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Victory Emmanuel

Victory Emmanuel covers consumer technology and trends at Condia, specialising in SEO and coverage of smartphones, while also writing regularly about startups in Africa. When not writing, she dabbles in TV.
News

How M-KOPA turned smartphones into Nigeria’s most enforceable collateral

Why enforceability, not interest rates, defines M-KOPA’s Nigeria play

Consumer Tech

6 WhatsApp security features you can turn on right now to protect your account from hack

Here’s how to add an extra layer of security beyond device authentication.

Spotlight

Africa’s open-source gap is about access, not ability. Tilda Udufo is proving it

She almost didn't make it into open source. Now she decides who gets a smoother path in.

Venture Capital

How investors are structuring risk in Africa’s next funding cycle

Inside the deal logic shaping Africa’s next funding cycle.

Level Up

Level Up: How Chisom Felix turned 9 months of unpaid work into a global Web3 marketing career

We chat with Chisom Felix about building in public, volunteering her way into Web3, and growing into a global marketing leader.

Analysis

After two years of price shock, Nigeria’s inflation problem has a new shape

Inflation in Nigeria has dropped from 34.8% to 15.1%. We zoom out on how Nigeria moved from crisis inflation to measured disinflation in a year.

AI

Monei and Scrub.io want to protect AI agents from payment fraud

The partnership reflects a broader move toward financial infrastructure designed for software actors.

Fintech

LemFi names Dmitry Buzdin CTO as fintech chases scale

The internal promotion puts a seasoned infrastructure operator at the centre of LemFi’s next chapter.

Consumer Tech

UTME is anytime now: should you be using flashcards or CBT apps to study?

Not all UTME study apps serve the same purpose. This piece examines the difference between flashcard apps and CBT practice apps, and how students can use both more intentionally.

Spotlight

From FUTA to Google: The story of Taslim Okunola

From decoding the math of second-price auctions to navigating the ambiguity of AI at Google, he is now looking at the machinery required to fix the structural gaps in Africa's talent pipeline.

News

Mark Essien’s new company, TripDesk has crossed $2.3m in revenue barely 4 months post-launch

TripDesk, the new company of Hotels.ng founder, Mark Essien became profitable in two months. Existing investors in Hotels.ng were cut a deal.

News

How Africa’s startup funding shifted from growth to Infrastructure in 2025

Over $1 billion flowed through non-equity instruments, and cleantech overtook fintech as the continent's largest sector by total capital raised.

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