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Farouk Ibrahim, a product engineer, once went from hostel to hostel at the University of Ibadan,…

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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that Nigerians can download their National Identity Number…

Airtel Nigeria’s data boom hits an operating cost bottleneck

Airtel Nigeria is adding customers, selling more data, and generating higher earnings. Yet a decline in…

Is APC blocking TikTok in Northern Nigeria? Here is what we found about alleged opposition gagging – Technext

A viral post by X user @Urchilla01 on 17 September 2026 alleged that the APC-led federal…

Investment apps are bringing young Nigerians in, but Christopher Chijioke wants more than new investors

Nigeria’s investment landscape is evolving, with a new wave of investors emerging, many of whom never…

Bitnob’s Code & Chain hackathon draws 98 developers in Dakar, awards $5,000 to Bitcoin payment builders

Pan-African payment infrastructure company Bitnob has wrapped up Code & Chain Dakar 2026, a two-day developer…

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Ghana’s plan to shut down hundreds of radio and TV stations triggers debate over media chaos and press freedom

Ghana’s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has criticised the country’s high…

Fibre cuts threaten Nigeria’s digital economy, who pays?

When Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, signed the Designation and Protection of Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII)…