Oluwatosin Adeshokan
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Lagos, LA, Nigeria
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Africa’s lost artifacts are being put up for sale during the global economic crisis
Auctions of rare African artifacts may have been controversial during normal times, but have become more so in the wake of the global economic crisis → Read More
How a new museum in Lagos with art fit for a prince hopes to inspire and educate
"I want to have contributed towards Nigerians and Africans knowing what they are. I hope this museum can serve as a catalyst for art in Nigeria and in the continent." → Read More
How Makoko, Nigeria's floating slum went digital with new mapping project
Most evenings, Abigail Hounkpe can be found paddling her wooden canoe on the murky waters in Makoko, a waterfront community on the Lagos lagoon. She is part of a mapping project that is helping to keep the floating community alive. → Read More
Toyota is making a small bet on a big opportunity in African mobility startups
Toyota's Mobility 54 backed Kenyan startup Sendy as part of its $20 million Series B round. → Read More
Venture capital funds are starting to make bigger bets on African startups
Funding has long been a challenge for African startups but the tide has started to turn in the last year as the sector heats up and both investors and entrepreneurs start to see some of their long term efforts come to fruition. In the recent past the biggest issue startups from Lagos to Nairobi or Cape Town and Johannesburg would complain about was the lack of venture funding and the lack of… → Read More
Facebook is using AI to map exactly where Africa’s fast-growing population lives
Facebook is looking to match census data with structure data taken from satellite imagery to better estimate where people are. → Read More
Nigeria’s Paylater lending app is converting to a full-service digital bank
Since launching in 2016, the Paylater mobile app has been downloaded by over 1 million users and disbursed loans over 13 billion naira ($36 million) → Read More
Uber rival, Taxify is changing its name as it becomes a multi-format transport service
"Given our ambition to solve transportation problems on an increasingly broader scale, we want the brand to reflect the company’s future." → Read More
African tech hubs are starting to specialize and build a budding culture of innovation
Design is one of several disciplines that could boost African startups → Read More
The hit “This is Nigeria” video tackles the country’s worst problems one reference at a time
In the run up to the Nigerian Democracy Day celebrations on May 29, Falz, the rapper, actor and lawyer, also known as Folarin Falana, posted a new music video, This is Nigeria. It's his take on the Childish Gambino's groundbreaking This is America video. Falz's rap style is usually comedic with a lighthearted touch to... → Read More
Lagos' megacity dreams are a nightmare for many working people
Lagos, Nigeria, is Africa's largest city and it could double in size by 2050. As city officials and developers undertake a project they say will make Lagos a global city of the future, critics argue that megacity gentrification is hurting working people. A new land use tax increase threatens even more strain. → Read More
The death of a Russian conman has been welcomed with cheers and despair in Nigeria
In most Nigerian cultures, the news of the death a person; important or otherwise, usually sparks collective sorrow, sober reflection and then depending on the age and social class of the individual, lavish and colorful celebrations of their life and achievements. But right now, Nigerians are conflicted about the news of the death of Sergei Mavrodi,... → Read More
Nigeria's thriving vegan community wants to change your mind about meat » YNaija
In March of 2017 after reading an article about the inhumane treatments cows were given in the slaughterhouse, Tomiwa Isiaka decided to quit eating meat and try out going vegan. Two years before that, she stopped taking milk and other dairy products in a bid to eat clean. By August of 2017, she read another essay → Read More
In Nigeria you need cash for everything, the problem is actually getting hold of any
Anytime Oghenefega Otitifore, an engineer living in Okearo, needs to withdraw cash, she does not bother going to the ATM. In all of Okearo, a suburb just a few kilometers outside Lagos, there are only two ATMs—one is plagued with long queues and the ever present “unable to dispense cash” message on the screens while... → Read More
PROFILE: Muhammadu Buhari, the former soldier who defeated an incumbent president » YNaija
Muhammadu Buhari was born on the 17th of December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State into a family of Fulani descent. His father’s name was Adamu and mother’s w → Read More
As usual, Nigeria is trying to reap where it has not sown with the newly elected British-Nigerian MPs » YNaija
In regular Nigerian style of reaping where they do not sow, Aso Rock in a brief moment showed exactly how this administration and the entirety of our indep → Read More
Music Review: It's Not A Lie! Harrysong stole D'banj's shine in his comeback track » YNaija
In the build up to his new album; King Don Come Kokomaster D’Banj released a new song “It’s not a Lie.” Going back to his books on what made him Africa's b → Read More
PROFILE: Madam Efunroye Tinubu, the wealthiest woman in Yorubaland in the 19th century » YNaija
Business Tycoon, Slave trader and Socialite Efunporoye Osuntinubu Olumosa often shortened to Europe Tinubu after whom a prominent Lagos landmark, "Tinubu S → Read More
LONGREAD: Does Globalisation strip Nigerian musicians off their identities? » YNaija
Before the unfettered music of D’Banj aided by Timbaland-esque producer Don Jazzy, the genius of Nigerian music was limited to the old start of Fela, Lagba → Read More
LONG READ: You're not really saved, you're a Christian because you were born in the East » YNaija
Religions relate humanity to what anthropologist Clifford Geertz has referred to as a cosmic "order of existence and is defined as any cultural system of d → Read More