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Coverage gap: Only 30% of 5G-enabled smartphones connects to 5G network in Nigeria
Latest Quality of Experience (QoE) data reveals that about 27% to 31% of capable devices are actually utilising…
WHO-backed HealthKraft unveils $5m creator fund to fight misinformation in healthcare
Healthkraft, a growing coalition of health professionals, digital creators, and global institutions, has announced a $5 million creator…
Airtel rolls out airtime to customers affected by poor network between Nov and Jan 2026
Airtel Nigeria has started rolling out airtime compensation to customers who experienced poor network service between November 2025…
AUATON says suspension of factional Rivers chairman Lawrencia Ogu not a witchhunt
The Rivers state council of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) has described the suspension…
Africa doesn’t have an identity problem; it has a trust infrastructure problem
By Kelechi Ndieze We’ve spent the better part of a decade trying to “solve identity” in Africa. Governments…
$29.6bn profit story: Apple made $224,000 every minute of Q2 2026
Apple just filed its results for the three months ended March 28, 2026. The company made $29.6 billion…
OPay eyes $4B valuation in US stock market listing with Citi, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan
Nigeria-focused payments giant OPay, backed by SoftBank, is planning a US IPO and has enlisted three major Wall…
Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26
Chams Holding Company Plc, the group whose subsidiaries sit at the infrastructure layer of Nigeria’s identity management and…
Nigeria added 650,000 new internet users in March driven by mobile data subscriptions
Latest industry data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reveal that internet subscribers increased by over 650,000 to…
