Poisoned at the Source: Securing Nigeria’s AI Supply Chain Against Data Poisoning
Nigerian technology businesses already understand guardrails. Fintechs build transaction limits, velocity checks, and fraud detection into their payment rails. Banks apply identity and onboarding checks. Health technology platforms restrict access to patient records. The familiar approach is to build a system, then place controls around it to detect misuse before harm reaches the user. AI […]
Nigeria’s Emerging Mining Renaissance: Lithium Discoveries, Billions in Investments, and a 7-Point Agenda – Is Real Transformation Imminent?
Dear Readers, Just weeks after Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake announced significant discoveries of lithium deposits, alongside major platinum group metals, gold, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements in Kaduna State at the opening ceremony of the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit 2026 held in Abuja, Nigeria’s solid minerals sector has […]
CBN’s Data Localisation Mandate: What Nigerian Fintechs Need to Know
Introduction For over ten years, Nigeria’s fintech companies have grown rapidly by storing their data and running their apps on massive foreign tech platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. These global platforms, usually based in Europe or America, made it very easy for local startups to scale up smoothly, protect […]
Dangote’s Fresh Suit against the Federal Government: Tensions in Nigeria’s Midstream and Downstream petroleum sector continue
In what appears to be a continuation of previous friction in Nigeria’s midstream and downstream petroleum sectors, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has filed a new lawsuit (Suit No: FHC/L/CS/857/2026) against the Federal Government at the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division. The refinery is asking the Court to nullify the six petroleum import licences issued […]
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 companies, foreign startups, remote-first employers, and global technology businesses. For many startups, cash compensation alone is no longer sufficient to attract and retain senior talent. This is where Employee Share […]
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. The Framework for Compensation of Consumers (the “Framework”), recently issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), changes that logic. Under the Framework, network quality is no longer a service […]
Built To Break: They Did Everything Right. It Cost Them $76 Billion.
Introduction Every founder knows the feeling of designing something that works. The harder question that rarely gets asked early enough is whether it will still work when the business is ten times its original size. In Nigeria, we see this tension play out regularly. A family business structured around founding-generation control becomes an obstacle to […]
LASERC’s 24/7 Electricity Franchise Zones: A New Chapter for Power Supply in Lagos?
Dear Readers, Lagos is building a new electricity market from the ground up! For many Lagos residents and businesses, unreliable electricity has become part of everyday life. Power outages interrupt work, damage appliances, slow down businesses, and force millions to rely on expensive diesel and petrol generators. But the reform now unfolding under the […]
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 regulated within the broader digital consumer lending ecosystem. Following the implementation of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (“DEON Regulations”), […]
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 capital. But the market has moved. Speed and user experience remain necessary, but they are no decisive advantages. The next phase will be defined by whether a company has the […]
