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Comrade Edwin Madunagu’s long march to 80

By SOLAR Collective May 15, 2026, marked the 80th birthday of one of Nigeria’s most enduring revolutionary intellectuals — Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu: mathematici...

2027: Senator Lawan secures APC ticket for Yobe North

By Henry Umoru Former President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has been named the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe N...

Oyo abduction: Face insecurity or own failure, PDP tells Tinubu

By Luminous Jannamike The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aligned with Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday told President Bola Tinubu to either confront the country’...

Kenya appoints Adan Mohamed as tax chief amid revenue pressure 

Kenya has appointed Adan Abdulla Mohamed as Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), in a major leadership reshuffle as President William Ruto...

As DFI money dries up, AFC is doubling down on African VC with $100 million

For nearly two decades, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) wrote cheques for bridges, ports, mines, and subsea cables. Now, the $19 billion Africa-focused develop...

Showmax is gone. MultiChoice’s future is now premium streaming and payments

This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs, financial institutions, companies,...

Iran eyes challenging stock market reopening after lengthy war closure

The capital market is not Iranian economy's main financing engine, but it still matters politically and psychologically.

Oyetola flags off PMAWCA meeting in Lagos

…as Dantsoho announces $27bn Port projects in West, Central Africa By Efe Onodjae The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday, fl...

Kenya’s ride-hailing drivers abandon apps as fuel strike cripples Nairobi

Transporters in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital—including ride-hailing drivers, public transport operators, and long-distance truckers—began a strike on Monday over ri...

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – GoTyme employees to receive stocks

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. Nigeria’s healthtech sector is built on a paradox: post-pandemic startup growth...

Manufacturing export stagnates despite rising trade value 

The contribution of manufactured goods to Nigeria’s export basket has stagnated for four consecutive years despite a sharp rise in the country’s total...

The toxic stew: Street food vendors take to ‘esa’ as cost of whole tomatoes rise

By Elizabeth Adegbesan Before, in most cities  around the country, there were usually heavy, humid air around the areas with smells of rice, fried plantains and...

Saudi Arabia is tokenizing its multi-trillion dollar economy to protect its wealth from global shock...

Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

The price spike is a reminder of a deeper problem: The U.S. power grid was not designed for the electricity demands of an AI-driven economy, and the gap between...

The Kenyan Boeing engineer who chose trucks over prestige

Charles Thuo’s career journey makes very little sense, at least until you sit down with him. By his own admission, it did not make much sense to his parents eit...

Trazo built a food delivery business in smaller cities. Now it wants to enter Lagos.

In 2019, Ikechukwu Nweze was trying to solve a problem in Asaba, in southern Nigeria, where he was based: ordering food online was difficult. At the time, most...

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Jumia plans job cuts

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية TGIF. Few phrases travel further at African business summits than “shared ownership.” A...

US reportedly dropped fraud charges against Indian billionaire after he hired Trump’s lawyer

Gautam Adani, richest man in Asia, was accused of conspiring to pay $250m in bribes to Indian government officialsThe US Department of Justice is dropping its f...

How researchers are using GitHub Innovation Graph data to reveal the “digital complexity” of nations

One of our goals for the GitHub Innovation Graph was to facilitate research on the economic impact of open source software and developer collaboration. In a pap...