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Need for digital identity verification in Africa - Report

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Africa doesn’t have an identity problem; it has a trust infrastructure problem

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$29.6bn profit story: Apple made $224,000 every minute of Q2 2026

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Omoleye Omoruyi

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How Nigerians spent N3.3 trillion on data across the first three months of 2026

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Nigerians spent N3.3 trillion to buy data between January and March 2026

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OPay eyes $4B valuation in US stock market listing with Citi, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan

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He just wanted to talk to his friends, but now Edidiong Ekong is building TalkSign AI to bridge the silence

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PayPal elevates crypto to a standalone division in a bold three-unit restructure under a new CEO

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Chams Holding Company Plc

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Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26

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Omoleye Omoruyi

1 day ago

Nigerian internet subscribers

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Nigeria added 650,000 new internet users in March driven by mobile data subscriptions

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1 day ago

Tech companies - Omatek

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Listed tech company, Omatek, only made ₦500,000 in revenue in Q1 2026

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Omoleye Omoruyi

2 days ago

women skills to stand out

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African female-led startups raised only 8.2% of $597m funding in Q1

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2 days ago

Starlink in Kenya

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Starlink begins disconnecting Kenyan users for failure to verify IDs

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