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Technext is a premier tech news publication in Africa deeply covering the digital economy in Nigeria and across the continent. Focusing on startup funding policy analysis and technical innovation, it is a key platform for understanding the explosive growth of African tech.

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Nigeria ends OIS visa application service for US applicants

Nigeria ends OIS visa application service for US applicants

Nigerians in the U.S. seeking visas to travel to Nigeria must now apply directly at Nigerian diplomatic missions.…

E-hailing drivers urge FG to implement ILO Convention on employee status, arbitrary deactivation

E-hailing drivers urge FG to implement ILO Convention on employee status, arbitrary deactivation

A Nigerian e-hailing drivers’ union, AUATON, has urged the Federal Government to promptly ratify and implement the provisions…

How Grok 4.5 and GPT 5.6 actually stack up against Claude Opus class

How Grok 4.5 and GPT 5.6 actually stack up against Claude Opus class

SpaceXAI and OpenAI, two of the AI industry’s most-watched labs, shipped competing frontier models within 24 hours of…

10 non-technical careers women thrive in with tech

10 non-technical careers women thrive in with tech

For a very long time, the phrase “working in tech” was almost synonymous with writing code. If you…

From AbokiFX to HyperFX: Instant FX Settlement, Built on Stablecoin Rails

From AbokiFX to HyperFX: Instant FX Settlement, Built on Stablecoin Rails

Polytope Labs launches HyperFX, a fully onchain FX engine that swaps currencies in stablecoins in seconds, verifiable onchain,…

Global PC shipments fall to 68.2 million units in Q2’26, first drop in over 2 years

Global PC shipments fall to 68.2 million units in Q2’26, first drop in over 2 years

Global PC (personal computer) shipments fell 4.9% year-on-year to 68.2 million units in Q2 2026, driven by continued…

OKX restores P2P trading and full platform access for Nigerian users

OKX restores P2P trading and full platform access for Nigerian users

Almost two years after suspending its services in Nigeria amid the government’s crackdown on crypto exchanges, OKX has…

The 6% security gap: How Nigerians protect savings using their fintech apps

The 6% security gap: How Nigerians protect savings using their fintech apps

Only 6% of Nigerians say they feel financially secure. That number comes from the Piggyvest Savings Report 2025,…

Meta ships Muse Image, its first in-house AI image model, as Zuckerberg bets big on Superintelligence Labs

Meta ships Muse Image, its first in-house AI image model, as Zuckerberg bets big on Superintelligence Labs

Meta has released Muse Image, the first image generation model built by Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), rolling it…

MTN, Telecel to bid for 5G licences as Ghana ends NGIC’s exclusive rights

MTN, Telecel to bid for 5G licences as Ghana ends NGIC’s exclusive rights

MTN Group and Telecel are preparing to bid for 5G licences in Ghana after the government revoked the…