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Nigeria Seeks Reform of Global Financial System

President Bola Tinubu has called for the reform of the international financial system at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India. Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, stated that Nigeria supports responsive global governance architecture. The 2026 summit, which was themed ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,’ is […]

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Katsina State Government Marks Launch of UK-funded SCALE Programme to Strengthen Foundational Learning

The Katsina State Government has marked the launch of the Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) programme in the state.  Funded by the UK Government, SCALE is delivered in partnership with the Education Development Trust (EDT), Teaching at the Right Level Africa (TaRL Africa) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). The event, held at […]

Business news

PAPSS Targets Accelerated Adoption, Transaction Growth as It Expands Network Across Africa

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is preparing to accelerate adoption and transaction growth across Africa as it enters the next phase of its strategy, following significant expansion of its network and strong growth in payment volumes and values. Speaking at a media briefing in Lagos, Mr Mike Ogbalu III, Chief Executive Officer of […]

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Kaspersky, Partners Across Africa, Others to Showcase Cybersecurity Innovation

Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, gathered over 100 partners from 22 countries of the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region at the META Partner Conference 2026, held in the beginning of September in Bali, Indonesia, to share its product updates, investment plans, threat landscape changes and success stories. The company also recently […]

Tech

Mary-Brenda Akoda Wins 2026 NPSI for GenScan AI, Becoming First Millennial Individual Winner

The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation (NPSI) named Mary-Brenda Akoda as the winner of its 2026 Prize for her groundbreaking innovation, GenScan AI (GenMRI/C-MORE), an artificial-intelligence-powered solution that accelerates Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Akoda becomes the first millennial and first woman to win the Prize as an individual recipient, marking a significant milestone in […]

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NITDA DG Champions Co-Regulation to Unlock Digital Investment

Red tape, overlapping mandates, and regulatory delays may soon be a thing of the past for digital infrastructure investors across Africa, as the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, makes a firm push for a unified regulatory front. Speaking during the Regulatory Roundtable session on, “Regulations that Builds: Aligning […]

Fintech

Moniepoint Hosts Inaugural Off-the-Record Engineering Mixer for Africa’s Fintech Builders

Moniepoint convened senior engineering practitioners from across Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem for the inaugural Moniepoint ‘Off the Record Engineering Mixer’, held in Lagos as part of the company’s ongoing effort to foster deeper technical exchange among engineering leaders in the industry. The Mixer, which brought together senior engineers from leading fintech companies, including Flutterwave, Cowrywise and […]

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GITEX Nigeria Inauguration in Lagos sets West Africa’s Digital Future in Motion

Tech enterprises, government policymakers, investors, and startups converged in Lagos to accelerate West Africa’s ascent in the global intelligence economy, as the second edition of the GITEX NIGERIA opened today (2 September) with an inauguration ceremony attended by influential figures from government and industry. Following Monday’s sell-out Government Leadership & AI Summit in Abuja, West […]

Business news

WIOCC Group Secures Strategic Investment from AFC, Vision Invest to Accelerate its Digital Infrastructure Expansion Across Africa

WIOCC Group, Africa’s leading carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform, today announced the signing of a Shareholder Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors will make a combined US $300 million investment in the company. Signed at the LEAP 2026 Global Technology exhibition in […]

General News

AfDB, AXIAN Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support Women-led Businesses in Africa

AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women’s financial inclusion programme to expand access to finance and business support for more than 34,000 women-led enterprises in five African countries. Supported by the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), […]

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