Nigeria’s average 4G download speeds climbed to 33Mbps by the end of 2025, reflecting years of sustained investment in network infrastructure, fibre expansion and regulatory reforms, Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said in a January 1, 2026 newsletter. The improvement puts Nigeria ahead of many African countries, where average

Nigeria sits at the centre of West Africa’s international connectivity, with eight high-capacity submarine cables landing on its shores. Systems such as WACS, MainOne, Glo-1, Africa Coast to Europe, SAT-3/WASC, NCSCS, Google’s Equiano and Meta-backed 2Africa together provide an estimated combined capacity of more than 360 terabits per second, dramatically expanding Nigeria’s access to global

Sterling Bank, a tier-2 Nigerian commercial bank with a market capitalisation of ₦396 billion ($276.9 million), has partnered with global B2B cross-border payments infrastructure company, Thunes, to enable easier international money transfers for Nigerians living abroad. The deal integrates Sterling Bank into Thunes’ Direct Global Network to enable faster and more transparent transfers from multiple

Mergers and acquisitions took the centre stage in Africa’s tech ecosystem in 2025, with up to 29 deals recorded in the first half of 2025, a 45% jump from the previous year. Rather than focusing on organic growth, companies are opting for M&As to scale, secure critical regulatory licences, and expand immediately into new regions.

As the new year begins and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gears up to distribute much‑needed social grants, millions of South Africans are once again counting on these payments to carry them through the month. While the cost of living is becoming very difficult each year, the SASSA payout helps a great deal

At 30, Freeman Faithful, a Ghanaian serial tech entrepreneur, has lived multiple lives.  Faithful has been a student, a tech gadget connoisseur, a student (again), a founder, a tech consulting maven, a student (again), a cybersecurity engineer, a founder (again), a builder, and overall, somebody who’s always eager to find the next thing once he’s

When Chris Maurice landed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018, he had only been on a plane four times in his entire life. And then he was on a different continent with two options: make Yellow Card work, or live in Nigeria permanently. Day 1 It started with $90. In Alabama – “the capital of innovation,”

Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition , we featured five game-changing startups pioneering agritech, fintech, HRTech, and cleantech. Expect the next dispatch on January 9, 2026. This week, we explore three African startups in the ecommerce, HRTech, and mobility sectors and why they should be

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A fintech executive, a mobile-gaming pioneer, a nuclear scientist, the first African engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a first-generation banker who helped build the rails for modern African finance were among the notable figures Africa’s technology, banking, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ecosystems lost in 2025.

In 2025, Africa’s technology ecosystem stopped running on untested optimism. After years of speculation, the ecosystem has matured into something leaner and more calculating. The hopeful belief of outsiders no longer governs the market, but by a collective memory of what happens when the hype runs out. After a bruising two-year contraction, venture funding into