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How Algorithms Secretly Run Your Day
It’s 6:00 a.m., and your alarm on your smartphone just dragged you out of sleep. Still groggy, you reach for your phone and open Instagram without thinking. The screen lights
Inside Nigeria’s Advertising Playbook, What the ARCON Act, 2022 Really Means
You are a young creative working on a bold new ad campaign for a fintech startup. You have nailed the message. The visuals are clean. The copy pops. Just when
When the Music Plays but the Artist Doesn’t Get Paid
In a small studio tucked away in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria, a young singer named Amaka poured her soul into a melody she wrote after losing her father. The song, raw,
Banned, Then Embraced – Nigeria’s Uneasy Dance with Cryptocurrency.
Written by Loba Agboola. For many Nigerians facing financial exclusion or distrust in traditional banks, cryptocurrency has emerged as an alternative store of value and transaction means. Many have turned
How to Think About Nigeria’s Digital Economy
Imagine starting your day in Lagos, you book a Bolt ride to beat third mainland traffic, use your OPay wallet to pay for akara and pap at a roadside vendor,
Can a New Layer of the Internet Empower Users and Tame “Antisocial Media”?
It started with a ban. Amina, a 24-year-old content creator from Lagos, had spent the last two years building a loyal following on TikTok. Her videos funny, relatable, and deeply
One Charger to Rule Them All? The EU’s Common Charger Directive
Have you ever dug through a drawer full of chargers? I have. That moment when your phone is about to die, your tablet is blinking red, and you’re rummaging through
Artificial Intelligence for Africa by Africa
On April 4, 2025, leaders from across the African continent gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, for the Global AI Summit on Africa, organised under the theme “AI and Africa’s Demographic Dividend:
Understanding Nigeria’s Identity Ecosystem
Nigeria has repeatedly attempted to build a robust and unified national identification system for over four decades. What began as a simple administrative function of issuing identity cards has become
Nigeria’s Data Protection Act is Not a Catch-All Tool
On March 18, 2025, the Nigerian Senate received a bill sponsored by Senator Ned Munir Nwoko, titled: A Bill for an Act to Alter the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023,
The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Data Protection Compliance
Imagine waking up to a flood of frantic emails and calls, your company has suffered a data breach. Customer information has been exposed, and now regulators, clients, and the media
Overview: What is the Nigeria Digital Public Infrastructure Framework?
On March 4, 2024, the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of Nigeria announced the release of the Nigerian Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Framework. Below is a simplified
