Web3 Enters Real-World Assets: Stellar and CV Labs Deploy 12-Week Accelerator for African DeFi

Product & Updates

Web3 Enters Real-World Assets: Stellar and CV Labs Deploy 12-Week Accelerator for African DeFi

byIruoghene Otefia

June 1, 2026

Analysis & Insights

Science Parks vs Digital Hubs in Nigeria

Exclusivity Bans and Geo-Fencing: Why CBN Extended the PoS Compliance Deadline to August 2026

Fintech

Exclusivity Bans and Geo-Fencing: Why CBN Extended the PoS Compliance Deadline to August 2026

Trending Now

Fintech

Trust-by-Design and Financial Inclusion for Nigerian Women

Policy & Regulation

The June 17 Deadline: Will the Long-Delayed Digital Switchover (DSO) Finally Unlock Nigeria’s $1B Ad Market?

byIruoghene Otefia

Why CBN’s 2026 Stricter Capital Thresholds are Killing the "Lone Fintech"

Invisible Rails: How Agent Networks Became Nigeria’s Unofficial SME ERP

byIruoghene Otefia

The “Quality over Quantity” Era: Why 2026 Funding is Hitting $1B Despite Fewer Deals

byIruoghene Otefia

Apps

Discover All

NITDA Inaugurates Unified Sandbox: The End of Nigeria’s Regulatory Silos?

The NITDA has officially inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) to implement a National Regulatory Sandbox, a move designed to collapse the "regulatory silos" that have long stifled…

byIruoghene Otefia

May 26, 2026

Startups & Funding

AFC Commits $100M to African Tech VCs: A New Era for Institutional Capital

byIruoghene Otefia

May 25, 2026

From “Move Fast” to “Comply Fast”: CBN’s New KYC/AML Enforcement for Fintechs

byIruoghene Otefia

May 25, 2026

Policy & Regulation

Inside Nigeria’s New National Telecommunications Policy (2026)

byIruoghene Otefia

May 25, 2026

The Death of the “Aggressive Pivot”: What Chimoney’s May Shutdown Teaches the Lagos System

The Nigerian-founded fintech Chimoney officially ceased operations on May 1, 2026, after a failed late-stage attempt to reposition itself as an infrastructure provider for "Agentic AI"…

byIruoghene Otefia

May 22, 2026

The 2026 Telecom Policy Overhaul: 15 Major Changes to Nigeria’s 26-Year-Old Rulebook

Policy & Regulation

The 2026 Telecom Policy Overhaul: 15 Major Changes to Nigeria’s 26-Year-Old Rulebook

byIruoghene Otefia

May 22, 2026

Beyond the Big Four: Digital Africa’s $58 Million Seed Fund for "Overlooked" Markets

Startups & Funding

Beyond the Big Four: Digital Africa’s $58 Million Seed Fund for “Overlooked” Markets

byIruoghene Otefia

May 21, 2026

Why CBN’s 2026 Stricter Capital Thresholds are Killing the “Lone Fintech”

byIruoghene Otefia

May 21, 2026

Hardware

Discover All

Policy & Regulation

The National AI Strategy Awaits the Gavel: What’s in the Final Bill?

Nigeria is poised to become a continental leader in technology governance as the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy moves from a policy draft to a binding legal framework.

byIruoghene Otefia

May 21, 2026

The $3.1 Million Bfree Venture Round: Why Debt Management is April’s Single Biggest Success

Startups & Funding

The $3.1 Million Bfree Venture Round: Why Debt Management is April’s Single Biggest Success

byIruoghene Otefia

May 20, 2026

NCC’s "AI Ethics Charter": New Transparency Mandates for Telecom Chatbots and Credit Scoring

Policy & Regulation

NCC’s “AI Ethics Charter”: New Transparency Mandates for Telecom Chatbots and Credit Scoring

byIruoghene Otefia

May 20, 2026

Fintech

The Rise of “Compliance-as-a-Service” (CaaS): The CBN’s New Shared Utility for Fintechs

byIruoghene Otefia

May 20, 2026

Product & Updates

Can 9mobile’s Rebrand Revive Nigeria’s Fourth Telco?

bySamuel Oretan

May 19, 2026

Startups & Funding

The $34 Million Deeptech Pivot: Terra Industries and the New Investor Appetite for “Hard” Tech

byIruoghene Otefia

May 19, 2026

Policy & Regulation

The “Judicial Upgrade”: Why Nigeria’s Courts are the New Battleground for Digital Sovereignty

byIruoghene Otefia

May 19, 2026

Digital Economy

NEDI AI Education Database Launches in Nigeria

bySamuel Oretan

May 19, 2026

Fintech

The Invisible Engine: How Payment Rails are Fueling Nigeria’s $300 Million iGaming Boom

byIruoghene Otefia

May 19, 2026

Startups & Funding

Digital Africa Launches €50 Million Seed Fund

bySamuel Oretan

May 18, 2026

Trending Now

Discover All

Digital PayExpo 2026: The "Pan-African Market Expansion" Roadmap in Lagos

Policy & Regulation

Digital PayExpo 2026: The “Pan-African Market Expansion” Roadmap in Lagos

Digital PayExpo 2026 is set to return to the Landmark Centre in Lagos on June 17–18, focusing on the critical "plumbing" of the African digital economy: cross-border interoperability.

byIruoghene Otefia

May 18, 2026

Analysis & Insights

Why 2026 Is the Year of Operational AI Integration

bySamuel Oretan

From Payments to Credit: Why BFREE and Carbon are Winning the "Credit-Buying" Race

Fintech

From Payments to Credit: Why BFREE and Carbon are Winning the “Credit-Buying” Race

byIruoghene Otefia

The National Assembly’s 90-Day "AI Compliance Sprint": Amending the NDPA

Policy & Regulation

The National Assembly’s 90-Day “AI Compliance Sprint”: Amending the NDPA

byIruoghene Otefia

Analysis & Insights

The M&A Liquidity Wave: Why Exits Doubled in Early 2026

bySamuel Oretan

Social

Discover All

Cairo Surpasses Lagos in start up funding

bySamuel Oretan

May 15, 2026

The Gender Gap Widens: Female-Led Startup Funding Plummets by 56%

Policy & Regulation

The Gender Gap Widens: Female-Led Startup Funding Plummets by 56%

byIruoghene Otefia

May 15, 2026

Analysis & Insights

The Rise of Japan as Africa’s Strategic Tech Benefactor

bySamuel Oretan

May 15, 2026

Startups & Funding

The Debt Dominance Paradox: Why Equity Fell 27% While Debt Expanded Sixfold

byIruoghene Otefia

May 15, 2026

The Post-Mortem of Chimoney: What It Reveals About Rising Compliance Costs

byIruoghene Otefia

May 15, 2026

AI

Discover All

The Rise of "Stablecoin-as-a-Service": How Nigerian SMEs are Hedging Against Inflation

Policy & Regulation

The Rise of “Stablecoin-as-a-Service”: How Nigerian SMEs are Hedging Against Inflation

byIruoghene Otefia

May 14, 2026

WhatsApp Native Storefront vs. Independent Enablers: The Battle for the Nigerian Vendor

Product & Updates

WhatsApp Native Storefront vs. Independent Enablers: The Battle for the Nigerian Vendor

byIruoghene Otefia

May 14, 2026

Climate-Tech is the New Fintech: Why Nigerian VCs are Pivoting to Solar-as-a-Service

Startups & Funding

Climate-Tech is the New Fintech: Why Nigerian VCs are Pivoting to Solar-as-a-Service

byIruoghene Otefia

The “Break the Pattern” Initiative: Moniepoint & Google’s Women-in-Tech Drive

byIruoghene Otefia

Commerce

Discover All

Tech News

AI Hiring Shift Hits Nigerian Startups

A new hiring trend is reshaping Nigeria’s startup ecosystem as founders increasingly prioritize artificial intelligence (AI) proficiency over traditional software development skills. Recent…

bySamuel Oretan

May 13, 2026