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OPay Named Nigeria’s Most Trusted Digital Financial Company at 2026 ISO Awards

OPay, a leading financial institution in Nigeria, has been awarded......

13 April 2026

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GiriToday CEO Wale Ayantoye Selected as Semafor World Economy Principal

GiriToday today announces that its Founder and CEO, Wale Ayantoye,......

13 April 2026

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CBN forces PoS agents to pick one provider

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss CBN forcing PoS agents to choose a single provider, a Lagos boy's journey to global AI work, and South Africa's AI str...

13 April 2026

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From medical ambitions to AI: The making of a machine learning expert

In this edition of After Hours, Gift Ojeabulu shares how an unplanned switch to computer science, a crashed laptop, and a growing curiosity for proble...

13 April 2026

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The quiet shift: Why Northern Nigeria’s developer communities could reshape Africa’s AI talent map

Across Northern Nigeria, a different kind of ecosystem is taking shape, without the headlines, without the high-profile accelerators, and largely with...

11 April 2026

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Play Network Partners MediaKing to Deploy Free Smart Wi-Fi Network Across Nigerian Cities

European smart technology company MediaKing has entered the Nigerian market......

10 April 2026

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Nigerian telcos lost ₦2.3 billion worth of generators to theft in 2025

Today on Techpoint Digest we discuss, generator theft at telco towers, moving abroad, and why Kenya has a problem with Meta's glasses....

10 April 2026

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I had 15 years of experience, but I still had to start over – Nigerian lady building marketplace and magazine in Canada 

In this edition of Techpoint Diaspora, Abiodun Adetu shares how relocating to Canada forced her to confront the realities of starting over, despite ye...

10 April 2026

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Lending to Nigeria’s SMEs is hard. Nomba thinks there’s a better way

Nomba wants to fix SME lending in Nigeria using payment data to underwrite loans and keep defaults low. But as it scales, the real challenge will be m...

9 April 2026