A new industry survey reveals a dangerous divide: the people who run Nigeria’s banks blame customers for failed transactions. The people who build the payment rails blame the banks. And the regulator ...

Routelink Group says its subsidiary, Routelink Microfinance Bank, has received an operating licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), marking the group’s entry into regulated banking. Stanley ...

The World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 made a bold claim, stating that artificial intelligence (AI) is a historic opportunity for developing economies like Nigeria and the rest of Africa if ...

SpaceX posted $7.8 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2026, beating Wall Street’s forecast of roughly $6.8 billion in the company’s first quarterly report since going public in June. The ...

For fifteen years, Bitcoin’s core promise sold itself in five words: not your keys, not your coins. Hold your own hardware wallet, and no exchange collapse, no bank freeze, and no government seizure ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is expected to release the results of the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates today, ...

MTN Nigeria’s profit after tax hit N707.54 billion in the first half of 2026, a 70.6% jump from N414.86 billion a year earlier, driven by strong data revenue growth and better forex conditions. The ...

In March 2025, Paystack, the Nigerian fintech giant acquired by Stripe for $200 million in 2020, made its first major leap into consumer payments with the launch of Zap, a mobile app built around a ...

Starting August 1, 2026, commuters who pay cash for services on Lagos’ Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Bus Reform Initiative (BRI), and Lagos Rail services will face arrest and prosecution. This enforcement ...

The maiden Africa Capital Allocators Mixer pulled together lawyers, venture capitalists and founders last Friday in Lagos for a conversation that has been simmering quietly across Nigeria’s startup ...

There is a version of Nigeria’s fintech story that starts with app downloads and venture capital term sheets. This is not that version. It starts in a banking hall, with a young engineer standing in a ...

Telecom company Vodacom reported a mobile money transaction value of $547.9 billion for the twelve months ending in June 2026, according to its latest quarterly trading update. This figure highlights ...