How African Startups Are Leading the Future of Innovation
For years, the dominant narrative around African technology went something like this: a promising but fragile ecosystem, perpetually waiting on…
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Josiah Allen : The Student Founder Building StudyCrew and Redefining the Future of Learning
Josiah Allen is 18 years old, currently enrolled as a cybersecurity student at the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa…
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UK Backs Structured London Tech Week Programme for African Founders Eyeing UK Market Entry
The UK government has thrown its weight behind a new week-long programme designed to give African founders a structured pathway…
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AFC Commits $100 Million to Back African-Led Tech Fund Managers
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has approved a deployment of up to $100 million in catalytic capital targeting Africa-focused technology…
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SBP Ventures Launches N20 Million Small Business Innovation Challenge for Nigerian SMEs
In a major push to formalize Nigeria’s fragmented business ecosystem, SBP Ventures has officially opened applications for the inaugural Small…
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Africa’s Rural Connectivity Gap: What the Numbers Miss and Why It Still Matters
Nigeria crossed a broadband milestone at the end of 2025. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, broadband penetration reached 50.58%…
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Meta Platforms Helped Expand Customer Reach for 81% of Nigerian Businesses, Study Finds
Virtually all Nigerian businesses surveyed say Meta’s platforms have expanded their customer reach, according to new independent research that finds…
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Kaspersky Warns of Scams Targeting 2026 FIFA World Cup Travellers
Kaspersky experts explain which online offers travellers should be cautious of when planning their trip, to avoid spoiling their experience…
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Cybersecurity in Africa 2026: How Businesses Can Defend Against Rising Digital Threats
Every week, Nigerian organisations absorb an average of 4,701 cyberattacks. South African firms faced a 36 per cent year-on-year surge…
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Google Overhauls Search With AI Agents, a Smarter Search Box, and Personal Context
At its annual I/O developer conference on May 19, Google unveiled what it described as the most significant transformation of…
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Anambra ICT Agency Sets Vision for AI-Powered Future
The Anambra State ICT Agency has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of a smart and liveable…
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AVEVA and IMD Business School Launch Landmark Industrial Intelligence Report
The Industrial Intelligence Report reflects input from over 275 senior leaders across 12 industry sectors It demonstrates that organizations are…
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Africa’s EdTech Sector Is Growing Fast. Sustainability Is the Real Test
Africa’s education technology sector has spent the better part of a decade generating enthusiasm, attracting capital, and producing a succession…
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NCC EVC, Maida Leads Speaker Lineup for 17th BoICT Leadership Lecture
Dr.Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been confirmed as Special…
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Nigeria’s E-Commerce Market Is Growing. But the Real Story Is More Complicated
Nigeria’s online retail market is expanding at a pace that commands serious attention. According to Mordor Intelligence, the market reached…
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From No Light to Building Communities Worth Millions – Idah Abdulwahab Story
Growing up in Mararaba without reliable electricity or internet, Idah Abdulwahab Dominion, known online as domicrypt had every reason to…
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After a Decade Designing for Global Brands, He Built a Finance App That Doesn’t Touch Your Bank Data
Toheeb Popoola didn’t set out to be a founder. For more than a decade he solved problems with design at…
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DIV Fund Opens Application of up to $1.5M for African Innovators
The DIV Fund is accepting applications from organisations with evidence-backed solutions tackling poverty across low- and middle-income countries. If that’s…
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Nigeria’s Network Crisis Is Africa’s Infrastructure Warning
The dropped calls and dead zones that millions of Nigerians endured through late 2025 and into early 2026 were not…
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How African Creators Are Building Global Brands on Their Own Terms
There is a familiar pattern in how the world discovers African culture. The music travels first — Afrobeats fills clubs…
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Upperlink and ICANN Lead Push for Wider Participation in UA Day 2026
…Upperlink, ICANN, UNESCO, UASG Advancing a Truly Global, Multilingual Internet Upperlink has announced its collaboration with the Internet Corporation for…
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Applications Open for Cartier Women’s Initiative for Female Entrepreneurs
The Cartier Women’s Initiative has opened applications for its 2027 edition, with women-led businesses across Africa eligible to compete for…
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The Quiet Revolution: How AI Is Reshaping Agriculture Across Africa
Africa feeds itself largely through the hands of smallholder farmers. That fact is easy to state and hard to appreciate…
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Rooted in Africa, Building for the Digital Frontier-The Rene Dzernyuy Story
How Rene Dzernyuy turned personal experience with online fraud into SecureAfric, a platform dedicated to making cybersecurity education real and…
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Ransomware Surges as Cyber Threats Spike in April 2026
Angola and Nigeria top the list of EMEA countries most targeted by cyber threat actors, while attacks to Financial Services…
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Payment Gateways Are Being Rebuilt From the Ground Up, and Africa Is at the Center of It
For years, the payment gateway existed quietly in the background, the unglamorous infrastructure that sat between a customer’s intent to…
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UAE–Nigeria Partnership Ushers in New Era of Trade and Innovation
Global trade is becoming harder to navigate. Supply chains remain under pressure, capital is shifting, and countries are reassessing how…
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The KYC Trap: Why Identity Verification Is Slowing Africa’s Fintech Sector
Africa’s fintech industry has, by most measures, defied expectations. Despite a global funding retreat, Nigeria alone attracted $410 million in…
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Kaspersky Pushes IT Leaders to Prepare for Modern Cyber Threats
Kaspersky has expanded its Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) with new advanced cyberattack scenarios tailored specifically for IT organisations. The…
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AfCFTA and Korea Join Forces to Back African Startups in New Acceleration Drive
The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has opened applications for a new round of its Startup Acceleration and Partnership…
