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The Redmi Note 15 5G offers a bright HDR AMOLED, excellent battery life, a very good 108MP camera and IP66 toughness for around €300.
Virgua asks you to check in with a PIN during a trip or date. Miss it, and your chosen contacts get a warning, then an SOS with your…
The Z Flip8 is compact, light and has great battery life and bright screens, but its cameras barely change and the chip throttles under load.
The R500 million facility from DN Invest will expand Mission Mobile's pay-over-time smartphone plans, which bundle handset repayments with cheaper data.
The Galaxy A37 has a bright AMOLED screen, IP68 build, stereo speakers and six OS updates, but its chip is slow for the price and charging is average.
After 20 years powering government and business payments, Remita's new app lets Nigerians view multiple bank accounts, invest, borrow and pay across Africa.
The Poco M8 is IP66 rated, has a bright AMOLED, stable Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 performance, 45W charging and a microSD slot, but no ultrawide.
Olufemi, formerly group CFO of Access Holdings, takes over Flutterwave's global finance function. Popat stays on as a strategic adviser.
Google's compact flagship fixes battery life and adds faster wireless charging, but it is heavy, charges slowly by wire and still lags in graphics.
FairMoney's holding company repaid its Series 6 commercial paper on 18 September, its sixth issue since entering Nigeria's debt market in 2023.
The Galaxy A57 is slim, light, IP68 and takes great photos, with six OS updates. But it is slow to charge and expensive at launch.
The deal gives Luno licensed payment rails to move money between developed and emerging markets. GTXN founder Dan Kleinbaum stays on as CEO.
