Business Report

 By James Ivuka Every big startup starts with an idea. Sometimes it’s just a thought in your notes app. Sometimes it’s a side project you’ve been quietly working on. And sometimes, all you really need is the right support to finally take that next step. That’s what iHatch Cohort 5 is about. The Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), an initiative of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has officially opened applications for iHatch Cohort 5, a programme designed to support early-stage startup founders across Nigeria. Whether you’re still shaping your idea or already building your MVP, iHatch is built to help founders move from “trying to figure it out” to actually building with structure, guidance, and community support. So, What Exactly Is iHatch? iHatch is more than just another startup programme. It’s a founder-focused incubation experience created to help early-stage innovators learn, connect, build, and grow within Nigeria’s innovation ecosyst...

 A landmark step toward a clearer, safer path for innovation, regulators, and ecosystem builders align to accelerate Nigeria's digital future. Nigeria's innovation landscape reached a defining milestone: on the 21st of May 2026, the Director General of NITDA, represented by Ag. Director of Regulation and Compliance - Barrister Emmanuel Edet, officially inaugurated the Technical Working Group (TWG) established to support the implementation of the National Regulatory Sandbox. The National Regulatory Sandbox is a structured, multi-agency, and sector-agnostic framework designed to enable the controlled testing of innovative products, services, and business models within a supervised regulatory environment. Led by the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI) under NITDA, the Sandbox seeks to strengthen inter-agency coordination, reduce regulatory fragmentation, support evidence-based policy development, and create safer pathways for responsible innovation across sectors includi...

The modern workplace has evolved rapidly. Teams are now remote, freelancers work across multiple clients, agencies manage several brands at once, and marketing professionals constantly move between companies, projects, and collaborations. But with this evolution came a major problem that many businesses and professionals quietly struggle with every day: Trust and asset control. Files get shared too freely. Sensitive documents end up on personal devices. Brand assets travel through WhatsApp chats, email threads, Telegram groups, and Google Drives with little control over where they eventually end up. For employers, this creates fear. For professionals, it creates friction. And for freelancers and agencies, it creates unnecessary risk on both sides. That is exactly where PRODUCTIVIEW comes in. --- The Problem Nobody Talks About Enough In today’s work culture, companies are expected to hand over large amounts of sensitive material to employees, agencies, freelancers, interns, and contract...

   Nigerian certified coach, Ikwo Essien, has emphasized the importance of structure and sustainable self-care for ambitious women, stating that many women do not suffer from lack of ambition but from the absence of systems that support their goals without leading to burnout. Speaking during a recent interview, Ikwo explained that her passion for coaching and entrepreneurship was born from personal experiences with exhaustion and the pressure to constantly work harder in pursuit of success. “Most people don’t have an ambition problem, they have a structure problem and that’s where I come in. I help ambitious women create sustainable self-care systems so they can thrive without burnout,” she said. According to her, society has normalized burnout, especially among women, making exhaustion appear like a badge of honour. She noted that many high-achieving women struggle to balance ambition with family, personal lives and societal expectations  Ikwo revealed that her coaching ...

  Victory Lawrence Oyeyemi's debut, 'In Pursuit of Her,' addresses healing, identity, purpose, and womanhood. An accountant turned author, Victory Lawrence Oyeyemi, has sold over 500 copies of her debut book, In Pursuit of Her, within one week of its official launch, organisers have confirmed. The book was unveiled on May 9th at Waterside, Lekki Phase 1, before a gathering of women from various backgrounds. According to witnesses, the venue was filled, and the atmosphere reflected strong interest in the book's central themes. Vicctory, who is trained as an accountant, described the book as a deeply personal project shaped by her own journey of healing, self-discovery, and the determination to move beyond survival-mode living. Speaking after the launch, she said the goal of In Pursuit of Her is to inspire young women to embrace continuous growth, healing, and self-discovery rather than merely existing or coping with life passively. The book explores several themes, inclu...

  Bujeti Launches Payroll to Drive Financial Control for African Businesses Cossi Achille Arouko and Samy Chiba co-founded Bujeti in 2022 with a single thesis: that African businesses were being underserved not at the payment layer, but at the control layer: the infrastructure that governs how money moves before and after it leaves an account. Three years and several product launches later, the Y Combinator-backed platform has added payroll to a suite that already covers corporate cards, expense management, vendor payments, tax management, and multi-currency operations. We spoke to both founders about what payroll reveals about the problem Bujeti is actually solving, and what it takes to build a Finance Control Centre from scratch on a continent where the infrastructure is still catching up. Payroll feels like an obvious category for a platform like Bujeti. Why did it take until now? Arouko: Nothing about building this has been obvious from the inside. When we started, the most...

  Ideal Roofing System, a leading Nigerian roofing company specializing in premium aluminium and stone-coated roofing solutions, continues to expand its footprint across Nigeria by delivering durable, aesthetically appealing, and professionally installed roofing systems for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lagos, the company has grown into a recognized name in the Nigerian roofing industry with thousands of completed projects and a rapidly growing client base.  Known for its expertise in aluminium roofing sheets, stone-coated roofing sheets, roof installations, roof corrugation, rain gutter systems, and roof repainting services, Ideal Roofing System has built its reputation on quality workmanship, customer satisfaction, and the use of certified roofing materials suited for Nigeria’s climate conditions.  The company provides a wide range of roofing products and services including longspan aluminium roofing, steptiles, m...