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Meet Modupe Kadri, MTN Nigeria's New Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

MTN Nigeria CFO Modupe Kadri acquires 1,589,041 shares worth ₦1.25 billion in 3days

43% of ID frauds caught in H1, 2023 in Africa were face mismatches, indicating that stolen IDs were used

Biometric verification reduced fraud by 50% in H1 2023 – report

Governance and tech panelist session

GAT Summit: What is the role of proper governance in ease of doing business?

Optasia's Bassim Haidar

Fact check: Did Optasia make $3 billion from Nigeria? Here is what its audited accounts actually show

Omoleye Omoruyi

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This Week’s

Leading Conversations

Shopaza launch signals Payaza’s bet on infrastructure-led e-commerce growth in Africa

byBlessed Frank

Investigation: How 69,000 daily stolen phones are used to drain bank accounts of Nigerians

byOmoleye Omoruyi

5 technology shifts that could redefine Nigeria’s digital economy in the next 5 years

byJoshua Fagbemi

How Mitchell Elegbe’s radical interview method built Interswitch

byOmoleye Omoruyi

Freshly Pressed

From WhatsApp Group to Changing Lives: The Impact of Ladies with Radiance

Review

From WhatsApp Group to Changing Lives: The Impact of Ladies with Radiance

2 hours ago

Nigel Green calls the global tech sell-off a ‘Healthy reality check’ for AI valuations

News

Nigel Green calls the global tech sell-off a ‘Healthy reality check’ for AI valuations

2 hours ago

The Naira has lost value. Here is how smart Nigerians are protecting theirs

Sponsored

The Naira has lost value. Here is how smart Nigerians are protecting theirs

Guest Contributor

3 hours ago

Credit Direct Is Turning the Nigerian Kitchen Into a BNPL Use Case

Sponsored

Credit Direct is turning the Nigerian kitchen into a BNPL use case. The infrastructure behind it is the real story

3 hours ago

Tapnob rolls out Nigeria’s first crypto-to-Naira gateway and lightning addresses to bridge the utility gap

Crypto

Tapnob rolls out Nigeria’s first crypto-to-Naira gateway and lightning addresses to bridge the utility gap

4 hours ago

Call of my life

News

‘Call of My Life’ becomes first Nollywood film to cross ₦600 million at the 2026 box office

6 hours ago

Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, Founder and Executive Chairman of 4G Capital

FinTech
News

4G Capital surpasses $1 billion in loans to African entrepreneurs

Omoleye Omoruyi

7 hours ago

Oracle cuts up to 30,000 jobs despite record profits

News

Oracle’s workforce shrinks by 21,000 as AI reshapes operations

Mubarak Bankole

9 hours ago

tech

African Girls in Tech Academy empowers over 3,000 women with practical tech skills to thrive

Ifeoluwa Adebayo

10 hours ago

Why NEMA and SpaceX partnership is critical for Nigeria’s 2026 flood response

News

Namibia rejects Starlink’s appeal, leaving Elon Musk’s satellite service locked out of 2 major African markets

Mubarak Bankole

21 hours ago

MTN to create new fiber optic cable network with $320M investment

News

MTN Nigeria vests 129,129 shares worth ₦103.3 million in 6 employees

21 hours ago

eSIM

Explainer

eSIM: All you need to know and how to onboard in Nigeria

22 hours ago

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Carbon Economy can create a multi-billion-dollar engine for job creation in Nigeria - Ibiyode

3 minute read

Carbon Economy can create a multi-billion-dollar engine for job creation in Nigeria – Ibiyode

Harrison Obiefule

5 minute read

Harrison Obiefule: Architecting Solana’s expansion in Africa

Nigeria Revenue Service Authorised Upperlink as the System Integrator for Nigeria's e-Invoicing platform

3 minute read

Nigeria Revenue Service Authorised Upperlink as the System Integrator for Nigeria’s e-Invoicing platform

Digital PayExpo 2026 to Convene Africa’s Most Influential Payments Leaders in Lagos

1 minute read

Digital PayExpo 2026 to Convene Africa’s Most Influential Payments Leaders in Lagos

Nigerian Cybersecurity Analyst Advocates Stronger Digital Protection Amid Rising Meta Account Bans

3 minute read

Nigerian Cybersecurity Analyst Advocates Stronger Digital Protection Amid Rising Meta Account Bans

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Crypto Updates

Crypto off-ramping: Here are 8 crypto startups enabling Nigerians to easily spend crypto

Here are 8 startups enabling Nigerians to spend crypto easily

IMF warns Nigeria’s $59bn stablecoin surge risks digital dollarisation and weakens naira control

The digital dollar trap: Why African currency-backed stablecoins like cNGN won’t stand a chance in a USD-pegged world

The $30bn Bitcoin wipeout: Inside the Q1 earnings bloodbath for MicroStrategy and American Bitcoin

The $30bn Bitcoin wipeout: Inside the Q1 losses for MicroStrategy and American Bitcoin

Standard Chartered insists Bitcoin will close the year above $100K despite dipping over 50% from ATH

What is driving Bitcoin’s $80,000 rally and what happens next?

Nigeria’s Web3 funding doubles in 2025 as stablecoin usage hits a global high with $48.2M daily transfers

Nigeria’s Web3 funding doubles in 2025 as stablecoin usage hits a global high with $48.2m daily transfers

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Women In Tech

women in tech

7 women in tech who are inspiring the next generation for growth

Mainasara in tech

Tech Trivia with Mainasara Adetutu, front-end Developer at African Alliance

chioma in tech

Tech Trivia with Chioma Oko, Product Manager at Semicolon

Gloria Chimelu in tech

Tech Trivia with Gloria Chimelu, Crypto Writer at Investopedia

Jessica in tech

Tech Trivia with Jessica Tee Orika-Owunna, SaaS Content Marketing Specialist

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Interviews

Tomi-Davies (IMG - Tomi Davies)

The POEM framework: How Tomi Davies filters pitch potential in Africa tech funding

Padiplug: How Increase Isesele is renting powerbanks to Nigerians for ₦300 per hour

Padiplug is providing charging on demand to Nigerians with power bank rental

Crypto off-ramping: Here are 8 crypto startups enabling Nigerians to easily spend crypto

5 exits under 40: Iam Etefia’s secret to building 6-figure African startups

From founder to fixer: How Amanda Etuk is rethinking startup growth and sustainability in Nigeria

From founder to fixer: How Amanda Etuk of Cascador is rethinking startup growth

tech talent

“HR today is about driving performance and retaining the talent that moves the needle”- HumanManager’s Udo Ngele

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Infinix NOTE Edge Review: Samsung Edge Vibes at ₦340K

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How Zest & Huawei Cloud Are Powering Nigeria’s Digital Payments

Finally, Ghana is set to legalise crypto

Google’s free AI Pro for African students

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