Before OPay became one of Africa’s largest fintechs with nearly 50 million users, it was a company wondering whether it would survive its first year. That is the honest account Dotun Adekunle, OPay’s ...

Despite recent increases in connectivity, the presence of telecom towers and smartphone adoption in many rural communities across Nigeria remains limited. A recent industry report revealed that ...

My Family Cinema (MFC), a popular video streaming platform known for piracy, has shut down after facing copyright issues. The platform’s forced exit is linked to a recent crackdown on piracy networks ...

Amazon Leo, Amazon’s satellite internet service, is nearing its official launch in South Africa after securing a partnership deal with Herotel, the local company that will serve as its distributor.

When you pay for suya with your card at 11 p.m. in Lagos and the POS machine chirps “Approved” within seconds, you probably think it’s just your bank doing its job. But behind the scenes, there’s an ...

The Nigerian telecoms industry has suffered more than 150,000 fibre cut incidents across April and May 2026, the highest number of such cuts on record. The figures reveal a continued struggle to ...

Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal has ruled that works generated by artificial intelligence cannot attract copyright protection or be registered as original creations ...

What if the next global voices shaping culture didn’t come from Hollywood or London but from Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town? In 2026, African content creators are no longer just participating in global ...

On July 1, 2026, the way millions of Nigerians interact with digital finance changed for good. Without much public fanfare, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s mandatory CBN device binding rule went live, ...

Latest industry data show that about 83.2% of Nigerian phone users are now connected to the internet, underscoring how Nigerians are increasingly penetrating the digital space. This means that for ...

eTranzact International Plc made more money in 2025. It kept less of it. The Lagos-listed payment technology company closed the year with revenue of ₦30.6 billion, up from ₦29.9 billion in 2024. On ...

There is a particular kind of grief that comes from knowing that a loved one didn’t make it, not from a lack of medicine or doctors, but because nobody could find the right hospital with the necessary ...