Business Report

By Theresa Aisha Nigeria’s event industry has grown on the back of speed and resilience. Tight timelines, demanding clients, and high expectations have created a culture where professionals pride themselves on delivering under pressure. In many cases, this ability to “make things work” has become the standard. This culture has produced results. It has also created limitations. Across the industry, many businesses operate in what can be described as a hustle model. Work is secured through constant outreach. Execution relies on last-minute coordination. Growth is driven by effort rather than structure. While this approach can sustain early-stage businesses, it becomes difficult to maintain as demand increases. Architect and business strategist Theresa Aisha Mebitaghan, known as Tessie, believes the industry has reached a point where this model is no longer sufficient. “Hustle can get you started,” she says. “It cannot build a business that lasts.” The core issue is not talent. Nigerian e...

  Best Platforms to Sell Gift Cards in Nigeria for Instant Cash (2026 Guide)   Selling gift cards in Nigeria for instant cash is easier than ever, but only if you choose the right platform. With dozens of options available, the difference between a good experience and a frustrating one comes down to three things: rates, payment speed, and security. This guide breaks down the best platforms to sell gift cards in Nigeria in 2026, what each one offers, and which one consistently comes out on top. Top 5 Platforms to Sell Gift Cards in Nigeria The best platforms to trade gift cards are in Nigeria are Nosh, Jiji, Jaragift, Grip and eBay.   1. Nosh Nosh  is the most reliable platform to sell gift cards in Nigeria . Built as a full-service digital finance app, Nosh combines gift card trading with bill payments, crypto trading, flight booking, eSIM services, and international bill payments, all from one place.   Before you confirm any trade on Nosh, you already know exac...

 By Alpha Mead Team In many Nigerian homes and office buildings, there is a common phrase people say when something begins to spoil: “Let’s manage it for now.” The leaking pipe is ignored. The generator that needs servicing is postponed. The crack in the wall is overlooked. The air-conditioning system that makes strange noises is left to “manage.” At first glance, these decisions seem harmless. After all, postponing repairs seems like a practical way to save money today. But what many property owners, landlords, and facility managers fail to realize is that deferred maintenance is one of the most expensive decisions anyone responsible for a building can make. Across Nigeria’s residential and commercial real estate sector, this quiet habit of postponing maintenance is costing property owners billions of naira every year. And the most dangerous part is that the cost is often invisible until the damage becomes too large to ignore. The Slow Damage Nobody Notices Deferred maintenance si...

  By Ayodele Oyeniyi Africoin, a blockchain-powered real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, has been admitted into the Virtual Asset Regulatory Sandbox under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), marking a key milestone in the expansion of regulated asset-backed digital investment infrastructure across Africa. Africoin operates as a compliant digital marketplace that enables the tokenization, fractional ownership, and trading of verified real-world assets, including commodities, agricultural products, renewable energy projects, and carbon credits. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform connects asset issuers, investors, and regulators within a transparent ecosystem designed to improve access to capital and enhance market efficiency. Admission into the SEC Ghana Virtual Asset Regulatory Sandbox places Africoin among a select group of digital asset platforms operating under regulatory supervision. Africoin is one of only 11 approved virtual asset participants...

 By John Koma Joint plan builds on 24,000 AI-interpreted rapid diagnostic tests, more than 7 million individual patient responses, and 4.5 billion pharmaceutical traceability records already in operation across Nigeria’s PPMV and community pharmacy network LAGOS, Nigeria, Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and Sproxil have agreed a joint plan to scale artificial intelligence tools across the country’s private sector malaria response, building on a workflow already operational at thousands of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendor (PPMV) and community pharmacy sites. The agreement was reached at a strategic meeting in Lagos days before World Malaria Day 2026. Nigeria carries close to a third of the world’s malaria mortality burden, and the private sector handles most first-contact care for febrile illness. Building accurate visibility into what happens at that point of care has been a long-standing gap in the national response. That visibility is taking shape at...

 By Godfrey Abey Subtext: BoredHippo's founder David Munam makes the business case for content strategy as a core growth asset, not a marketing afterthought In the competitive sector of FinTech and Web3, product quality is rarely the deciding factor in whether a startup succeeds or fails in its early growth phases.  According to David Munam, founder of BoredHippo — a content agency serving FinTech, AI, Web3, and blockchain brands, the more common deciding factor is far simpler: how clearly a company communicates what it does. "I have worked with technically exceptional products that were struggling with single-digit onboarding completion rates," Munam says. "In most of those cases, the product wasn't the issue. The copy on the website was written for engineers, whitepaper was structured like a technical specification document, and the email onboarding sequence talked about features rather than outcomes. Users and investors arrived, couldn't immediately grasp ...

 African entertainment platform Loud In Africa has officially unveiled South African media personality and singer, Unathi Nkayi, as the face of its new season, signaling a strategic expansion of its influence across Africa’s music and entertainment industry. The announcement, made via an official press release, places Unathi Nkayi at the center of Loud In Africa’s upcoming campaigns and creative direction. The move reinforces the platform’s commitment to promoting African music, culture, and influential entertainment figures shaping the continent’s creative landscape. As part of the rollout, Unathi Nkayi is set to release a highly anticipated new music project on May 1. The project will be distributed by Prime Music Partners, highlighting a key collaboration aimed at boosting African music distribution on global streaming platforms and increasing international visibility for African artists. Founder of Loud In Africa, Akeju Abass Mubarak, described the partnership as a major milest...