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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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Data boom, slow 5G and rising costs: review of Nigeria’s telecom industry data in H1 2026

Data boom, slow 5G and rising costs: review of Nigeria’s telecom industry data in H1 2026

The telecommunications industry witnessed a mix of outcomes, policy formations and challenges during the first half of 2026.…

Apple raises MacBook and iPad prices as AI memory chip shortage worsens

Apple raises MacBook and iPad prices as AI memory chip shortage worsens

Apple has raised prices on its MacBooks and iPads, citing a sharp surge in memory and storage chip…

WhatsApp is not charging users a mandatory fee, but there’s a new subscription to know about

WhatsApp is not charging users a mandatory fee, but there’s a new subscription to know about

If your timeline has been buzzing with warnings that WhatsApp is about to start charging users just to…

Why Malawi’s Chichewa AI push is part of a continent-wide race to end the language divide

Why Malawi’s Chichewa AI push is part of a continent-wide race to end the language divide

When Alifosina Mtseteka, a smallholder sugarcane farmer in Malawi’s Chisemphere village, described a pest attacking her okra crop…

New Paystack payment tool will allow users buy airtime and send money through ChatGPT and Claude AI

New Paystack payment tool will allow users buy airtime and send money through ChatGPT and Claude AI

Paystack has launched Paystack Index, a new tool that allows AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude to…

OPay’s Next Frontier: Innovation, Inclusion, and the Responsibility of Scale

OPay’s Next Frontier: Innovation, Inclusion, and the Responsibility of Scale

Written by Rukayah Motunrayo Giwa

How TradePAL’s Deborah Ojengbede is building African Web3’s ultimate compliance bridge on WhatsApp

How TradePAL’s Deborah Ojengbede is building African Web3’s ultimate compliance bridge on WhatsApp

The bustling world of African over-the-counter (OTC) and peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trading moves at a dizzying pace. It…

Why Nigeria’s digital payments boom hasn’t produced a credit card economy

Why Nigeria’s digital payments boom hasn’t produced a credit card economy

There is a moment in every Lagos shopping trip that captures something true about Nigeria’s digital payments system.…

Daya raises $2.4 million to simplify cross-border payments for African businesses

Daya raises $2.4 million to simplify cross-border payments for African businesses

Daya, a Nairobi-based fintech building payment and treasury infrastructure for African businesses, has raised $2.4 million in a…

Why the Five Eyes’ urgent AI warning demands immediate boardroom action

Why the Five Eyes’ urgent AI warning demands immediate boardroom action

For years, the enterprise world has treated the prospect of autonomous, AI-driven cyberattacks as a horizon issue. A…