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Caricature portrait of Kofi Asante, Founder and CEO, Bluecore Energy
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Bluecore Energy grabs $50M before its barges go nuclear

Bluecore Energy closed an oversubscribed seed round in eight weeks, pulling investors from Tesla, SpaceX, and Hollywood into its floating nuclear bet.

Hillary RemySep 9, 2026
Caricature illustration of Volker Türk at the UN Human Rights Council in session at Geneva
Artificial Intelligence

UN rights chief says AI that escapes tests is too powerful

The UN’s top human rights official set a public threshold for AI that has grown too powerful.

Adewale AmureSep 8, 2026
Caricature portrait of Mr Eazi
News

Mr Eazi takes 17% of a Ghanaian drug maker after tragedy

Mr Eazi bought a 17.31% stake in a struggling Ghanaian pharmaceutical company, but the real story is what he witnessed during the final years of his mother’s life.

Damilola EsebameSep 8, 2026
Caricature image of Adeshina Adewumi and Trade Lenda logo
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Trade Lenda grabs $300K after reaching 260,000 SMEs

Trade Lenda secured $300K from a Dutch-backed facility that bets on founders most investors overlook, and the deal already unlocked something bigger.

Damilola EsebameSep 8, 2026
Nigeria assembles a power team for Lagos finance hub
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Nigeria assembles a power team for Lagos finance hub

Nigeria’s federal government has assembled a heavyweight steering committee to drive the Lagos International Financial Center, a Lagos finance hub initiative targeting a soft launch in Q1 2027.

Hillary RemySep 8, 2026
Caricature image of Delano and Odunsi, co-founders of Moove
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Moove bags $250M as Nigeria tops all of Africa

Moove’s massive Series C pushed August funding past $438 million, but the record haul is not reaching the founders who need it most.

Tobi Opeyemi AmureSep 8, 2026
Dangote refinery IPO: Africa's biggest share sale opens Sept 14,
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Dangote Signs IPO Papers for Africa’s Biggest Share Sale

Dangote Refinery IPO opens Sept 14 with shares at ₦525 in Africa’s largest share sale.

Michael AdelekeSep 8, 2026
AI model pricing: Anthopic, Meta, Google and OpenAI
Artificial Intelligence

Four AI labs priced frontier models four different ways

Four frontier AI models launched in 72 hours with cached-input pricing ranging from $0.075 to $1.00 per million tokens. Here’s what the price gap means for companies running AI agents.

Adewale AmureSep 7, 2026
Caricature image of delegates at the Sensitization workshop in Bauchi State
News

FG wants manufacturers in 15 markets few ever tap

Nigerian factories hold duty-free access to 15 ECOWAS markets worth billions, but most manufacturers have never heard of the scheme that opens the door.

Peace LongeSep 7, 2026
NGX building
News

Nigeria’s top firms post ₦3trn profit but are owed more

Nigeria’s 18 biggest listed companies earned ₦3.02 trillion in H1 2026, yet their customers still owe them ₦4.83 trillion in unpaid invoices that have yet to convert to cash.

Hillary RemySep 5, 2026
Dangote refinery IPO date
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Dangote Refinery’s ₦2.15trn IPO hits a milestone

Nigeria’s SEC has approved Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s public share sale, putting the order book for 4.1 billion shares on course to open within days.

Damilola EsebameSep 5, 2026
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MTN’s Dioum targets nearly 250 million untapped MoMo users

Serigne Dioum wants to convert MTN’s 317 million telecom subscribers into active MoMo financial services users through lending, merchant payments, and ecosystem partnerships.

Tobi Opeyemi AmureSep 4, 2026

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