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Technext is a premier tech news publication in Africa deeply covering the digital economy in Nigeria and across the continent. Focusing on startup funding policy analysis and technical innovation, it is a key platform for understanding the explosive growth of African tech.

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OPay is going to Wall Street: what does that mean for your transaction fees?

OPay is going to Wall Street: what does that mean for your transaction fees?

OPay is heading to Wall Street. The Nigerian fintech giant backed by SoftBank has hired Citigroup, Deutsche Bank,…

2026/05/03

AUATON says suspension of factional Rivers chairman Lawrencia Ogu not a witchhunt

AUATON says suspension of factional Rivers chairman Lawrencia Ogu not a witchhunt

The Rivers state council of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) has described the suspension…

2026/05/02

Africa doesn’t have an identity problem; it has a trust infrastructure problem

Africa doesn’t have an identity problem; it has a trust infrastructure problem

By Kelechi Ndieze We’ve spent the better part of a decade trying to “solve identity” in Africa. Governments…

2026/05/02

$29.6bn profit story: Apple made $224,000 every minute of Q2 2026

$29.6bn profit story: Apple made $224,000 every minute of Q2 2026

Apple just filed its results for the three months ended March 28, 2026. The company made $29.6 billion…

2026/05/02

Nigerians spent N3.3 trillion to buy data between January and March 2026

Nigerians spent N3.3 trillion to buy data between January and March 2026

Industry data from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) reveal that Nigerians spent N3.33 trillion on data in the…

2026/05/02

OPay eyes $4B valuation in US stock market listing with Citi, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan

OPay eyes $4B valuation in US stock market listing with Citi, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan

Nigeria-focused payments giant OPay, backed by SoftBank, is planning a US IPO and has enlisted three major Wall…

2026/05/01

TalkSign: Edidiong Ekong just wanted to talk to friends; now he is using AI to bridge the silence

TalkSign: Edidiong Ekong just wanted to talk to friends; now he is using AI to bridge the silence

On most afternoons, it looked like any other childhood. Children gathered outside, turning sand into makeshift houses, laughter…

2026/05/01

The end of Showmax: a timeline of growth, struggle and death

The end of Showmax: a timeline of growth, struggle and death

After 11 years of bold ambition and great resilience, Showmax has finally shut down on Thursday, April 30,…

2026/05/01

PayPal elevates crypto to a standalone division in a bold three-unit restructure under a new CEO

PayPal elevates crypto to a standalone division in a bold three-unit restructure under a new CEO

PayPal Holdings recently broke its business into three separate units. The move, pushed by new CEO Enrique Lores,…

2026/05/01

Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26

Chams, the ID and payments giant behind BVN, records ₦429M profit in Q1’26

Chams Holding Company Plc, the group whose subsidiaries sit at the infrastructure layer of Nigeria’s identity management and…

2026/05/01

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Rivers, Imo, Abia, emerge as telecom theft hotspots in 2025

How to check your NECO 2026 result online and via SMS

FCCPC debunks claims it triggered suspension of airtime and data borrowing

Tulupay announces prelaunch of its pan-African first financial operating system (FOS) for high interoperability of Africa’s financial ecosystem

OPay is going to Wall Street: what does that mean for your transaction fees?

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