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News NigeriaNovember 25, 2025 Airtel Nigeria and Federal Government Launch NextGen Fellowship to Train 25,000 Tech Talents Nationwide. Airtel Nigeria has launched the NextGen by Airtel & 3MTT Fellowship, a major byFatima Oladunni
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News NigeriaNovember 24, 2025 From Firmware to Cloud Expert: How Kelechi Azorji Builds and Keeps High-Growth Startups Online. Before he became the engineer founders call when they need something live in byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaNovember 18, 2025 German-Backed Program Offers African Startups €100K Grants—If They Can Match It. develoPPP Ventures opens applications across seven markets, but there's a catch: byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaNovember 16, 2025 Women in Web3: How Progress Ochuko Eyaadah Is Making Web3 Accessible to More African Women. Africa’s Web3 ecosystem is expanding fast, but its talent story still skews byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaNovember 14, 2025 Is This The Fall of a Tech God? Inside Ezra Olubi’s Spectacular Unraveling. How a birthday celebration turned into a national scandal that threatens to byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaNovember 12, 2025 Equinix Doubles Down on Nigeria with $100M Expansion Plan, Escalating West Africa’s Data Center Arms Race. The world's largest data center operator is betting big on Lagos as Africa's byFatima Oladunni
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