Preserving company culture while scaling: Lessons from growing a fintech from 25 to 100+ employees

Scaling from 25 to 100+ employees is like going from managing a band of five to a full orchestra overnight. 

Reinvention in Business: Lessons from Sterling Bank’s Transformation 

While filming the documentary, Obinna Ukachukwu, Sterling Bank’s growth executive, said something that stuck with me: “Sterling Bank has killed itself and was changing its skin, beak, and claws.”

How strategic PR can supercharge revenue for African startups

When PR campaigns prioritize product features over customer needs, they generate poor results and squander marketing budgets.

Every Nigerian fintech will become a cross-border fintech

Embedded finance turned every company to a fintech. Now, every Nigerian fintech will become a cross-border fintech. This deep dive tells you why and how.

Agent Networks were the mobile in mobile money; they’re becoming popular with Agritechs

It didn’t take too long for digital agriculture platforms to realise that selling services to farmers would rely on more than the simple availability of mobile internet and growing mobile subscriber numbers.

Agritech startups in Africa tackling climate change attract more funding

In the last twelve months, agritech companies offering products or services that addressed climate adaptation or mitigation attracted 53% of all funding into agritech startups.

Verve cards are now accepted on AliExpress. But their issuing business tells a sweeter story

Verve has grown card issuing by 40% year-on-year, in the last two years. This article reports the news of their partnership with AliExpress while going deep into three growth eras they've experienced.

Why Nigerians will soon pay more for telco services

Nigeria’s telecom sector is under severe financial strain, with surging costs and mounting losses pushing operators to call for an urgent tariff hike.

Top Red Flags of Untrustworthy Websites and How to Spot Them

Scammers could target you through subdomains. For instance, "Microsoft.fakewebsite.com" somehow seems related to Microsoft while the main domain is "fakewebsite.com."

Mastering the skill of saying ‘No’ in the Workplace and templates that work

Awkward yet not impossible.

Level Up: How this product manager deals with imposter syndrome

In today’s episode, we have Ijeoma Okoh, product manager at Heroshe. She talks about how she went from being a digital marketing intern to being a product manager. 

CBN never said buying dollars in Nigeria was illegal, in the first place

Although the CBN has said and done a lot to curtail the circulation of dollars in Nigeria, the July 19 MPC meeting wasn't one of those days.