Nigeria’s travel landscape has reached an inflection point in 2026, driven by a growing appetite among Nigerians to travel abroad despite tightening and rapidly changing immigration policies. According to the Value of Air Transport to Nigeria report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), international air travel recorded 2.1 million passenger departures in 2023. This

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South African e-commerce sellers that ship single items directly to the United States (U.S.) remain under pressure after the U.S. Supreme Court failed to deliver a long-anticipated ruling on President Donald Trump’s global tariffs on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, offering no indication of when a decision might come.  The unresolved case leaves in place a

The United States is suspending all visa processing for applicants from 75 countries, including Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Algeria, and Somalia, Fox News reported on Wednesday, citing a State Department memo.   Fox News reported that the Trump administration has directed consular officers from 75 countries to reject visa applications under existing laws while the State Department

In Francophone Africa, where venture funding is still dominated by a handful of large deals, investors say 2026 will be defined less by headline numbers and more by whether fintech interoperability, climate adaptation startups, and venture studios can turn early momentum into durable ecosystems. Francophone African startups raised at least $450 million in 2025, according

African banks spent 2025 consolidating, shoring up capital, tightening risk controls, and investing in digital infrastructure, following years of macroeconomic volatility marked by currency depreciation, inflation, and regulatory tightening.  Across key markets, lenders focused less on rapid expansion and more on balance sheet strength, compliance, and operational resilience as regulators pushed higher capital standards and

In Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos State, Nigeria, a local chief told Malik Afegbua that cultural stories were not meant to be shared. But Afegbua, who was gathering stories for an Artificial Intelligence archival project, saw the danger in the silence. To Afegbua, telling our own stories is not just a choice; it is the

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Lebara Nigeria, a subsidiary of the London-headquartered mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), is ramping up infrastructure investments as it seeks to regain momentum following delays to its planned 2025 commercial rollout.  The MVNO has launched an Agent Registration Portal (ARP), a digital onboarding platform, designed to expand its retail and point-of-sale (POS) footprint across the

Two days before Uganda’s January 15 general election, the government has ordered mobile networks and internet service providers (ISPs) to suspend public internet access, block new SIM card registrations, and stop roaming calls. In a letter dated January 13 seen by TechCabal, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) said the measures would take effect from 6:00 pm local

Project Kuiper, the Amazon-owned ​​satellite internet initiative, has taken a major step toward entering Nigeria’s broadband market after securing a landing permit from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to begin operations from 2026.  Dated February 28, 2026, the seven-year landing permit authorises Kuiper to operate its space segment in Nigeria as part of a global