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How Elizabeth-Mary Olowolabi’s first year in UI/UX changed how she thinks about design
The technology industry is heavily saturated with beautiful digital products that absolutely no one wants to use. For…
NGX now lets investors buy shares on WhatsApp — here’s how to get started
The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) has added WhatsApp as a new channel for its NGX Invest platform, allowing…
African startups have raised nearly $2bn in 2026, but fewer ventures are getting the money
Venture funding into African startups appears to be coming in at a slow and rather haphazard pace in…
GSMA identifies 5G, fibre and digital ID as keys to closing Nigeria’s internet gap
Closing Nigeria’s internet gap now depends on planned fibre expansion, broader 5G deployment and digital identity reforms, becoming…
MTN, Gates Foundation launch $25m AI maternal health platform for 500,000 Nigerian women
MTN Group Foundation and the Gates Foundation have launched an AI-enabled maternal health platform in Nigeria that aims…
Airtel Money set for London IPO, seeks $800 million raise
Airtel Africa’s mobile money operation, Airtel Money, has confirmed plans for a London initial public offering (IPO), which…
Nigeria Fintech Week Day 1: Bold new era as leaders push for African expansion
Nigeria’s fintech story has changed. A few years ago, the big question was whether Nigerians would trust digital…
A battle for ISP supremacy: between MTN FibreX, Airtel ODU and others
Amid intense competition to deliver better broadband services to Nigeria’s internet users, traditional internet service providers (ISPs) are…
More than a payments app: how OPay is quietly investing in Nigeria’s next generation
Ask most Nigerians what OPay does, and the answer comes fast. It is the app on your phone…
15 years of TEF’s entrepreneurship bet: Over 27K entrepreneurs funded, 1.5M jobs created and 2.1M Africans lifted out of poverty
Most development philanthropies spend a decade explaining what they intend to do for Africa. The Tony Elumelu Foundation…
