Ten years ago, digital payments in West Africa were still gaining traction. Today, the region is experiencing a rapid structural shift from cash to digital as consumers increasingly embrace card-based transactions, AI-powered commerce, and seamless cross-border solutions. The best way to support this transformation has always been to start local. Creating opportunities wherever they take root, with global payment…

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Goalkeeper Vozinha smiling and holding the blue, white, and red national flag of Cabo Verde above his head in the stadium. If you are curious about how the Cabo Verde national team managed to hold the star-studded Spanish squad to a stunning stalemate in Atlanta, you only need to look at one man: their goalkeeper. Before Monday’s Group H…

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Members of the Blue Sharks squad celebrating their resilient defensive performance during the match against Spain. Football, right? Just when you think you’ve seen it all, the beautiful game serves up a slice of pure, unadulterated brilliance If you went to bed early on Monday night, you missed what is officially the biggest shock of the FIFA World Cup…

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Newly crowned Miss Martinique 2026 Maureen-Alycia Lucéa-Merlin holding her winner’s bouquet during the coronation ceremony in Fort-de-France. Photo Credit: Maureen-Alycia Lucéa-Merlin/Instagram Martinique now has a new queen and her name is Maureen–Alycia Lucéa–Merlin! The 24-year-old Afro-Martinican beauty secured the prestigious title of Miss Martinique 2026 during a spectacular coronation gala held at the Grand Carbet du Parc Culturel Aimé…

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Ini Dima-Okojie is one of the most talented Nigerian actresses who is passionate about her craft. In this exclusive interview, she talks to us about her growth and career, Blood Sisters, anticipating becoming a mother, her upcoming projects and the current state and future of Nollywood. The actress also highlights her ultimate goal in life and what she hopes…

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Official portrait of Peter Vowles, who succeeds Dr Richard Montgomery CMG as the British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria starting September 2026. Photo Credit: Peter Vowles/X The United Kingdom has announced a new British High Commissioner to Nigeria, and his appointment comes with a career that spans decades of diplomatic and development work across Africa, Asia,…

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An AI-generated representation of a proud female academic celebrating her graduation, symbolising the wave of achievements shared by Nigerian women on social media in June 2026. One woman asked for motivation. Nigerian women showed up with receipts—PhDs, distinctions, research grants, publications, and plenty of reasons to keep going. It started with one simple request on X (formerly Twitter): a…

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The World Cup is arguably the most popular football tournament on the globe. The sheer prestige of competing for the prestigious trophy that every country wants in their cabinet is unimaginable. Every four years, the conversations start swirling about which teams are favourites, which team would have a fairy-tale story and which big teams are going to predictably flop…

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A high-impact convening at the intersection of technology, capital, and global development has arrived in the nation’s capital. The Handshake Summit & Awards, a spinoff of the influential 70th annual Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations (CSW70) gathering in New York, presented by Open Gov Hub, BudgIT, Semaform Foundation and ConcordeApp, took place at the…

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