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African fintech funding dropped 16% in Q1 as VCs target AI-powered startups

Microsoft's Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, announces departure from company

Microsoft Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, leaves the company

Recruitment portal crash: Civil Defence, Prisons and Immigration suspend applications

How Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha went from 31k Instagram followers to 6.8m overnight, set to make ₦92m per post

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha went from 31k to 6.8m Instagram followers overnight; may earn $68,000 per post

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This Week’s

Leading Conversations

How Mitchell Elegbe’s radical interview method built Interswitch

byOmoleye Omoruyi

Is MTN Nigeria undervalued? Is 95 million subscribers and profit boom priced into stock value?

byJoshua Fagbemi

Fact Check: Is Trevor Noah’s claim that Nigerian drivers gamed Uber’s 100% bonus true?

What are banks for? FCMB made ₦76B in Q1 2026 and gave less loans than ever

byOmoleye Omoruyi

Freshly Pressed

Threads to launch desktop version and other features as retention rate drops by over 50%

News

Meta celebrates 500 million monthly users on Threads, introduces new feed controls

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Hyperbridge relaunches as ‘Interoperability Hyperstructure’ with new OFT adapter after $2.5M exploit

Crypto
News

Hyperbridge relaunches as ‘Interoperability Hyperstructure’ with new OFT adapter after $2.5M exploit

3 hours ago

FinTech

Flutterwave secures strategic investment from Ripple to power African stablecoin payments

Omoleye Omoruyi

4 hours ago

CapitalSage acquires Chimoney

FinTech
News

CapitalSage buys Chimoney 4 weeks after shutdown

Omoleye Omoruyi

5 hours ago

Lagride gives out new cars to 10 drivers

News

Lagride gives out new cars to 10 drivers in the second batch of drive-to-own scheme

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Zimbabwe’s crypto regulation 2026: Inside the shift from prohibition to policy

Zimbabwe crypto regulation 2026: Inside the shift from prohibition to policy

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NEMIS

News

FG denies cyberattack on NEMIS, blames SSL certificate error

Mubarak Bankole

7 hours ago

Digital postcode: E-commerce and security

News

Nigeria wants to map every location with a digital postcode; security and e-commerce are the biggest winners

7 hours ago

Africa

Women in Tech

How Blessing Bamidele is bridging the gap between skills and opportunities at Tech4Dev

Ifeoluwa Adebayo

8 hours ago

An internet user

Review

Despite improvement, only 49% of women still own a smartphone in Nigeria. Here’s why

9 hours ago

NBS - Inflation

News

Nigeria’s inflation rises to 15.93% in May 2026 as food prices remain the biggest driver

Mubarak Bankole

10 hours ago

CBN governor, Yemi Cardoso

News

CBN gives banks, fintechs 6 months to store customers’ transaction data within Nigeria

Omoleye Omoruyi

20 hours ago

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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

Why Data Analytics Is Becoming the Backbone of Modern Education And the Tech professionals Leading the Shift

4 minute read

Why Data Analytics Is Becoming the Backbone of Modern Education and the Tech Professionals Leading the Shift

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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

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

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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Google’s free AI Pro for African students

Netflix shares plunged 31% after a boycott following transgender show

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