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18/06/2026
Employee Share Schemes in Nigeria: Legal, Tax and Governance Issues for Startups

Nigerian startups operate in an increasingly globalised and competitive talent market. Experienced technical, product, finance, and commercial professionals now have access to opportunities with local

04/06/2026
NCC’s New Compensation Framework: What Mobile Subscribers and Operators Need to Know

Nigeria’s telecoms sector has long operated on a familiar assumption that when service quality falls short, the subscriber usually bears the burden of pursuing redress.

21/05/2026
Nigeria’s Airtime Lending Shake-Up: Regulation, Litigation and the New Market Opportunity

Nigeria’s airtime and data credit market is undergoing a significant regulatory reset. What was once treated largely as a telecoms value-added service is now being

07/05/2026
Regulatory Sovereignty: The New Competitive Frontier for Nigerian Fintech

The first era of Nigerian fintech rewarded speed. Companies that could process payments faster, designed cleaner interfaces, and deliver smoother onboarding captured users and attracted

23/04/2026
Beyond Delisting: The CBN’s Automated AML Standards and Nigeria’s Shift to Continuous Compliance

Following reforms to its anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) framework, Nigeria was removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of

09/04/2026
Beyond Credit Scores: The Rise of AI-Driven Lending in Nigeria

Nigeria’s credit challenge is often misunderstood. The issue is not that Nigerians are inherently poor borrowers. Rather, the difficulty lies in how creditworthiness has traditionally

26/03/2026
Cutting Costs, Not Corners: A Legal Playbook for Layoffs in Nigeria’s Tech Sector

Introduction Across global tech ecosystems, the shift from “growth at all costs” to disciplined, efficiency-driven operations is unmistakable. Major companies have reduced headcount, restructured teams,

12/03/2026
Compliance as a Competitive Advantage in African Fintech

Most fintech founders treat compliance the same way many Nigerians treat car insurance: get the bare minimum coverage, pay the premium, hope you never need

26/02/2026
Contactless Payments and the Future of Retail Finance in Nigeria

Nigeria’s fintech story has been built on transfers. From USSD to instant bank transfers, Nigerian Fintechs have engineered a system that moves money fast, but

12/02/2026
Regulatory Localisation and Digital Infrastructure: Building Compliant Data Centres in Nigeria

Across regulated industries, data is increasingly being treated as a sovereign asset rather than a purely commercial one. Governments are tightening expectations around where sensitive

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