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Digital fraud in payments

The digital heist: Inside Africa’s $4B SIM swap and identity theft fraud crisis

Meta unveils 2 new AI models: Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick

28.2% of Tech Professionals in Nigeria are Unemployed – NBS Report

Telecoms in Nigeria

Data boom, slow 5G and rising costs: review of Nigeria’s telecom industry data in H1 2026

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This Week’s

Leading Conversations

Optasia's Bassim Haidar

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

byOmoleye Omoruyi

How NectarFi’s Stephanie Okeke is building the infrastructure layer that crypto forgot

byOmoleye Omoruyi

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

Freshly Pressed

5G connection

News

Optasia announces restoration of airtime lending services in Nigeria

2 hours ago

All large Ethereum holders are underwater for the first time since 2019 — What it means for ETH's future

All large Ethereum holders are underwater for the first time since 2019. What it means for ETH’s future

4 hours ago

Kenyan court clears $1.6 billion Safaricom stake sale to Vodacom

News

Kenya court clears Vodacom’s $1.6 billion Safaricom acquisition

Mubarak Bankole

5 hours ago

FinTech
News

Baxi glitch leaves POS agents stranded as trust in the platform wavers

Omoleye Omoruyi

5 hours ago

Sir (Dr.) Demola Aladekomo

News

Chams founder Demola Aladekomo retires from board after 40 years

Mubarak Bankole

6 hours ago

Founder and CEO, EscrowPay, Toye Akinwale

News

Nigeria’s online shopping problem isn’t delivery. It’s trust. EscrowPay is betting on escrow to fix it.

Guest Contributor

6 hours ago

Radiant diGilog: How Tayo Babatunde is solving today's workforce management problems with tested tools

Review

Radiant diGilog: How Tayo Babatunde is solving today’s workforce management problems with tested tools

6 hours ago

MTN Shortcodes

News

MTN Nigeria migrates FibreX short codes to 5-digit format in line with NCC directive

9 hours ago

Rack LGS2 Data Centre

Explainer

A comprehensive list of the 28 data centres in Nigeria (operational and under construction)

11 hours ago

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO after 15 years, succeeded by hardware chief John Ternus

News

Apple raises MacBook and iPad prices as AI memory chip shortage worsens

Mubarak Bankole

1 day ago

WhatsApp is not charging you a mandatory fee — But there's a subscription you should know about

News
Review

WhatsApp is not charging users a mandatory fee, but there’s a new subscription to know about

1 day ago

Why Malawi's Chichewa AI push is part of a continent-wide race to end the language divide

Review

Why Malawi’s Chichewa AI push is part of a continent-wide race to end the language divide

1 day ago

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Sponsored

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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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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