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Defence-technology startup Terra Industries has raised an additional $22 million in fresh funding, strengthening its position in the rapidly expanding global defence innovation sector. The new capital extends the company’s previous funding rounds and is expected to accelerate product development, manufacturing capacity, and international partnerships. Terra Industries focuses on building autonomous and AI-powered defence systems…

OPay has once again been named Fintech Company of the Year at the Leadership Awards, marking the second time the digital financial services provider has received the recognition. The award highlights the company’s growing influence in Nigeria’s financial ecosystem and its continued role in expanding access to digital payments across the country. Over the past…

For many engineers, career growth follows a predictable path of degrees, certifications, and promotions. For Iniubong Obonguko, however, the journey has been driven less by titles and more by curiosity — a consistent desire to understand how systems work and how they can be improved. That mindset has helped shape a global engineering career defined…

Across Nigeria, celebrations are constant — birthdays, weddings, graduations, housewarmings, naming ceremonies, and festive holidays fill calendars year-round. Yet finding meaningful gifts often remains stressful. Many shoppers struggle with unreliable vendors, late deliveries, mismatched products, and the awkwardness of sending cash instead of thoughtful presents. A new Nigerian startup is trying to fix that by…

South African technology services powerhouse iOCO is making its first major push into the Middle East, targeting Saudi Arabia as a strategic hub to accelerate cloud adoption and enterprise digital transformation. This expansion signals not just geographic growth, but a broader ambition: Africa’s tech expertise going global. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative has put cloud…

African startups are booming — fintechs, e-commerce platforms, SaaS providers, and agritech ventures are raising capital, scaling fast, and grabbing headlines. But behind the growth story is a persistent challenge that rarely makes the front page: a critical shortage of skilled talent, and a widening gap between what companies need and what the market can…