Author: Techies Node
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BuiltForAfrica: Pairlore – The Distribution Layer For African Products
Pairlore Wants to Be the Distribution Layer African Products Don’t Have. Every African founder who has shipped a product knows the part nobody warns you about: launching is the easy bit. Getting anyone outside your WhatsApp groups and Twitter mutuals to actually see it, that’s the real wall. Pairlore, a new live board out…
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Celebrating The Future of Oyo State—The Future Awards Africa Independent
The inaugural The Future Awards Africa Independent (TFAAi) Oyo State Edition was held on August 29, 2026, marking the first edition of the state-based awards in Oyo State. The Future Awards Africa has always been positioned as a platform for recognising young Africans who are creating meaningful impact through their work, leadership, creativity and…
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BuiltForAfrica: TradeStack The App To Unite all Virtual Payments
TradeStack Is Betting That Nigerians Want One App to move Money, Not Five. Managing money as a Nigerian internet user can be stressful. One has to keep track of different apps for different transactions. A different app for crypto. Another for gift cards. A third for airtime and bills. If you perhaps happen to…
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BuiltForAfrica: UbuCare Wants to Put a Doctor in Every Nigerian’s Pocket
Platform: UbuCare Sector: Healthtech / Telemedicine Website: https://www.ubucare.com.ng Nigeria’s doctor-to-patient ratio is one of the quiet crises of the country’s public health system, and it’s the gap that a growing wave of telehealth startups keep pointing to as justification for going digital. UbuCare is the latest entrant making that pitch, positioning…
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The Wall of Black Sheep Wants Your Failure Story
CYSEC-CON 2026 just opened submissions for something most tech events won’t touch: the Wall of Black Sheep, a call for the breaches, the near-misses, and the “unusual paths” that actually built Nigeria’s cybersecurity practitioners, not the polished LinkedIn version. The categories on offer tell you what they’re really after: The Uncomfortable Truth. The Learning Scar.…
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#BuiltForAfrica: EventPulse Wants to Fix the Back-Office Nobody Sees at African Events
Every event has two audiences. There’s the one buying tickets, filing into the venue, tagging the venue on Instagram. And there’s the one nobody claps for: the organizer standing backstage trying to reconcile a spreadsheet of ticket sales against a WhatsApp group chat, three different bank alerts, and a printed guest list that’s already out…
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BuiltForAfrica: HAVORA, Less Swiping, More Intention
A new relationship-tech platform wants to replace the swipe deck with verification, compatibility research and curated introductions. Nigeria’s dating app landscape is not short of options. From swipe-first platforms chasing volume to location-based apps built around proximity, the model has largely converged on the same loop: discover, swipe, match, chat, repeat. HAVORA,…
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Attend the ARA TECH “Future Ready Youth” Digital Skills Workshop on September 5
ARA TECH is set to hold a youth-focused digital skills workshop in Ibadan next month, adding to a growing calendar of grassroots tech empowerment events targeting the city’s young people. Themed “Future Ready Youth – Digital Skills, Opportunities, and Career Growth,” the one-day event holds on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Philomath Arena, Amuloko, starting…
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Fact-Checking in the 2026 Osun Election, How Far, How Well
The Osun State Elections of 2026 have come and gone, and the winner has been declared. However there needs to be a reckoning about #Osundecides2026 especially as we prepare for the January 2027 General Elections. One topic that has come to dominate election conversations in Nigeria in recent years is the rise of AI, and…
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Ibadan Creator Summit 2026: Can the Creator Economy Survive Nigeria’s Infrastructure Gaps?
On September 5, 2026, Ibadan’s creator and entrepreneur ecosystem will converge at Harvesters Drive, Ring Road, for the Ibadan Creator Summit, themed “Build. Monetize. Scale.” The event promises the now-familiar creator economy pitch: turning content, community, and craft into sustainable income. But strip away the branding, and what’s really being tested is whether a secondary…
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