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Davido’s 5IVE has won Album of the Year at AFRIMMA 2026, adding another major award to the Nigerian Afrobeats star’s growing list of achievements.

Investment scams can look surprisingly legitimate. From guaranteed returns and urgent offers to fake platforms and unsolicited messages, here are practical ways to protect your money before you invest.

Rwanda is giving technology a local voice with its first Kinyarwanda ICT dictionary. The 1,700-plus terms could make digital services easier to understand while supporting education and the development of Kinyarwanda AI tools.

Kelechi Iheanacho extended his remarkable scoring run with Bursaspor, Gift Orban hit a hat-trick for Amed SK to move level with Victor Osimhen in the Turkish top-scorer race, while Arthur Okonkwo kept another clean sheet for Charlton Athletic.

Nigeria’s Falconets have booked their place in the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after producing their biggest win in the history of their campaign at the tournament.

Nigerian-American racing driver Ugo Ugochukwu has clinched the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship after finishing second in the season finale in Madrid. The 19-year-old finished the season with 159 points, ahead of Freddie Slater’s 145, making history as the first American driver to win the F3 title.

From launching his first business at 15 to building FotoPool, Oladimeji Ajegbile has turned the process of figuring things out into a personal brand and global technology company.

Nigerian health technology company HelpMum Africa has won the Grand Prize for AI for Social Impact at Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, recognising its use of artificial intelligence to tackle maternal and infant mortality.

Mary-Brenda Akoda’s GenScan AI has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation, earning the recognition for an AI-powered MRI reconstruction technology designed to make scans faster without requiring new hardware.

The Dangote Refinery IPO has opened a new conversation about investing in Nigerian companies. Here is a simple guide to understanding the offer, buying shares and what to consider before investing.