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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.
Nigeria Just Incorporated Its $2 Billion Fibre Company — and Three Official Documents Disagree on What It Will Deliver
Nigeria has finally registered Bridge OA, the company that will build 90,000km of national fibre. We read the World Bank appraisal, the AfDB board approval and the ministry's own project page side by side — and they do not describe the same network.
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace vs Zoho Workplace: How Nigerian Businesses End Up Paying for the Wrong Productivity Suite
Microsoft and Google's entry productivity plans are now priced almost identically, and Zoho Workplace undercuts both by half to two-thirds. Here is how Nigerian businesses actually end up choosing, and mis-choosing, between Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Zoho Workplace.
Daily Briefing
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
Buy or Be Bought: Inside the M&A Wave Quietly Rewriting African Tech's Rulebook
Personal Gmail vs. Business Email: Is Your @gmail.com Address Costing You Trust?
Intelligence Reports
The Cheap Mobile App Quote That Costs More Later
What does a mobile app really cost in Nigeria? Native vs cross-platform, developer rates, and the ownership costs a cheap quote hides. A founder's guide.
Google Just Opened Its AI Vault to African Founders — But the Door Shuts August 31
Google has launched Africa's first Applied AI Lab, handing selected founders early access to unreleased Gemini, Gemma, and Veo models — with backing from VCs including Nigeria's Ventures Platform. Applications close 31 August 2026, and here's why every Nigerian founder should pay attention.