The continent's data center deficit is the most consequential infrastructure gap in the global digital economy. The investors who recognize this first will shape how Africa's...
By John Kourkoutas Look at a map of urban agglomerations below – cities with populations exceeding one million – and a stark pattern emerges. The United...
By Lance Chisue The continent’s true competitive advantage lies in its people – and the leaders who invest in them know it. For generations, the story...
By Juwon Akin-Olotu Africa’s agricultural economy does not need faster unicorns. It needs a fundamentally different animal. There is a particular kind of hubris that travels...
By John Kourkoutas While businesses plan for tomorrow’s Africa, they are overlooking today’s megacities. The narrative surrounding African urbanization suffers from a dangerous misconception: that it...
By Dishant Shah In 1950, fewer than 15 percent of Africans lived in cities. Today, that figure exceeds 40 percent. By 2050, more than 1.4 billion...
By Des H. Rikhotso Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a story of isolated outliers – it’s increasingly a tale of dynamic urban hubs driving continent-wide...
By Dishant Shah In the 1970s, Lagos was a modest coastal city of just 1.5 million people. Today, it’s a sprawling metropolis of over 20 million...
Nigerians hold food in high regard, allocating nearly 60 percent of their household income to it, ranking the country highest globally in this aspect, according to...
Lagos, Nigeria, is aiming to position itself as a key player in Africa’s gaming industry, eyeing a 30 percent share of the continent’s gaming market, which...
The collaboration between Nigerian-owned media company Kugali and Disney Animation has resulted in an innovative new animated series titled “Iwájú.” Set in futuristic Lagos, Nigeria, “Iwájú”...
Bloomberg | Nigeria’s gridlocked commercial hub of Lagos started operating its first light-rail system on Monday, 12 years after it first planned to start ferrying riders....
Ventures Africa | In this age, technological innovation and development of a country or continent are closely knitted. That is why governments around the world prioritize it...
The Nigerian capital managed to outperform its direct competitors Nairobi, Cape Town and Johannesburg in 2021, a trend that is likely to continue.
The trains will ease traffic in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital
The NNPC said it had signed term sheets with Dangote Group for the stake in its 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery
Nigeria’s security services have foiled an imminent terrorist attack and have arrested and charged 45 suspects over an alleged Boko Haram plot to attack the country’s...
By the time my suitcase made it down the carousel at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos, my white shirt was no longer as crisp as it...
Nigeria and Jamaica are working to establish direct flights between the two countries in the near future. Officials from both countries are working to conclude a...
Private equity and venture capital is one asset class that is still grossly misunderstood in African economies. This is according to Michelle Essomé, CEO of African Private Equity and...
When it comes to personal mail delivery from the air, Africa may already have beaten Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who announced plans in December for 30-minute delivery...
(Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed when an Embraer passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off just outside Lagos airport’s domestic terminal on Thursday, Nigerian authorities said....
On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high. “We were really able to break...
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Lagos landed safely after declaring an emergency over a problem with its landing gear, said an emergency response official....
Satellite image of the mass of land reclaimed for the Eko Atlantic City. PHOTO/File It is widely expected that Nigeria will overtake South Africa as the...
Rescue Workers clear plane wreckage in Lagos, Nigeria. PHOTO/Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed...
Rescue workers search at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday. PHOTO/Sunday Alamba/AP A torrential downpour and strong winds prevented emergency crews from...
Firefighters try to put out the fire in Ishaga district, an outskirt of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, on June 3. PHOTO/Xinhua/Tunji Obasa Emergency workers in Nigeria...
A passenger plane crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos on Sunday, officials said. Casualty figures were not yet known, said Lagos...
British Airways has admitted to withholding a statutory payment to Nigeria, marking a turning point in the face-off between the government of Nigeria and the foreign...
