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Nigeria, Benin and Cameroon are working to connect their customs systems to improve cross-border trade. However, unreliable electricity, poor connectivity and outdated infrastructure continue to threaten the project's success, despite earlier digitalisation efforts.
African startups can build useful products and still struggle to secure corporate contracts. The barriers often lie in procurement, trust, budget ownership and the transition from pilot to paid customer.
Nigerian businesses that collect customer or employee information may have obligations under the NDPA, but not every organisation has the same NDPC registration requirement. Here is how to determine where your business stands.
South African startup Vambo AI has developed MORENA, an open-weight AI model supporting Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Nigerian Pidgin and eight other African languages. Its benchmark results reveal both promising technical progress and important limitations.
SpaceX's reported $8 billion spectrum deal could bring Starlink closer to becoming a major mobile operator. But Nigeria has its own regulatory questions to settle before satellite-to-phone services can become a consumer reality.
Lagos Life is selling advertising inside its fictional city. Its current prices and booking terms reveal why audience growth alone cannot establish a sustainable business.
Moove’s planned vehicle transfers could bring ownership forward for eligible Nigerian drivers. But outstanding obligations and the economics of earning from those vehicles still matter.
WhatsApp’s new Business Platform charges are now in effect. Here is who actually pays, what remains free, and what Nigerian businesses should check before their next bill.
Swift Telephone Network now holds one of Nigeria’s broadest telecom licences, but regulatory approval does not mean a new nationwide mobile network is already live.
South Africa’s air-navigation agency found ransomware-linked malware inside operational technology supporting weather-related air-traffic services. Investigators are still determining how far the intrusion went.
Nigeria’s banks, fintechs and payment companies face a January 2027 deadline to keep payment transaction data in Nigeria. The difficult part is not simply finding local servers, but migrating the right workloads without weakening reliability.
Tecno’s Nigerian range now stretches from the POP 20 at roughly ₦155,000 to Phantom foldables approaching ₦1.8 million. We checked current retailer listings and Tecno specifications to show what the phones actually cost.
