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TalkSign: Edidiong Ekong just wanted to talk to friends; now he is using AI to bridge the silence

TalkSign: Edidiong Ekong just wanted to talk to friends; now he is using AI to bridge the silence

On most afternoons, it looked like any other childhood. Children gathered outside, turning sand into makeshift houses, laughter…

The end of Showmax: a timeline of growth, struggle and death

The end of Showmax: a timeline of growth, struggle and death

After 11 years of bold ambition and great resilience, Showmax has finally shut down on Thursday, April 30,…

PayPal elevates crypto to a standalone division in a bold three-unit restructure under a new CEO

PayPal elevates crypto to a standalone division in a bold three-unit restructure under a new CEO

PayPal Holdings recently broke its business into three separate units. The move, pushed by new CEO Enrique Lores,…

Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26

Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26

Chams Holding Company Plc, the group whose subsidiaries sit at the infrastructure layer of Nigeria’s identity management and…

Nigeria added 650,000 new internet users in March driven by mobile data subscriptions

Nigeria added 650,000 new internet users in March driven by mobile data subscriptions

Latest industry data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reveal that internet subscribers increased by over 650,000 to…

Listed tech company, Omatek, only made ₦500,000 in revenue in Q1 2026

Listed tech company, Omatek, only made ₦500,000 in revenue in Q1 2026

This is not the first time Omatek’s filings have raised questions. When the company submitted its 2025 unaudited…

African female-led startups raised only 8.2% of $597m funding in Q1

African female-led startups raised only 8.2% of $597m funding in Q1

2026 has been an impressive year for startup funding for the African venture space. Notably, African startups raised…

Starlink begins disconnecting Kenyan users for failure to verify IDs

Starlink begins disconnecting Kenyan users for failure to verify IDs

Starlink has started suspending Kenyan users who failed to adhere to the mandatory registration directive for identity verification,…

From Lagos to London: How a Nigerian Engineer Became a Microsoft MVP Building Cloud Infrastructure at Scale

From Lagos to London: How a Nigerian Engineer Became a Microsoft MVP Building Cloud Infrastructure at Scale

Chidiebere Ugwu did not set out to become one of Nigeria’s most credentialed cloud engineers in the United…

MTN Nigeria paid ₦190.9bn in income tax in Q1’26, as data revenue doubled to ₦826bn

MTN Nigeria paid ₦190.9bn in income tax in Q1’26, as data revenue doubled to ₦826bn

MTN Nigeria’s revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026, came in at ₦1.498 trillion, up 41.6%…