Digital Nomads: You too can become a global site reliability engineer, like Leke Ariyo
Leke Ariyo told me that he had always known he wanted to build a global career. While working international roles from Lagos, […]
Koolboks wants to be more than a freezer: Day 1-1000 of Koolboks
For most people in Sub-Saharan Africa, electricity is unstable at best, nonexistent at worst. This leads to a variety of problems: low […]
Coming to Lagos for Moonshot? Find the best meals, and techies, at these restaurants
Spread across Lagos, Nigeria’s tech and culture capital, are restaurants featuring menus that take your taste buds across the globe, from Eric […]
His daughter’s health scare during COVID lockdowns birthed Heala
In 2020, as Nigeria entered the COVID-19 lockdown, Ofuzim Anderson faced one of the most vulnerable moments of his life. He was […]
7 African startups powering credit, crypto, creators, and capital
Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition, we featured 7 game-changing startups pioneering […]
Kenya’s Central Bank, the guard dog that won’t bite
For nearly a year, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been cutting interest rates and demanding that commercial banks follow suit. […]
Nigeria wants an AI that speaks like its people, but can it deliver?
In September 2024, the Nigerian government formed a quiet yet ambitious partnership with Awarri, a Lagos-based frontier technology startup, to develop the […]
Nigerians are investing with cNGN stablecoin. Regulators say this is risky
When Asset Chain, a Nigerian blockchain company, launched a money market product through its affiliate crypto investment app Xend Finance in May, […]
Inside the failed courtship between Kenya BNLP startup Lipa Later and Nigeria’s Klump
In late 2022, Klump, an early-stage Nigerian buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup, got a surprise push from one of its investors. A contact connected […]
Nigeria, Kenya in talks to launch Africa’s next shared satellite
The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd and the Kenyan Space Agency (KSA) have opened discussions on deepening collaboration in space technology, signaling […]
Why Spotify’s new AI rules could decide Afrobeats’ future
Spotify has released new measures to safeguard the music industry from the misuse of generative AI. The global streaming giant, which has […]
Quick Fire 🔥 with Solomon Kershima
Solomon Kershima is a Digital Innovation Leader, Mandela Washington Fellow (2025), and Founder of Skyhub Nigeria, a grassroots digital hub that has […]