Nigeria’s digital history did not begin with startups raising venture capital. Long before fintech apps and cloud infrastructure, there were typists, mainframes, telephone exchanges, computer distributors, systems integrators and engineers building the ma... See more
On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, announced the official launch of the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, developed by the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). For... See more
GTCO’s H1 2026 results offer a useful look at how the competition between banks and fintechs is changing. While the group reported ₦603 billion in profit before tax, the more interesting numbers sit inside HabariPay, its payments subsidiary, which made ₦7... See more
Nigerian rules leave fintechs little room to move money across borders on their own, and OnePurze’s launch in more than 20 countries shows how that constraint extends. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s revised Guidelines for International Money Transfer Servi... See more
After the first six months of 2026, widespread media headlines reported that Nigerians had spent ₦6.98 trillion on mobile internet data. Celebrated by uncritical commentators as proof of a thriving digital economy, this headline figure is, in reality, an ... See more
