MTN Nigeria don launch Y’ello Y’Fi, one Wi-Fi and analytics service wey go help small businesses understand customer behaviour, run promotions and manage their internet networks. The service combine internet connectivity with tools wey businesses fit use to study customer activity and improve how dem dey market their products. However, the actual benefits go depend on the cost of the service and how businesses use the information wey dem collect.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) don report say more than 5,000 fibre-optic cable cut incidents happen for Nigeria during the first six months of 2026. Road construction, excavation and other civil works dey among the causes, raising concerns about how damage to telecommunications infrastructure fit affect internet access, businesses and essential services.
Nigeria dey propose make e join Rwanda, Senegal and Kenya to share computing power wey fit help African researchers and developers build bigger Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. But reliable electricity, internet connection and access to advanced computer chips still be major challenges wey the plan need to address.
NITDA don warn Nigerians about two critical security flaws for PHP, the programming language wey plenty websites dey use.
The flaws, wey dem call PHP2Shell, fit allow attackers execute commands on vulnerable web servers without login details.
The warning don raise concern about website security, as businesses and organisations dey urged to update affected systems to protect their websites and sensitive information.
World Bank Group don announce new initiative wey go help governments for Africa and Latin America access computing power to develop and run Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. The initiative go use shared infrastructure and pay-as-you-go system, with NVIDIA and Cassava Technologies serving as knowledge partners. The aim na to make AI computing more accessible without requiring every country to build its own expensive data centre.
One year ago, Joseph A. sent a MacBook to a stranger in Nigeria. Today, that same laptop don help the recipient build six personal projects. Sometimes, one act of kindness fit change everything.
WetindeyTech don take remote work enter another dimension with a 3D virtual HQ featuring meeting rooms, AI-generated notes, custom avatars and spaces for team collaboration.
Power palava for Google Cloud London side jam UK banks like Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC, plus the video platform wey courts dey use, on 20 October 2026. Lesson for Naija and African business people: even big tech fit fall hand, so make you get backup plan.
Big AI companies like Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco don beg UK government make e settle the vex wey people get about AI data centres. People dey worry about light bill, environment and whether the projects go benefit their area at all.
SpaceX, the space tech company wey Elon Musk dey lead, don report $4.4 billion profit for the third quarter of 2026. Satellite internet and AI dey push am, and strong demand for AI servers from Super Micro also make investors breathe small.
Asian stock market don reach im lowest level for three months as investors dey worry say di big money wey tech companies dey pour inside AI fit no bring back profit quick quick.
Vocalistic AI na voice AI platform wey dey aim to understand and communicate in Nigerian languages, including Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin, with support for code-switching and tone-sensitive speech.
Three years after e collect free office chairs from entrepreneur Chinonso, Mr. Samuel talk say e business don grow from 10 staff to pass 100, with three branches for Abia State.
OPPO A7 Pro 5G dey come with 8,000mAh battery, 50MP front camera, 120Hz AMOLED screen and IP69K protection. E go start to sell for Saudi Arabia on November 1, 2026.
One developer don build Proof, open-source plugin wey dey help Claude Code run checks for project, find errors, and try fix wahala before e hand the work back to you.
Mealfed talk say e don deliver pass 1,500 orders since January, and now e dey find $100,000 to carry delivery reach African communities wey big tech no dey look.
One Naija frontend developer dey prepare to launch Booknest, platform wey wan make am easy for people to find books for different categories, after e waste one full hour to find just one free book.
Di Ubokobong Bionic Arm wey Naija company Immortal Cosmetic Art build don enter TIME magazine Best Inventions of 2026 list, for di accessibility category. Two brothers from Uyo don show di world wetin we get.
Victor Dickson, di founder of MyShoplet, talk say dem don select am to pitch im startup for Global Entrepreneurship Festival for Cairo, Egypt, from November 6 to 8, 2026.
Paystack don pass just online payment. E don buy companies, launch app for normal people, and even buy microfinance bank, because e wan begin make money from deposits and loans.
Moove, the mobility finance company wey start with 76 cars for Lagos for 2020, don announce say e dey leave Naija. Customers wey qualify go become full owners of cars wey worth about ₦35 billion, and dem no go pay the company any kobo again.
Fonza AI dey make students, farmers and small business owners ask AI question through ordinary SMS. No smartphone, no data, no app. Ghana first, Naija next.
If di reported promo price correct, designers and agencies fit test different AI models cheap cheap. Di lesson: designer wey sabi when to use which AI model go get better result pass person wey hold only one tool.
BoominSquare no wan be ordinary e-commerce platform. E dey join online shopping, order tracking, flight and hotel booking, bill payment and business tools together inside one place.
The platform also wan help Naija people wey dey abroad pay for important services for home, and give businesses online shop plus tools to manage orders, track how dem dey perform, and grow.
Lagos Life, the simulation game wey dem build inside just 8 hours, don pack pass $170,000 inside one week as e dey sell virtual billboards to real-life businesses.
As the founder dey collect money from brands, sharp players sef don turn the game to hustle ground where dem dey find real gigs and dey resell ad slots for profit.
After Damilola Olokesusi taste di everyday shege of Lagos transport, she co-found Shuttlers to give workers AC buses wey get schedule. Wetin start with WhatsApp booking don turn big mobility tech wey carry her enter Forbes Africa 30 Under 30.
Just as some of us dey lock ourselves inside room dey design fresh rider, driver and admin dashboards to fix this mobility matter, the market itself dey shake. Moove don finally pack their load follow Uber comot from Naija.
But as one door dey close, another one dey open. New player, ProTaxi, don enter road to take over. The fight for who go control Naija mobility never finish!
Instead of downloading apps, you fit now just text AI agents like Caddy and Comma to run your daily errands and manage your calendar.
Dem go connect to your existing apps and act like your personal assistant straight from your iMessage, Signal, or Telegram.
Since OPay and other apps no get feature to track expenses, I don design my own Spend Tracker prototype to solve the problem.
The feature go help you divide your money into categories so you go know exactly wetin dey chop your funds every month.
After three years and 48 job rejections, Bode Roberts stop to dey find work come build Dataleum to help train other youths.
Today, the award-winning EdTech platform don grow globally, dey equip African talents with digital skills to secure big opportunities everywhere.
Five months after dem close shop, CapitalSage don buy Chimoney finish, pay back all 31 investors, and bring their payment app back as Tiki. Founder Uchi Uchebeke don move to im new AI startup, APort.
Na big flex! NeoFleet Capital don raise $4 million to finance taxi fleets for Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Peru and other places. Dem wan back professional taxi operators and build ground for self-driving cars wey dey come. With DMTech VC and former inDrive president Mark Loughran (wey don become NeoFleet president!) behind dem, dem dey fight the shege of moto wey cost 8% pass for Africa, plus banks wey no dey gree give operators loan. NeoFleet talk say by 2027, dem want 5,000 cars for road wey worth up to $100 million. Opor! 🚀
The deliverpay na new dashboard wey go help freelance and agency creatives secure and deliver dia finished work behind a paywall so clients go pay before dem fit download.
The platform dey let creators easily set up projects with blurred previews, track payments, send invoices, and connect multiple payment methods—all to stop client drama sharp-sharp! 🚀💼
Naija developer Boluwaji Fagbuaro don use local data build AI system wey dey catch and warn drivers wey dey lose focus on top steering.
E build dis tech specifically for Naija to help reduce road accidents, because foreign systems no too fit read our local conditions well.
To solve Naija tech talent gap, Iyin Aboyeji's Learn2Earn program dey train 740 engineers from scratch for free and even dey pay dem to learn.
Dem dey use games to pick students with zero tech knowledge, aiming to build a solid pipeline of one million AI-native developers for di global market.
Ten powerful entrepreneurs dey build di underground tech and distribution platforms wey dey push African music to di global stage.
Dia work dey make am easy for independent artists to distribute songs, track streams, and cash out real money without begging big record labels.
Chowdeck don hit massive milestone of 100 million items delivered as dem dey mark dia 5-year anniversary, with their new grocery business now pulling heavy money.
Dem don also secure $9 million funding to fix logistics wahala and upgrade their fast delivery service across Naija and Ghana.
Lagos Life game don successfully achieve di Metaverse dream wey Zuckerberg fail to do, as people now dey use di virtual app run real-life business like therapy and cash out real money. Dis massive success don make big tech investors pump $500,000 inside di game, shooting dia valuation straight to $10 million so dem fit upgrade dia servers.
Belema Fintech, di CBN-licensed company wey dey build strong payment infrastructure for Africa, don become official Booth Sponsor for Moonshot 2026.
Make una click di link to secure your ticket sharp-sharp and join tech leaders to shape di future of Africa.
GuiDrs na AI platform wey dey act like "Tinder for scholars" to help African students match with realistic abroad universities, get funding, and find verified mentors without wasting money.
Di free app dey guide students step-by-step through dia application and research journey to make sure say dia "japa" dreams work out without premium shege.
OPay don declare massive $90.9 million profit for six months as dem submit paper to enter US stock market (NYSE) with a $4 billion target valuation.
Big banks and investors dey back dis IPO move, and di fintech giant still get plans to list for Naija stock market make local people fit buy shares.
Naija fintech Kora don launch "One Rail" to help African businesses easily collect and convert stablecoins (USDT/USDC) to local currency without crypto stress.
Dis new package go end di wahala, delay, and high cost of normal cross-border bank transfers, making digital dollar payments fast and cheap for merchants.
Vatar Inc. don sharpaly raise $500k from big tech CEOs, making di viral Lagos Life game worth $10 million after e gather 4.3 million players worldwide.
Dem go use di money upgrade di game and push promo make players no quick tire, as dem don already cash out over $170k from adverts and brand deals.
Samsung don launch e baddest foldable phones and AI smartwatch to show who be oga before Apple enter the market.
But as dem comot their best camera from the $1,899 Z Fold8, that one fit be the mistake wey Apple go use catch dem.
Apple don finally launch e first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, wey carry 7.6-inch screen and iPad-style multitasking enter your pocket.
But the phone come with heavy $1,999 price, and dem sacrifice Face ID and the Pro Max telephoto camera to make the design work.
Investors dey see big chance for voice AI wey sabi Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Wolof and isiZulu. But as AI startups dey plenty, dem no go fund you just because you dey use AI. Revenue, customers wey dey stay, and your own data na im dem dey look.
Even though people know say dem suppose check wetin AI talk, 70 percent dey copy and paste like that because dem want quick answer and di AI grammar sound correct. Experts dey warn say dis blind trust fit end in premium tears for serious health or legal matters.
From staff wey allegedly dey chop money for Lagos nightlife, to Truth Beach Club wey dem scatter, to di Uber shares wey e no collect, Bankhead share di hard lessons wey shape am, and why e don enter tech with Fan Vault.
Kenya dey bring new law wey go allow e central bank take control of payment companies wey no fit pay wetin dem owe, wey break rules, or wey fit shake the money system. The aim na to protect customers and the whole financial system.
The same law also wan create clear way for fintech startups to register and get license, and e fit open door for new players apart from the banks and telecom companies wey dey control Kenya payment market now.
New MacBook Air M5 promise AI speed wey reach 4 times the M4 model, double starting storage (512GB), and battery wey fit last up to 18 hours.
Apple also add faster SSD, support for two outside screens and new wireless features, and the laptop dey come for four colours.
Internet use for Africa don rise from 16 percent for 2015 reach 36 percent for 2025. But phone price, digital skills and fear of fraud still dey stop millions of people, even where network don reach.
Shareholders wey hold about 71.8% of ABC shares demand make four directors comot, and another group wey hold about 76% want make two new non-executive directors enter. All four directors don resign, so na only two directors remain for the board.
This wahala dey happen as ABC dey change leadership, and regulator don punish some former bosses for allegedly playing with share price for e former Altvest Capital business. Those people no agree with the findings and dem don apply make dem look the matter again.
From AI Engineering and AI Agent Development to Cybersecurity, Cloud and Product Design, dis 50 tech skills na career roads wey worth am for 2027, whether you want remote job, foreign clients, or your own tech business.
PaidHR check the payroll of pass 25,000 workers for pass 400 Naija employers, and find say 46% dey collect less than ₦200,000 every month. People wey dey work for tech and fintech dey collect far pass those wey dey retail, hospitality and leisure.
The report also see salary gap between men and women, and warn say salary fit slow down after five years for one company, as cost of living still dey squeeze people pocket.
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