately before any file reaches the network,” said Jan Miller, Global CTO, OPSWAT.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
Also Read:
Pan-African Agridex Unveils ‘LOAM’ Neobank Platform to Transform Cross-Border Commodity Trade. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
