Terra Is Building Nigerian Drones Like Infrastructure, Not Toys
Nigerian robotics startup Terra Industries is building drones, but the real story is not the drones. The real story is infrastructure. Terra was founded in 2024 by Maxwell Maduka and Nathan Nwachukwu. The company has launched a 15,000-square-foot…
Spiro’s $215M Raise Shows Africa’s EV Race Is Moving Beyond Hype
African electric vehicle company Spiro has raised $215 million in equity financing to expand its electric mobility and battery-swapping network across the continent. The company operates in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. It…
The Coal City’s New Identity: Why Thousands of Young Innovators from Across Nigeria are Converging on the Enugu Tech Festival
The crowd outside the hall didn’t just look like a government gathering; it looked like a movement. For the second edition of the Enugu Tech Festival, the air was thick not with the dust of the mines, but with the rapid-fire networking of…
From “Screen Time” to Creation: IGHub to Train 500 Kids in AI This Easter as Digital Skills Gap Widens
Chioma Uche was midway through a frantic Monday morning scroll on her phone when she saw a flyer shared by a former colleague on a WhatsApp status, the bright colors of the “Kids Code Camp” flickered past. She skipped it at first, just…