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Political analyst Akin Osuntokun argues President Tinubu remains surprisingly competitive in Nigeria's North despite hardship and insecurity, as the 2027 election approaches.
Others
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele warns that reversing Nigeria's fuel subsidy removal could crash the naira to ₦4,000 per dollar, trigger capital flight, and deepen economic hardship for ordinary citizens.
Others
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele confirms Nigeria will implement fuel taxes once the economy stabilizes and household incomes can absorb the cost. The move aims to fund infrastructure and fuel reserves while avoiding immediate financial...
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Gabon’s GAIN network has deployed 67.3 million FCFA into four startups since 2022, proving that angel investing can thrive even in Africa’s youngest ecosystems. The network’s flexible approach—blending equity, debt, and convertible...
Business
Data centres and cloud platforms are often confused, but they're fundamentally different. This distinction shapes technology spending, regulation, and investment across Nigeria's digital economy.
Others
African mobile operators pay disproportionately high spectrum fees, holding significantly less capacity than global peers, limiting network expansion and digital inclusion across the continent.
Business
Eva Ngigi Sarwari, Equity’s former head of payments and fintech veteran, died at 45 while on a business trip to China. Colleagues' tributes highlight her two-decade career across banking, Visa, and Standard Chartered.
The brief
Others
Vectorial emerges from stealth with $3 million in funding to build AI-simulated audiences that let product teams test campaigns and journeys in minutes rather than weeks.
Others
When tokenized assets move across blockchains, their value, ownership and compliance travel with layers of claim portability, liquidity and settlement. This post breaks down the hidden infrastructure that determines whether value arrives.
Others
Google expands AI watermarking to all users via Synth ID, labeling AI audio, video, and text to help audiences assess content trustworthiness and SEO strategy
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Linux dominates the server market, yet the desktop remains a high-stakes gamble for everyday users. This post examines the technical and policy hurdles that keep Linux off the average laptop, from Wayland scaling to package fragmentation.
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Business
Business
Data centres and cloud platforms are often confused, but they're fundamentally different. This distinction shapes technology spending, regulation, and investment across Nigeria's digital economy.
News
News
Political analyst Akin Osuntokun argues President Tinubu remains surprisingly competitive in Nigeria's North despite hardship and insecurity, as the 2027 election approaches.
Others
Others
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele warns that reversing Nigeria's fuel subsidy removal could crash the naira to ₦4,000 per dollar, trigger capital flight, and deepen economic hardship for ordinary citizens.
More stories
Politics
Desi Lydic of The Daily Show roasts President Trump's awkward encounter with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, from a cringing flyover to an awkward autopen photo op.
Politics
Peter Thiel argues the Trump administration traded competence for loyalty, warning of voter fatigue and potential political shifts ahead of 2028.
Others
Discover how back-to-back sofa placement and strategic rug placement transformed a compact 1920s apartment into two distinct zones—without buying new furniture.
Others
Struggling with a chaotic built-in bookshelf? Discover four simple, pro-approved strategies to group items, organize by function, style from the bottom up, and leave breathing room for a polished, personal look.
Others
IKEA's new KRAMPHULT armrest tray clips onto any sofa for under $10, adding a magnetic, pegboard-equipped ledge for coffee, books, and remotes in small spaces.
Others
Designer Lindsie Davis transforms a blank-spec home office into a sophisticated Barbie-inspired workspace, proving playful design can stay refined and functional.
