Running a business in Nigeria is one thing; running a subscription-based one is another entirely. The work that goes into funding, distribution, production, and consumption is immense, and it’s further complicated by Nigerian dynamics. But there are examples of companies that appear to be scaling and have found the hack, though the bigger question still […]
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In celebration of Africa Day, which is observed annually on May 25, social media giant Facebook extended its ‘Made by Africa, Loved by the World’ campaign to spotlight the creative brilliance and global influence of Africans on and off the continent. This year marks the fifth edition of the campaign by Meta’s flagship platform. […]
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On Wednesday, May 21, the government of Tanzania effectively blocked access to X (formerly Twitter) across the country. The move followed a serious cyber breach on Tuesday, May 20, when the official X account of the Tanzania Police Force was hacked. The compromised account was used to share pornographic images and publish fake announcements, including […]
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A few months after Google fully embraced AI-powered search, Apple is now exploring partnerships with AI organisations to enable AI-backed searches for its Safari browser. This was revealed by Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, Eddy Cue, during a recent testimony in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google’s parent company, Alphabet. […]
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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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