Macro Monday

65% of Nigeria’s informal businesses earned more in 2025, but only 47% made profit, as inflation and high costs choke...

There was a time when every investor had one destination in mind, Nigeria. Founders spoke of Lagos as “Africa’s Silicon...

Most startups in Nigeria do not manage to clear this gap, and I believe this lack of late-stage funding is...

DPI is a governance test, let’s not limit it to a technology project.

In this tussle, every new defence banks create seems to attract a smarter counterattack from fraudsters.

While delayed, the policy exposes growing distrust in government reforms and raises concerns over its impact on transport, SMEs, and...

You don’t open a bank app, you don’t think about the transfer, you just pay, and move on

But look past the numbers and we see a worrisome picture. Most of these platforms are not Nigerian-owned, at least...

The question we should be asking is: how do we prepare Africa’s people, not just its infrastructure, for the economy...

Some companies have found ways to survive the missing middle

The question is no longer whether you can compete with other businesses, but if you can survive policy shocks long...

But there’s a disconnect: 39.4% of Nigerians still don’t have electricity. In rural areas, three out of four people are...

The cost of this silence is high, and growing

In the rush to modernise, Nigeria’s financial system has quietly removed one important feature, which is human trust and most...

Welcome to Nigeria’s identity maze, where every agency wants your face, but none can protect or guarantee what happens to...