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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
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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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Africa News NigeriaNovember 12, 2025 Jumia Just Killed 99% of Its Fintech Orders—And Wall Street Might Actually Like It. The "Amazon of Africa" is betting its future on fewer, more profitable byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaNovember 10, 2025 Nigeria’s National Payment Stack Goes Live with First Transaction Between PalmPay and Wema Bank. Nigeria just took a major leap forward in financial infrastructure byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaNovember 5, 2025 UniCloud Africa Launches Sovereign Cloud Platform to Power Africa’s Digital Independence. Pan-African cloud provider targets $5B market with locally-hosted infrastructure byFatima Oladunni
