In August, three deals did most of the work for African startups: Moove, a mobility fintech raised $250 million, Jumia raised $50
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On Monday morning, a Nigerian Air Force plane left Benin for Lagos on what the military calls a routine mission. Air traffic
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The Federal Government has announced a 30-day discount on petrol sold at NNPC filling stations, less than three weeks after President Bola
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Moove, the vehicle financing company founded in Lagos in 2020, is shutting down its operations in Nigeria. On its way out, it
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For almost a month, TikTok has barely worked in Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto. Videos freeze, feeds refuse to refresh and uploads
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On August 19th 2024, Davido posted a short video from the cabin of his private jet. He was doing a loose, unbothered
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At 2 a.m. on Friday, 14 December 1961, a plane carrying 38 Americans landed at Lagos International Airport. Nina Simone was on
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Three years, three no-shows. As world leaders gather in New York, President Tinubu is sitting this one out again, sending VP Shettima
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Dangote Group has signed a $450 million deal with Engineers India Limited, the state-backed Indian firm that oversaw construction of its Lagos
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Nigeria is drowning in fake everything. Thick, adulterated palm oil. Drinks that don’t taste like drinks. Foods laced with materials nobody can
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Not only are Russian troops and torment spreading into more Ukrainian cities, the transcontinental country has just defaulted on its foreign debt
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In a city as big as Lagos, an economic powerhouse and also a hotspot for Africa’s burgeoning entertainment industries, you tend to
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In 2019, France’s biggest PayTV company Canal+ acquired ROK studios, one of Nollywood’s biggest production houses and this signalled the company’s interest
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Before the pandemic wave hit earlier in the year, news broke that award-winning Nigeria filmmaker Kunle Afolayan was shooting his new movie
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You cannot talk about the new crop of emerging artists from West Africa pushing their sounds and art beyond borders and the
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Audiomack has made its long-awaited entry into the African market with the launch of a Lagos office.
Founded in 2012 by Dave Macli and David Ponte, Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music
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There’s an exhilarating feeling that comes with discovering a new artist or sound for the very first time. You want to hear
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In more recent years, the idea of rape culture has received much more attention, including from mainstream outlets and social media campaigns
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Our Muslim brothers and sisters have been basking in all gloriousness, taking to social media platforms to share pictures with family and
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While millions of businesses globally are still trying to figure out a viable means to stay afloat during the pandemic and even
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