Silas Adekunle used to black out his entire apartment block. Not on purpose, or at least, not exactly. As a child in Osun State, Nigeria, he conducted ambitious electronics experiments that tripped the power supply and knocked out the lights for every flat in the building. The neighbours complained. His parents didn’t quite know what.
Malik Afegbua, a Nigerian artist and filmmaker using AI to preserve African stories, knows exactly what disappears when an African elder dies. Not just a person passes, what would also go with him or her include: a genealogy, a language, a medicinal practice, a war account, an entire way of understanding the world. He tells.
Khabane Lame, popularly known as Khaby Lame, was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000. He was just a year old when his parents relocated the family to Italy in search of greener pastures, but the grass was not as green in Europe as they thought. Khaby grew up with his siblings in public housing near.
Kemi Omotosho was recently named CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria, effective January 2026, succeeding John Ugbe who retired after nearly 15 years on the job. By all means, Omotosho’s track record makes her a perfect fit for the job. She was MultiChoice Nigeria’s Head of Retention (2014), Executive Head of Customer Value Management (2018), Group Executive.
There is a familiar sound you hear in many African cities at dawn – shutters lifting, okada engines warming, a generator catching its breath, and somebody, somewhere, opening for business even when the numbers don’t yet make sense. That sound is survival, ordinary people improvising prosperity within systems that too often starve citizens of oxygen..
The nomination of oil industry veteran Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan as chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is being widely read as a stabilising move at a moment of deep strain in Nigeria’s energy sector. If confirmed by the Senate, Eyesan will assume one of the most consequential regulatory roles in the country’s.
On Okito Street in Ajegunle, a Lagos slum, the hustle never stops. Families squeeze into one room, water is fetched before dawn, and sometimes food comes only once a day. That was the world where Collins Okeke, the son of an Alaba trader, grew up. But even in the middle of that chaos, he carried.
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, already famous for transforming Nigeria’s manufacturing landscape, is steering his empire in a new direction. After opening the continent’s largest oil refinery that gulped over $20 billion, he now plans to overhaul logistics by introducing electric trucks into his fleet. Dangote had committed ₦720 billion to buy 4,000 Compressed Natural.
Strive Masiyiwa has always been ahead of the curve. In the 1990s, he challenged Zimbabwe’s telecom monopoly and emerged victorious, bringing mobile phones to millions. Decades later, the billionaire founder of Econet is once again moving in silence, this time laying the groundwork for Africa’s digital future. At the heart of his vision is Cassava.
Age is no longer a limitation for success. It’s not an excuse for doing or attempting a big project, either. Technology has levelled the playing field. These top 7 young entrepreneurs in Nigeria are proof that it’s possible. Young thinkers and innovators are emerging across Nigeria and the African continent. They are taking charge, building.