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HelpMum is one of 2 Nigerian healtechs selected for ICONIQ Impact’s $100M child survival fund
Nigerian healthtech organisation HelpMum has been selected as one of only two Nigerian companies among 18 grantees for…
Africa’s next digital customer may be an AI agent; we need a way to charge it – Oluwatobi Ajayi
For most of the internet’s history, digital commerce assumed a human was sitting at the other end of…
Privacy: WhatsApp now allows you share usernames with people instead of your phone number
WhatsApp is rolling out one of its biggest privacy updates in years, allowing its more than 3 billion…
While closing Nigeria’s SME credit gap, Nombank clocks ₦250 billion in daily transactions
Nombank says its daily transaction volume has grown from ₦7 billion in May 2025 to roughly ₦250 billion…
“We just need not to drown”: Inside The Flip’s Fintech Africa Summit panel with Moniepoint’s Tosin, Kuda’s Babs and FairMoney’s Laurin
Three of Nigeria’s most consequential fintech founders sat on one stage in New York and said the kind…
Tech Trivia with Immaculata Ojadi, Business Analyst at James Chase
This is Technext’s weekly Women-in-tech trivia, a close-up series that spotlights the lives and personalities of female tech enthusiasts, professionals, and founders. A new edition drops every Monday.
Bharti Airtel acquires additional stake in Airtel Africa, now owns 79.22%
Indian telecoms operator Bharti Airtel Limited has acquired an additional 16.35% stake in Airtel Africa’s shares, pushing its…
Why Nigeria’s elections depend on imported technology and what’s making it more expensive
Nigeria’s election technology problem rarely makes headlines until something forces it into the open. INEC recently admitted that…
NIMC Act 2026: 5 things you need to know as Nigeria finally rewrites its identity law
On Friday, June 26, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed a piece of legislation that most Nigerians will never…
FCCPC denies approving 48 new loan apps, cites court-ordered freeze
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has dismissed as false a publication claiming the Commission approved…
