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ICP HUB Nigeria content strategist Mana Lamja says tech people and students need to check out Caffeine AI because it lets them build websites and apps without hiring devs or dropping cash on hosting. The no-code platform launched last year by Dfinity Foundation, and users just describe what they...

Scientists at Ahmadu Bello University's agricultural research arm cooked up sorghum varieties that help farmers dodge security problems in the north. Professor Ado Yusuf said the new plants only grow about one meter tall instead of the usual two meters, and that makes it harder for criminals to...

Nigeria kicked off bidding for 50 oil and gas blocks after President Bola Tinubu signed off on the licensing round. The petroleum regulator said the acreage covers onshore spots, shallow water zones, and deep-water areas across different basins, and the whole thing aims to pull in fresh cash...

The National Agricultural Development Fund teamed up with Leadway Assurance and Verdure Climate to roll out insurance products and climate financing for small farmers. NADF exec Mohammed Ibrahim said index-based coverage and pay-at-harvest options should help investors feel better about backing...

Kenyan lawyer Patrick Lumumba told experts at the Africa Energy Summit in Rivers State that the continent needs a real plan for clean power, and he pointed out that some African countries are already ditching fuel-powered vehicles. He said dams are drying up and messing with electricity...

The feds are pushing to grab a piece of the air cargo market that could hit over 12 billion dollars in five years, and they want Nigeria to become the main shipping hub for West and Central Africa. Federal Airports Authority boss Olubunmi Kuku said the government set up a new cargo development...

Housing minister Ahmed Musa Dangiwa told state governments they need to set aside one to three percent of their yearly budgets for land administration and getting titles sorted out. He said proper land governance is the best way to hit a trillion-dollar economy, and he laid this out at the 30th...

Oxfam Nigeria's country director, John Makina, said the group pulled in 15.5 billion naira for local climate projects and got people into climate-smart gigs like beekeeping and making briquettes. The five-year Power of Voices program wrapped up with some documentary launch showing what they...

Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu showed up at the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce's 25th anniversary and dropped some news about the state hosting the Intra-Africa Trade Fair in 2027. He talked about how the chamber has been connecting businesses between the two countries for decades...

The aviation minister wants African countries to team up with plane makers and leasing companies to fix their ancient fleets because the current financing setup makes it impossible for airlines to stay competitive. Festus Keyamo said the continent needs deals that spread out risk and use local...

K-Impex Airline just locked down four Embraer E190 planes that can fit 98 people with eight business class seats up front. The managing director said they bought the jets outright instead of leasing them to avoid throwing cash away, and they picked this model because it handles domestic and...

The ex-tax boss gave props to the Chartered Institute of Taxation for basically carrying Lagos State when he ran their revenue service back in the day. Tunde Fowler said the guy they were memorializing had crazy foresight about collecting taxes when nobody else in the country cared about that...

The power company said bumping up generation output makes zero sense right now because the grid can't even handle what they're already producing. Niger Delta Power Holding is sitting on stranded capacity while the government owes them hundreds of billions for electricity that's been delivered...

Nigerian phone shipments absolutely popped off with a 29 percent jump after the naira stopped tanking and making everything expensive. The country basically carried Africa out of a five-quarter slump by flooding the market with cheap handsets under a hundred bucks, and the budget segment shot up...

The Central Bank switched up how much it pays banks for parking cash instead of lending it out, and the new rate structure basically punishes lenders who hoard deposits. Banks used to get 250 basis points above or below the benchmark interest rate, but the central bank just widened that gap to...

The oil and gas content board teamed up with the export bank to drop $42 million on local small businesses, beating their original $30 million target by a mile. The cash injection is meant to beef up Nigerian companies so they can actually compete in the energy game, and the whole thing ties...

Chevron just locked down a 40 percent stake in two offshore oil blocks from TotalEnergies, and both companies are basically teaming up to hunt for crude in Nigerian waters. The deal covers about 2,000 square kilometers in the West Delta basin, with TotalEnergies keeping the operator role at 40...

SAHCO is going full tilt trying to turn itself into some aviation mega-hub by jumping into e-commerce logistics, helicopter ops, training academies, and cargo packaging. The managing director said they grabbed a bunch of land at Lagos Airport for warehouses and a hotel, and they want to push...

Unilever Nigeria brought Uchenna Nwakanma onto the board as an executive director after he spent over two decades grinding through the consumer goods sector. The guy ran research and development teams at PZ Cussons and Reckitt Benckiser at different points, working on everything from home care...

Majeurs Holdings just scored their MANCAP certification from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, which basically means their furniture passed all the quality checks. The company's CEO said this whole thing proves they've been serious about using good materials and keeping their production...