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TECH NEWS

News from the tech and telecoms sector in Nigeria

Exclusives 1 min
Inside the fall of Okra: How Africa’s most promising open banking startup shut down at its peak 
By Samson Akintaro
Corporate deals 1 min
FG seals partnership deal with UAE to train 7 million Nigerian youths in digital skills  
By Samson Akintaro
Sectors 1 min
Elon Musk’s xAI rolls out Grok 4 at $300 monthly subscription 
By Deborah Dan-Awoh
Sectors 1 min
Meta lures Apple’s AI engineer with over $200 million pay package -Report  
By Samson Akintaro

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Crime and Insecurity

FG ramps up cybersecurity measures to protect Nigeria’s digital infrastructure 

Sectors

Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X, months after Musk’s AI firm took control 

Sectors

NIN database grows by 7 million in half-year 2025 as NIMC targets 95% coverage 

Sectors

Google rolls out ‘Manage Subscriptions’ feature to help Gmail users globally declutter their inboxes 

People

This UK-based Nigerian pivoted a $1.5M company into Peakcocks, a social media platform for freedom

Financial Services

NCC releases licensing framework to regulate A2P messaging, targets N10 million licence fee 

Financial Services

Kuda processes N14.3 trillion in transactions in Q1 2025 

Sectors

Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey launches Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging app with no internet  

Metrics

Top 10 Internet Service Providers in Nigeria by customer number as of Q1 2025  

Agriculture

European Union, NASRDA to launch satellite farming project for food security in Nigeria