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1 Ademola Osindero Wins Award for Building Globally Competitive Technology From Africa

2 Reimagining MSME Financing in Africa: How Digital Innovation Can Bridge the $5.7 Trillion Funding Gap

3 AfriTECH 6.0 Confirms Maida, Adebayo, Nnamani and Agada as Speakers

4 Samsung Introduces Galaxy Tab S12 Series for Enhanced Productivity and Business Growth

5 NNPC RTI Wins Energy Innovation Award as Nigeria Innovation Summit Closes in Lagos

Ademola Osindero

Ademola Osindero Wins Award for Building Globally Competitive Technology From Africa

October 20, 2026

Last-Mile Connectivity

Last-Mile Connectivity in Rural Africa: What Is Actually Working

October 20, 2026

Digital innovation

Reimagining MSME Financing in Africa: How Digital Innovation Can Bridge the $5.7 Trillion Funding Gap

October 19, 2026

funding announcement

What Happens After the Funding Announcement? Tracking Startup Performance in Africa

October 19, 2026

Phishing Attempt

Microsoft Accounts for One-Third of Brand Phishing Attempts in Q3 2026

October 19, 2026

AfriTECH

AfriTECH 6.0 Confirms Maida, Adebayo, Nnamani and Agada as Speakers

October 17, 2026

Sell the Destination in Marketing

Nobody Buys the Bus: Sell the Destination

October 17, 2026

Galaxy Tab S12 series

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Tab S12 Series for Enhanced Productivity and Business Growth

October 16, 2026

NNPC RTI

NNPC RTI Wins Energy Innovation Award as Nigeria Innovation Summit Closes in Lagos

October 16, 2026

Baobab Nigeria

Baobab Nigeria Wins Financial Inclusion Award at Nigeria Innovation Summit 2026

October 16, 2026

Anambra ICT Agency and Ministry of Works Review Doctracker

Anambra ICT Agency and Ministry of Works Review Doctracker Ahead of Launch

October 15, 2026

PalmPay

PalmPay Reinforces Awareness of Official Support Channels as Fraud Risks Evolve

October 15, 2026

Ademola Osindero

Ademola Osindero Wins Award for Building Globally Competitive Technology From Africa

Last-Mile Connectivity

Last-Mile Connectivity in Rural Africa: What Is Actually Working

Digital innovation

Reimagining MSME Financing in Africa: How Digital Innovation Can Bridge the $5.7 Trillion Funding Gap

funding announcement

What Happens After the Funding Announcement? Tracking Startup Performance in Africa

Phishing Attempt

Microsoft Accounts for One-Third of Brand Phishing Attempts in Q3 2026

AfriTECH

AfriTECH 6.0 Confirms Maida, Adebayo, Nnamani and Agada as Speakers

Ademola Osindero

Ademola Osindero Wins Award for Building Globally Competitive Technology From Africa

Digital innovation

Reimagining MSME Financing in Africa: How Digital Innovation Can Bridge the $5.7 Trillion Funding Gap

AfriTECH

AfriTECH 6.0 Confirms Maida, Adebayo, Nnamani and Agada as Speakers

Galaxy Tab S12 series

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Tab S12 Series for Enhanced Productivity and Business Growth

NNPC RTI

NNPC RTI Wins Energy Innovation Award as Nigeria Innovation Summit Closes in Lagos

Baobab Nigeria

Baobab Nigeria Wins Financial Inclusion Award at Nigeria Innovation Summit 2026

Anambra ICT Agency and Ministry of Works Review Doctracker

Anambra ICT Agency and Ministry of Works Review Doctracker Ahead of Launch

PalmPay

PalmPay Reinforces Awareness of Official Support Channels as Fraud Risks Evolve

funding announcement

What Happens After the Funding Announcement? Tracking Startup Performance in Africa

Sell the Destination in Marketing

Nobody Buys the Bus: Sell the Destination

Luxury retail

Protecting the luxury experience: How physical security is evolving in high-end retail

Clarity

Clarity is Priceless… Who Buys What They Don’t Understand?

influencer marketing

Community is King in the Land of Influencer Marketing

Marketing

Marketing Makes Awareness as Recall Requires Branding

Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business

WhatsApp spotlights Nigerian small businesses in ‘Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business’ campaign

diaspora funding

Diaspora Angels: How African Professionals Abroad Are Funding Back Home

Joshua Adewolu

Joshua Adewolu: “Nothing Can Take the Place of Human Interaction”

Obinna Osuji, Co-founder and CEO of Medismarts

Medismarts Founder Obinna Osuji on Building the Digital Backbone of African Healthcare

Ali Sagiru

From Childhood Games to Guarding Africa’s Digital Frontlines: Inside Ali Sagiru’s NUR Sentinel AI

FractionalFair

What If Your Spare Hour Was Worth as Much as Cash? Inside FractionalFair’s Bet on Time as Currency

Your Docs Are Lying to Your AI Assistant. This Dubai-Based Startup Wants to Fix That.

fuel naija

At 17, He’s Helping Lagos Motorists Find Fuel Before They Waste a Trip

Bisola Fasanya

“The Technology Is Not the Implementation”: Bisola Fasanya on Building Voice AI That Actually Works

Magnus Emenuga and MEmbedded TechLab

From a Muddy Street in Aba to Building Nigeria’s First Homegrown Phone: The Magnus Emenuga Story

Phishing Attempt

Microsoft Accounts for One-Third of Brand Phishing Attempts in Q3 2026

Deepfake Threats

Deepfake Threats in Africa: How Disinformation Is Going Multimedia

Digital Defense Report

Microsoft’s 2026 Digital Defense Report: Attackers Are Walking In Through Trusted Doors, and AI Agents Are the Next One

Cyber Immunity

Kaspersky Unveils Guidelines for Securing AI Agents with Cyber Immunity

cyber Eniola Lisoyi

Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

Kaspersky

Nearly One in Five Retailers Suffer Permanent Data Loss From Cyberattacks, Kaspersky Finds

ESET and Lagos State Govt

ESET Strengthens Cybersecurity Awareness at Lagos State Civil Service Commission Career Week 2026

Cyber Threats

August Cyber Threats Rise as Ransomware Nearly Doubles and GenAI Data Exposure Becomes a New Enterprise Risk

Galaxy Tab S12 series

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Tab S12 Series for Enhanced Productivity and Business Growth

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Introduces New Parental Controls to Help Parents Guide Teens

Samsung Galaxy Z

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold8 Now Available

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Begins Testing On-Device Scam Alert Feature, Starting With Android Beta Users

WhatsApp

New Account Security Features for WhatsApp

Meta AI

Meta AI Just Got a To-Do List — And It’s Ticking Off Your Tasks

Meta AI

Meta Introduces AI Alerts to Notify Parents of Teens Showing Signs of Distress

Meta Muse Image

Meta Launches Muse Image, Its First In-House AI Image Generator, as Competition in Visual AI Intensifies

Phishing Attempt

Microsoft Accounts for One-Third of Brand Phishing Attempts in Q3 2026

AI Data

Who Owns Your AI Data? What African Users and Businesses Need to Know

Deepfake Threats

Deepfake Threats in Africa: How Disinformation Is Going Multimedia

cyber Eniola Lisoyi

Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

Robotics

Robotics in African Manufacturing: Where the Continent Stands and Where It Is Heading

Africa’s Frontier Firms: Turning AI Ambition Into Business Advantage

CleanTech Funding

CleanTech Funding in Africa: Who Is Actually Writing the Cheques

solar africa

Who Is Leading in Africa’s Fastest-Growing Solar Market?

Waste-to-Wonder

Green Economy

7-Year-Old Eco-Hero Launches “Waste-to-Wonder” Campaign in South Africa

GreenTech in Africa

Green Economy

GreenTech in Africa: Renewable Energy Solutions Reshaping the Continent