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CBN gives banks, fintechs 6 months to store customers’ transaction data within Nigeria

CBN gives banks, fintechs 6 months to store customers’ transaction data within Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all financial institutions and payment operators to store and manage…

Infinix HOT 70 Series: How Infinix Is Using Design and AI to Differentiate in a Crowded Smartphone Market

Infinix HOT 70 Series: How Infinix Is Using Design and AI to Differentiate in a Crowded Smartphone Market

For years, smartphone innovation has largely followed a familiar playbook: better cameras, faster processors, larger batteries, and incremental…

5 technology shifts that could redefine Nigeria’s digital economy in the next 5 years

5 technology shifts that could redefine Nigeria’s digital economy in the next 5 years

The federal government of Nigeria has announced a $1 trillion Gross Domestic Product target by 2030. At the…

Tech Trivia with Cindy Shontan, Product Design Specialist

Tech Trivia with Cindy Shontan, Product Design Specialist

This is Technext’s weekly Women-in-tech trivia, a close-up series that spotlights the lives and personalities of female tech enthusiasts, professionals, and founders

CBN PSV 2028: How Nigeria is using eNaira and stablecoins to bank 50 million people

CBN PSV 2028: How Nigeria is using eNaira and stablecoins to bank 50 million people

Five years ago, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) effectively ostracised cryptocurrency from the country’s formal financial system,…

Harrison Obiefule: Architecting Solana’s expansion in Africa

Harrison Obiefule: Architecting Solana’s expansion in Africa

Three years ago this month, Harrison Obiefule took the helm at Superteam Nigeria, the pioneer African chapter of…

Court orders INEC to remove ADC, Accord, and others from its portal ahead of 2027 elections

Court orders INEC to remove ADC, Accord, and others from its portal ahead of 2027 elections

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political…

Elon Musk’s $1.1 Trillion fortune: How he built the world’s biggest empire

Elon Musk’s $1.1 Trillion fortune: How he built the world’s biggest empire

In 2008, there was a reality in which Elon Musk’s life could have failed. That year, amid the…

Social media ban: Tech giants push back against UK’s proposed under-16 restrictions

Social media ban: Tech giants push back against UK’s proposed under-16 restrictions

Britain’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced on Monday that the United Kingdom will prohibit children under 16 from…

United Kingdom bans U-16s from social media, effective in 2027

United Kingdom bans U-16s from social media, effective in 2027

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that young teens (U-16s) will be banned from social media by spring…