Beyond Gambling: Harmonizing Nigeria’s Capital Market and Virtual Asset Sector for a $1 Trillion Economy
The recent visit by the NGX Group Board and Management to the State House in Abuja highlights some of the commendable strides this administration’s economic team has made—although it remains a challenge for the administration to make these strides count for the common man out there. Regardless, seeing the...
Beyond the Executive Order: A Vital Bridge for Nigeria’s Virtual Asset Sector, Not the Destination
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s signing of the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026 is a significant milestone. For years, the digital asset ecosystem in Nigeria has been an economic engine running on a bumpy, unpaved road. By explicitly aiming to harmonize regulation, break down agency silos, and...
Africa’s Virtual Asset Sector: The Long Wait to Win and Arsenal’s Triumph
Football has a rhythm. Though a Chelsea fan whose English club has struggled all season to find rhythm, I see some rhythm when I watch my rival club, Arsenal, play. When Arsenal lack rhythm, they try to find a formula to either get all 3 points or share the...
Building a Foundation of Digital Trust: Reflections on PAFON 3.0
On 24 April 2026, I attended the Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0) at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The conference was themed, “Fair Digital Payments as a Catalyst for Deepening Financial Inclusion in Nigeria.” Although I was one of the invited guest speakers discussing how to orchestrate stablecoins...
Nigeria: Accelerating collective prosperity through technical efficiency in the digital age
Introduction Nigeria desires to accelerate collective prosperity by investing in technical efficiency. This is captured in the 31-page document released on the country’s 63rd Independence Anniversary by Dr. Bosun Tijani, the minister of communications, innovation and digital economy. Titled: ‘Accelerating our collective prosperity through technical efficiency” (the draft ‘Strategic...
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