Piggyvest has been named on CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 list for the third consecutive year, becoming the only African company recognised in the Wealth Technology category alongside ...

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has resumed full enforcement of its digital lending regulations after a Federal High Court dismissed a legal challenge against the ...

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has introduced a mandatory Communications Equipment Distributor (CED) Licence for all companies that import and wholesale communications equipment such as ...

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My Family Cinema (MFC), a popular video streaming platform known for piracy, has shut down after facing copyright issues. The platform’s forced exit is linked to a recent crackdown on piracy networks ...

Last week, Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye sat in the front row at the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture show in Paris, right next to Cardi B, and Nigerian timelines have not recovered. If you ...

If you asked the average investor to name the undisputed winner of the artificial intelligence boom, the answer would almost certainly be Nvidia. Yet, a rigorous new analysis of market data between ...

The African startup funding scene witnessed an impressive bump in 2025, with investments hitting $3.2 billion, excluding mergers and exits, according to Africa the Big Deal. That number rises to $3.8 ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced the monetary policy rate (interest rate) to 27%. This marked the first time the interest rate had dropped since the COVID-19 era in 2020. Yet, the cut has ...

The boom’s bloody hangover. Remember when Nigeria’s fintech idans, flush with VC millions, torched cash on zero-fee bonfires to lasso unbanked millions and seize digital payment rails? Opay’s agents ...

TECNO has officially unveiled the TECNO CAMON 50 Series, introducing CAMON 50, CAMON 50 Pro, and CAMON 50 Ultra 5G as a new generation of imaging-driven smartphones designed to combine advanced camera ...