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PayPal faces a new wave of fake invoice scams just days after announcing its partnership with OpenAI. Cybercriminals are using real PayPal email accounts in a sophisticated TOAD attack to steal user credentials and payment details.Fake Invoice Alert: PayPal Hit by TOAD Cyberattack Days After OpenAI Partnership
MTN partners with Microsoft to launch EVA 3.0, a next-generation cloud analytics platform built on Microsoft Azure. The upgrade enhances customer experience, boosts operational efficiency, and supports responsible AI in South Africa and beyond.MTN Completes Major Cloud Modernisation with Microsoft, Launches EVA 3.0 in South Africa
The SEC has revealed that Nigerians lost ₦300.2 billion to Ponzi schemes like MMM, MBA Forex, and Famzhi Interbiz Ltd. The commission warns that actual losses may be higher due to unreported cases and online scams.Nigerians Lost Over ₦300 Billion to Ponzi Schemes in Recent Years – SEC Reveals
PayPal is integrating with ChatGPT through the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to enable seamless in-chat payments by 2026. Here’s how Nigerians can benefit — and the major limitations they still face.PayPal Adopts Agentic Commerce Protocol to Power Payments in ChatGPT by 2026 — What It Means for Nigerians
The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback
PayPal faces a new wave of fake invoice scams just days after announcing its partnership with OpenAI. Cybercriminals are using real PayPal email accounts in a sophisticated TOAD attack to steal user credentials and payment details.Fake Invoice Alert: PayPal Hit by TOAD Cyberattack Days After OpenAI Partnership
MTN partners with Microsoft to launch EVA 3.0, a next-generation cloud analytics platform built on Microsoft Azure. The upgrade enhances customer experience, boosts operational efficiency, and supports responsible AI in South Africa and beyond.MTN Completes Major Cloud Modernisation with Microsoft, Launches EVA 3.0 in South Africa
The SEC has revealed that Nigerians lost ₦300.2 billion to Ponzi schemes like MMM, MBA Forex, and Famzhi Interbiz Ltd. The commission warns that actual losses may be higher due to unreported cases and online scams.Nigerians Lost Over ₦300 Billion to Ponzi Schemes in Recent Years – SEC Reveals
PayPal is integrating with ChatGPT through the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to enable seamless in-chat payments by 2026. Here’s how Nigerians can benefit — and the major limitations they still face.PayPal Adopts Agentic Commerce Protocol to Power Payments in ChatGPT by 2026 — What It Means for Nigerians
The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback

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Paystack and FAAN Modernize Airport Access with Cashless Payments

Paystack and FAAN have launched a new cashless payment system using prepaid NFC cards to simplify airport access fees in Lagos and Abuja, with nationwide…

By: Cynthia Okafor

Empowering Youth Innovation: Orange Summer Challenge Fuels Africa & Middle East’s Brightest Minds

Orange Summer Challenge nurtures young innovators, awarding top startups like Plastikoo, MEPS, and Leevlong for pioneering sustainable and impactful solutions….

By: IBK

According to a report bythe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in the use of new educational technologies across Africa.

Top 18 Educational Tech Startups Disrupting the Academic Landscape in Africa 2025

According to a report bythe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role…

By: IBK

According to a report bythe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in the use of new educational technologies across Africa.

Top 15 African Startups to Watch in 2025

As we begin 2025, the year holds immense promise as a turning point for groundbreaking innovation. It is poised to be a defining chapter not…

By: IBK

Preventing the next billion-dollar mistake: Due diligence in startup investments

When HP acquired Autonomy for £25.50 ($42.11) per share in cash, valuing the company at approximately $11 billion, it was one of the transactions that…

By: Wura Oba

How Checklearn is closing Africa’s skills gap, making talents more employable

Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the youth unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at approximately 53.40% in 2022. Despite this high unemployment rate, human…

By: IBK

Ghana’s Nyla Bank, led by Mubarak Sumaila, is building Africa’s first digital Islamic bank with a goal of empowering 1 billion people with innovative, Shariah-compliant products and services that align with ethical principles. Oze, another startup from Ghana, is a digital lending platform that bridges Africa’s credit gap by providing banks with a small and medium-sized enterprise- (SME) focused app that digitizes financial data, enabling risk assessment and lending to small businesses. The team is led by Meghan McCormick. Verto is another United Kingdom-based startup led by Rachel Coombs. The platform is a business-to-business cross-border payments platform for businesses in emerging markets, powered by a unified network that eliminates intermediary fees, handles 49 currencies and settles transactions faster. The prize will ultimately award $2 million in total prizes, including a $1 million Grand Prize. Following the December showcase, the Grand Prize will be awarded at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference in Los Angeles, in May.

Nigeria’s Trade Lenda makes the semi-finals of the $1m Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech

Trade Lenda will be up against other fintechs operating in nearly 30 countries across three continents…

By: Ovie George

Moniepoint introduces multifactor authentication for transactions above N500,000

Moniepoint’s MFA leverages advanced device-based biometric technology…

By: Ovie George

Nigeria accounts for 14% as African startups raise $56 million in August 2024 – Report  

A single raise by Nigerian fintech, Waza, gave the country a 14% share of total funds raised by African startups in August, which stood at…

By: Wura Oba

African startups raise $187 million in May 2024 – Report

Startups across Africa announced fresh capital raise totalling $187 million in May, as funding improved compared to April….

By: Wura Oba

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The Digital Runway: Fashion in the Age of Search The surge in Google fashion searches demonstrates how Nigerians are using digital platforms to explore, create, and share their evolving sense of style. With fashion inspiration just a search away, the country’s youthful and connected population is driving a digital fashion renaissance — one that bridges the past and future, tradition and innovation. As Lagos Fashion Week unfolds, one thing is clear: Nigeria’s fashion story is being rewritten — online, on the runway, and in everyday wardrobes.

Nigerians Are Reviving Heritage Fashion: New Google Search Trends Reveal Vintage and Cultural Comeback

If your iPhone shows a “Slow Charger” warning after the iOS 26 update, don’t panic. Here are 8 key things to know about what it means, why it happens, and how to fix slow charging on your iPhone.

8 Things to Know About iPhone’s “Slow Charger” Warning — and How to Fix It

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