Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty WangariFebruary 20, 2026
Anthropic Just Signed Its First African Government Deal — And Rwanda Is Betting Its Digital Future On It In a three-year MOU covering health, education, and public services, Rwanda byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2026
South Africa’s Araxi Just Dropped R1 Billion on Pay@ — And It’s a Bet on the End of Fragmentation In the biggest payments consolidation deal South Africa has seen in years, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty WangariFebruary 18, 2026
EditorialJanuary 1, 2026 Nigeria’s 2026 Tax Reform: Debunking the Biggest Fears With Simple Analogies The panic is real, but most of it is based on WhatsApp rumors byFatima Oladunni
EditorialDecember 24, 2025 Too Late to the Party: PayPal’s Return to Nigeria and the Fintech Ecosystem That Thrived Without It In December 2025, PayPal announced plans to launch its “PayPal byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialDecember 15, 2025 Three young Nigerian immigrants went from college students to YC-backed founders with Sorce. In a market dominated by LinkedIn’s traditional resume-and-apply model, byFatima Oladunni
EditorialDecember 8, 2025 Womaning in Tech in Africa: The Highs, The Lows, and Everything In Between. A deep dive into the triumphs, struggles, and untold stories of African women byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialNovember 30, 2025 How Bokku Beat Shoprite: The Story of Nigeria’s Retail Revolution. A two-year-old startup with 124 stores is crushing a retail giant that operated byMuhammed Mustapha
EditorialNovember 17, 2025 From Silicon Valley to Lagos: How Nigerian Tech Geniuses Abroad Are Redefining Brain Drain as Brain Gain. In 2016, Sam Udotong stepped off a plane in San Francisco with exactly $100 in byMuhammed Mustapha
Editorial OpinionNovember 10, 2025 From Kaduna to Bitcoin Core: The Abubakar Nur Khalil Story. In 2013, a teenage boy in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, received a YouTube link from byMuhammed Mustapha
Editorial OpinionNovember 6, 2025 The IPO That Changed Everything: How Optasia Cracked the Code to Africa’s Public Markets. When the champagne corks popped on the JSE floor, it wasn't just celebrating one byMuhammed Mustapha
Editorial OpinionNovember 1, 2025 From Hustle to Harm: How Nigeria’s Counterfeit Culture Is Killing Our Economic Future. The iPhone 17 Pro scandal isn't just about fake phones—it's about the trust byMuhammed Mustapha
Editorial OpinionOctober 28, 2025 Ghana’s Digital Lending Crackdown: A Necessary Reset or Innovation Killer? The Bank of Ghana’s introduction of mandatory Digital Credit Licenses for byMuhammed Mustapha
