PayPal has frozen funds and restricted access to an unknown number of Kenyan accounts after tightening its anti-money laundering and compliance checks, leaving freelancers, online sellers, startups, ...

FIFA has confirmed that a technical error on its ticketing platform enabled around 60 fans to secure tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup at no cost. As a result ...

Moniepoint founder and CEO Tosin Eniolorunda has revealed that the company’s first significant funding round came from banking mogul Jim Ovia. According to Tosin, Mr Ovia wrote a $5.5 million cheque ...

Dr Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer at MTN Nigeria and Vice President, MTN Francophone Africa, has said that the company, or the telecoms industry, cannot survive by offering unlimited plans on ...

Coursera is taking a page from social media’s playbook. The online learning platform has launched a new AI-powered feed that delivers short-form educational content in a scrollable, personalised ...

Nigerian fintech startup Xara has crossed ₦10 billion in transaction volume and reached 50,000 users, marking its first anniversary with numbers that very few Nigerian startups, let alone ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians against a fake online portal claiming to offer free corrections and updates for National Identification Number (NIN) records.

African startups raised $3.499 billion across 275 funding rounds in 2025, yet women entrepreneurs continue to receive only a fraction of the capital inflow. Despite the growing demand for financial ...

Smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) fell by 7% year-on-year (YoY) during the first quarter of 2026. According to a report by Counterpoint Research, the slump was driven by memory ...

More than four in five Nigerians want the government to regulate children’s access to social media, according to a new survey, and most of them want the minimum age set higher than the global standard ...

YouTube has partnered with FIFA to become a preferred platform for the 2026 World Cup, expanding how fans can experience the tournament globally through unprecedented streaming access and creator ...

It is often said that the crypto market takes the stairs up and the elevator down. On Thursday morning, it didn’t just take the elevator. It cut the cables as Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $62,000, one ...