News

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  News

  Sorry Kenya! Google drops balloon internet project

  Daniel Adeyemi

  22nd January 2021

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  News, Policy

  143 million Nigerian SIMs now linked with identity number

  Bright Azuh

  21st January 2021

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  News

  Sim Shagaya’s uLesson raises $7.5 million Series A

  Daniel Adeyemi

  19th January 2021

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  News

  Social media shutdown in Uganda two days to presidential elections

  Edwin Madu

  12th January 2021

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  Entertainment, News

  Showmax is working on its first Kenyan original

  Edwin Madu

  11th January 2021

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  FinTech, Internet, News

  Twitter abuzz as Bitcoin takes a dive

  Edwin Madu

  11th January 2021

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  News

  Nigeria’s President wants to take COVID-19 shot on Live TV to encourage reception of the vaccine

  Daniel Adeyemi

  10th January 2021

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  News

  WhatsApp wants to keep your data for life: even after deleting the app

  Daniel Adeyemi

  8th January 2021

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  News

  Nigeria’s NIN registration halts as Covid scare triggers strike

  Bright Azuh

  7th January 2021

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  Business, News

  After GTBank, Sterling Bank is restructuring into a holdings company

  Abubakar Idris

  29th September 2020

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  Ecosystem, News

  Amidst the pandemic, Plentywaka completes over 190,000 trips in its first year

  Kosisochukwu Ugwuede

  18th September 2020

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  Business, News

  Transsion’s half-year profits surge 33% despite COVID-19 pandemic

  Abubakar Idris

  3rd September 2020

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  Business, News

  Opera exits a Nigerian venture, launches new fintech for emerging markets

  Abubakar Idris

  31st August 2020

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  News, Ridesharing

  After two years of development, MAX deploys its electric motorbikes in Nigeria

  Abubakar Idris

  11th August 2020

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  Government, Internet, News

  With COVID-19 cases rising, will Nigerian schools fully reopen in 2020?

  Abubakar Idris

  10th August 2020

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  Business, FinTech, News

  This grassroots govt in Lagos is threatening Nigeria’s vision for financial inclusion

  Abubakar Idris

  30th July 2020

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  Business, News

  Airtel Africa’s revenue drops 5.3% QoQ as voice revenue continues to decline

  Abubakar Idris

  28th July 2020

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  Business, Internet, Mobile, News, Products, Startups

  Why Nigeria is a growth opportunity for Audiomack

  Abubakar Idris

  23rd July 2020

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  Business, Ecosystem, Fundamentals, Government, Internet, Mobile, News

  Why some of Nigeria’s worst cyberattacks are not reported

  Abubakar Idris

  21st July 2020

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  10 years of TechCabal, Business, FinTech, Long Reads, Mobile, News

  How Chinese tech billionaire Yahui Zhou is calling the shots at OPay

  Abubakar Idris

  21st July 2020

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  FinTech, Internet, Long Reads, News

  After raising $10m, Nigerian e-commerce startup TradeDepot is expanding to financial services

  Abubakar Idris

  16th July 2020

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  Long Reads, News, Startups

  How MAX is scaling its mobility solutions despite Lagos Okada ban

  Abubakar Idris

  9th July 2020

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  News, Stream

  MultiChoice’s Showmax is finally positioned to dominate Africa’s streaming market

  Abubakar Idris

  7th July 2020

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  News

  Confirmed: OPay temporarily shutters non-fintech verticals

  Abubakar Idris

  2nd July 2020

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  News

  Mobile payments in Nigeria have grown 391% in 1 year

  Abubakar Idris

  2nd July 2020

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  Business, FinTech, News

  With its new e-commerce play, Paystack announces a Wix integration

  Abubakar Idris

  25th June 2020

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  Business, Internet, News

  COVID-19 is quietly threatening the future of Nigeria’s news media

  Abubakar Idris

  25th June 2020

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  Business, Internet, News

  Africa’s smartphone shipments suffer biggest decline since 2015

  Abubakar Idris

  25th June 2020

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  FinTech, News

  Why Nigeria’s biggest payments companies have entered e-commerce

  Abubakar Idris

  23rd June 2020

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  Business, Ecosystem, Government, News

  NITDA shares progress report on pandemic support for Nigerian startups

  Abubakar Idris

  19th June 2020

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  News

  In Nigeria, Jumia Food’s order volume is growing by 30% MoM

  Abubakar Idris

  18th June 2020

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  Business, FinTech, Long Reads, Mobile, News, Startups

  Exclusive: OPay’s core payments business is still growing

  Abubakar Idris

  11th June 2020

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  Business, FinTech, Internet, News, Startups

  Inside the wave of disruption sweeping Nigeria’s sluggish insurance industry

  Abubakar Idris

  10th June 2020

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  Business, News, Startups

  Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance invests $200,000 in two Nigerian startups; MAX and Releaf Group

  Abubakar Idris

  8th June 2020

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  Business, Ecosystem, Government, Internet, News

  Nigeria’s over 82 million digital natives are the future of its internet

  Abubakar Idris

  3rd June 2020

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  Business, News

  Africa’s cloud computing industry is set to grow as data adoption rises

  Abubakar Idris

  29th May 2020

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  Business, News, Startups

  Nigerian agric company, Tomato Jos raises €3.9 million for irrigation and processing plant

  Alexander Onukwue

  20th May 2020

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  Business, Internet, News, Ridesharing, Startups

  Gokada finds new growth in logistics thanks to a previous success story in Bangladesh

  Abubakar Idris

  18th May 2020

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  Internet, News, Startups

  Novastar closes $108 million fund to invest in Anglophone Africa

  Abubakar Idris

  14th May 2020

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  Business, FinTech, News, Startups

  After raising $10 million, Helium Health will offer loans to hospitals across Africa

  Abubakar Idris

  13th May 2020