Esca Finance taps Tether-backed MANSA for same-day African payment settlements
Esca Finance, a Nigerian-founded foreign exchange (FX) sourcing and treasury management startup, has partnered with MANSA, a Tether-backed
Bright Okereke didn’t choose product management. A missing grade did.
Bright Okereke didn’t plan to become a product manager. A missing biology exam changed everything. In 2013, Okereke,
South Africa’s AI skills gap is widening faster than universities can keep up
The skills needed to work with artificial intelligence are changing faster than South Africa’s education system can adapt,
Fraud: Stakeholders want Nigeria’s financial ecosystem to pivot to adaptive intelligence
The battle lines in modern financial crime have shifted. As transactions accelerate to near-instantaneous speeds, traditional rules-based anti-fraud
Rising cybersecurity breaches in Nigeria: Digital Encode issues urgent advisory on widespread security weaknesses
Digital Encode Limited, a leading information security and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisory firm, has issued an
Smartphone prices in Nigeria could jump 30% this year, hitting entry-level buyers
Nigeria’s smartphone market grew 8% year-on-year in Q1 2026, supported by demand for affordable 4G and 5G smartphones
Spectranet, Starlink, and FibreOne control nearly 70% of Nigeria’s internet market
Spectranet, Starlink, and FibreOne now control nearly 70% of Nigeria’s internet service provider (ISP) market, highlighting the growing
Bitnob Launches Enterprise: Non-Custodial Infrastructure for Institutions
Most financial infrastructure was built in markets where payments already work. Bitnob was built where they don’t, and
Legend Internet slips to N99 million loss in 2025 ahead of Spectranet merger
Nigerian broadband internet service company Legend Internet has recorded a N99.34 million loss during the year ended 31st
PayPal freezes and blocks Kenyan accounts over new compliance and verification checks
PayPal has frozen funds and restricted access to an unknown number of Kenyan accounts after tightening its anti-money
INEC confirms insider accessed voter database without authorisation, denies external hack
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed unauthorised access to and the release of information from its
ChatGPT becomes the fastest app in history to surpass 1 billion monthly users
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has surpassed 1 billion global monthly active users, making it the fastest application in history to