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How to Find Your Digital Postcode in Nigeria and Use It Correctly
Find the digital postcode for your Nigerian home or business, confirm the correct building and handle missing locations or forms that reject the code.
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WhatsApp Business Platform Charges Are Live: What Nigerian SMEs Need to Check Now
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.
News • 9 min read
Nigeria at 66: Six Numbers That Explain How Digital the Country Has Become
Nigeria enters its 66th year of independence with more than 124 million broadband subscriptions, nearly 11 billion annual instant-payment transactions and a telecom industry contributing close to a tenth of GDP. But fewer than 320,000 fixed-fibre subscriptions show how uneven the transformation remains.
Banking & Payments • 4 min read
CBN’s January 2027 Data Rule: What Nigeria’s Banks and Fintechs Actually Have to Move
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.
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U.S. Extends $100,000 H-1B Restriction. What It Means for Nigerian Tech Workers
The United States has extended its $100,000 H-1B entry restriction through September 2027, but the payment remains blocked in court. For Nigerian tech workers, the practical effect depends on whether they are applying from Nigeria, already in the U.S. or working remotely.
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Nigeria Wants Banks and Telcos to Ask Before Checking Your NIN
NINAuth is designed to make identity verification depend on a person approving a specific data request instead of routinely handing organisations a raw NIN. TechView Africa reviewed NIMC’s own documentation to see what organisations can request, what consent covers and what remains in the audit trail.
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Lagos Court Draws a Line Between Contact Access and Consent in Truecaller Case
A Lagos court rejected Truecaller’s argument that one user’s permission could establish consent for non-users whose numbers appear in that user’s contacts. But the applicants still failed to prove a privacy infringement that entitled them to damages.
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Nigeria Is Going ‘Cloud First’: Can Its Infrastructure Keep Up
Nigeria wants federal agencies to prioritise cloud computing, but making Cloud First work will depend on data centres, reliable power, fibre, cybersecurity and local technical capacity.