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Uber Just Quit Nigeria Overnight — Here's What That Says About Betting on Big Tech
Uber shut down in Nigeria and Uganda overnight on 2 September 2026, even as its global business posted 24% growth. Here's what its exit — and the scramble among Bolt, inDrive and local operators to fill the gap — means for Nigerian businesses that built around it.

Why Uber Really Left Nigeria and Uganda on the Same Day It Cut 3,300 Jobs
Uber says it left Nigeria and Uganda over "evolving business priorities." A same-day global restructuring, its own filings, and a strained driver-financing model tell a fuller story.

FBNBank Senegal Partners Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games to Advance Youth Development Through First@Sports
FBNBank Senegal, a subsidiary of FirstBank Group, has become the first Official Bank Partner of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, strengthening the Group’s commitment to youth empowerment, sports development, financial inclusion, and sustainable growth across Africa.

The Pentagon Tried to Blacklist an AI Company for Speaking Up. A Judge Just Said No — and Nigeria Is Building the Same Power
A U.S. judge just ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal retaliation — and Nigeria's own draft AI law would hand regulators the very same blocking power over the foreign AI vendors your business already depends on.

MTN Just Had Its Best Half in Years — and Nigerian Businesses Weren't Buying
MTN Group posted record margins and Nigeria did most of the lifting. But inside MTN Nigeria's own filing, enterprise revenue fell 12.8% and wholesale more than halved — while consumer revenue jumped 36.2%.

Nigeria Just Asked for $750 Million in Two Years — for a Cloud Market Worth $374 Million Today
Nigeria's new National Digital Cloud Policy targets $750 million of private investment in 24 months — roughly double the current value of the country's entire data-centre market. Here is what it actually changes for your business, and what the headlines got wrong.
Daily Briefing

Nigeria Just Incorporated Its $2 Billion Fibre Company — and Three Official Documents Disagree on What It Will Deliver

Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace vs Zoho Workplace: How Nigerian Businesses End Up Paying for the Wrong Productivity Suite

Africa Raised $1.44 Billion in H1 2026 — But the Real Story Is Who's Buying Who

Why Your Next Laptop Costs 20% More — and For Once, It's Not the Naira
Intelligence Reports

Buy or Be Bought: Inside the M&A Wave Quietly Rewriting African Tech's Rulebook
African tech just posted a record $1.44 billion half-year, but the real story is buried underneath it: fewer startups are getting funded, and the smartest founders have stopped waiting for cheques and started buying each other. Here is what the 2026 consolidation wave means for your business.

Personal Gmail vs. Business Email: Is Your @gmail.com Address Costing You Trust?
A personal Gmail address may be reliable, but it can create avoidable doubt at first contact. Here is what Nigerian businesses should know about custom-domain email, security and cost.
