Barely two months after its official foray into the consumer financial space with Zap, Paystack has been hit with a snag by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which has fined the company ₦250 million (approximately $190,000) for allegedly operating its consumer product as a wallet without the necessary regulatory licence. According to TechCabal, […]
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Nigeria is entering a new era of digital maturity. The country’s domestic internet traffic hit a record high of 1 terabit per second (Tbps) in March 2024, driven largely by a surge in video consumption on social networks like Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. This milestone now places Nigeria as Africa’s second-largest internet hub, just behind […]
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Conversations about money, especially the kind we want to multiply, are often sensitive, tense, and defensive. The stakes are rarely low. Every decision is a risk, and suggestions come with a disclaimer: “This is not a financial advice,” they’ll say. “Do your research.” And when things go wrong, as they often do, the blame falls […]
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A little over a month before its originally planned May 20 release, Dune: Awakening has been delayed by three weeks and will now launch on June 10. The game’s publisher, Funcom, announced on Tuesday that feedback from beta testers indicated the game needed “more time to cook.” The gaming community has been looking forward […]
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Before the grind of the dreaded Mondays that stir the country back to life, Nigeria used to slow down on Sunday mornings. Streets emptied as churches and mosques filled up for a few hours when the sounds of various religious proceedings overlapped in the same wave that also felt the density of clustered religious structures […]
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Africa’s largest mobile network operator, MTN Group, is making an entry into the video streaming space, targeting both mobile and fixed broadband subscribers across the continent. The move is in partnership with Synamedia, a cloud-based technology company that specialises in delivering linear television and video-on-demand content. MTN has previously dabbled in video streaming, though […]
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Anyone who has recently been active on social media, particularly TwitterNG (the Nigerian vertical of Elon Musk’s social network, now known as X), would have been inundated with the buzz from Paystack’s offshoot product launch, Zap. Zap is the fintech giant’s first consumer-centric product after nearly a decade of operating as a B2B (business-to-business) company. […]
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For how long will African creators — the unrivaled global trendsetters and internet zeitgeists — remain underpaid for their efforts on TikTok? That was the burning question Solly Malatsi, South Africa’s Communications Minister, pressed on at the TikTok Safer Internet Summit held at the Cape Town Convention Centre in the concluding days of March 2025. […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has responded to the outrage that followed the death of Adetunji ‘TeeJay’ Opayele, the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Nigerian retail automation startup, Bumpa. TeeJay died on March 5, 2025, after being involved in a car accident. According to a recently circulated petition directed at the Lagos […]
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Communication has come a long way, transitioning through different generations and evolving with the times. It has always been in flux, adapting to the needs of its era and the peculiarities of the people involved. With mobile phones, we first spoke. Then we wrote. Then we texted. Now, we’re texting with visual shorthands, which has […]
The evolution of gaming in Africa has been quite the journey. From the early days of shared consoles at makeshift gaming houses and cyber cafes where PlayStation games like FIFA, Mortal Kombat, and Winning Eleven were fixtures, the inkling of how games would unfold as a pivotal part of the country’s entertainment was there, even […]
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In Africa’s unfolding technology revolution, some voices often and inevitably ring louder than others, mostly due to cultural dynamics that have made access to funding and other resources relatively easier. But pay closer attention, and you’ll notice the steady motion of women building, innovating, and providing tech-enabled solutions to the continent’s needs as much as […]
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