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Our deep-dive investigative reports provide inside stories about companies and products that matter in the African tech space.
Exclusive: How Plaude Technologies and CEO Olatomiwa Idowu allegedly vanished with $4.2m cross-border transaction balance
On the morning of March 9, 2026, two currency swap deals were agreed between Plaude Technologies Limited and…
When relief becomes debt: Nigerians confront the hidden cost of COVID-19 funds
In the middle of the economic uncertainty that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, many Nigerians turned to every available…
Did CDcare’s recovery agent show up at a customer’s home and lie to his landlord?
The message came through at 2:36 pm on March 28. “This is officer ik from cdcare,” it read.…
Exclusive: Former employees claim EasySpend failed to honour equity deals
When Ibrahim Abdullahi joined EasySpend Technologies as a Senior Mobile Engineer, he thought he was joining a young…
Nigerian Police website’s expired certificates expose citizens to major data breach
The issues identified on the Nigeria Police Force website, npf.gov.ng, are far more than a simple technical glitch.…
The curious story of MyKab, a driver-backed e-hailing app that was killed and reborn as LagRide
In September 2020, a new taxi-hailing app, MyKab, was introduced into the Nigerian e-mobility space. The platform, backed…
How ‘customs officers’ from Facebook Marketplace dupe Nigerians with fake auction schemes
A troubling scam has been deceiving unsuspecting buyers on Facebook Marketplace. Fraudsters, posing as officers of the Nigeria…
The fallout from Bento Africa: Startups and employees grapple with payroll and tax fraud
Bento allegedly collected millions in employee taxes and pensions but failed to remit them.
Exclusive: Personal data of over 840,000 customers allegedly leaked on loan app, iCredit
“We don’t know of any data leak from the company,” Bunmi (name changed), who picked up the call…
