Author: Smart Megwai

There was a time when Africa was told to catch up. Catch up with Western models of development. Catch up with Silicon Valley’s tech playbooks. Catch up with foreign standards for governance, innovation, and economic success. But that era is fading. Quietly. Boldly. Intentionally. Welcome to Africa 3.0—a version of…

We spent years obsessing over building “great apps.” Slick interfaces. Clean dashboards. Beautiful onboarding flows. But let’s be honest: users don’t care about your app. They care about the result. And if someone else—especially an AI agent—can deliver that result faster, cheaper, and without friction, then your interface? Your buttons?…

Let’s be real: African consumers are not easy to win over—and can you blame them? Decades of scams, broken promises, fake products, and poor service have taught people across the continent to ask hard questions before spending a single naira, cedi, or shilling. In an age where “buy now” buttons…

We all love a good shortcut. Especially when the work is piling up and there’s a deadline in 45 minutes. So you open ChatGPT, type in a prompt like “Write a business proposal for XYZ…” — and boom! It’s done. You tweak a few words, hit send, and get back…

After weeks of tension, confusion, and countless social media cries, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially confirmed that 379,997 candidates will retake the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The rescheduled exams will begin on Thursday, May 16, across six states — Lagos, Imo, Anambra, Oyo, Abia,…

So you live in the UK, Canada, or somewhere across the globe and someone says, “You need a BVN to open a Nigerian bank account.” And you pause — because you’ve heard the horror stories. Long queues. Flights back home. Bureaucracy. Stress. Well, good news: that era might finally be…

So, Google just made a quiet but powerful move — and if you’re a junior developer, especially one trying to level up fast, this could seriously work in your favour. Gemini, Google’s AI-powered chatbot (basically their ChatGPT rival), can now connect directly to GitHub. That means if you have a…

Let’s be honest. In Nigeria, most people still use remote work and work from home like they mean the same thing. They don’t. And if you’ve ever taken a so-called “remote” job that suddenly expected you to be in-office every Tuesday, you already know the wahala that comes with that…

There’s a noticeable silence that surrounds discussions where women talk about money and motherhood together. It’s as if the room isn’t prepared for it, and the topic feels too sensitive, too common, or too significant to address all at once. But Herconomy didn’t wait for permission to bring this conversation…

The 2025 UTME results are in. But instead of celebration, what we’re witnessing is confusion, heartbreak, and outrage. Out of 1.9 million students who sat for the JAMB exam, 1.5 million scored below 200 — a stat that has set social media on fire. But the why behind them is…

We’ve all seen them: “5 Remote Jobs That Require No Interview!”; “Earn $5k Monthly from Home — No Experience Needed!” Sounds sweet, right? Until you click through and realise most of them are either repackaged online hustles, race-to-the-bottom gigs, or straight-up clickbait. If you’re in Nigeria and actively trying to…

It only takes a second. A slip into the sink. A sudden rainstorm. A child knocking over a glass of water. However it happens, a water-damaged phone can bring real panic—especially when it holds your contacts, work tools, messages, and other important information. But here’s the good news: a wet…

Let’s be honest: Virtual meetings used to feel cool. A quick Zoom here, a casual Google Meet there. No commute, no traffic, just you, your screen, and a strong Wi-Fi connection. But now? It’s 3PM. You’re still on camera. Your eyes are dry. Your back hurts. And you’re pretending to…

So you finally landed that remote job—or you’re trying to get one. Maybe you’re a freelancer, a startup founder, or someone who’s just tired of Lagos traffic and wants to work in peace from Osogbo or Onitsha. Whatever your reason, remote work in Nigeria is real. But here’s the thing:…

“I lost 8 years of WhatsApp chats—how do you even cope with that?” That sentence—raw, full of digital grief—was posted by someone who cleared their WhatsApp data after watching a YouTube “hack” to bypass the 6-hour SMS verification wait. No backup. No warning. Just silence where years of messages once…

In a country where many of us grew up with the quiet comfort of clinic visits, baby immunisation cards, and yellow booklets tucked into family drawers, it’s hard to imagine that over two million Nigerian children have never received even one vaccine. Not polio. Not measles. Not hepatitis. Nothing. That’s…

Imagine waking up one morning to find your phone completely useless—no calls, no texts, no data. But worse, you start getting emails about unauthorised withdrawals, strange OTP requests, and your WhatsApp suddenly logs out. Sounds like a scene from a hacker movie, right? Well, this happens every day in Nigeria—and…

Most of us have spent years building a digital life — accounts, emails, passwords, photos, files, subscriptions, bank apps, social media profiles, crypto wallets, cloud storage, and messages that hold a lifetime of memories. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: when we die, our online lives don’t just disappear. They linger.…

When a private fintech company steps in to do what entire state ministries of education and federal intervention funds have failed to do, we have to stop and ask: Who is really responsible for the future of Nigeria’s youth? Today, OPay announced a ₦1.2 billion, 10-year scholarship initiative for students…

For most African venture capitalists, the formula is familiar: payments, logistics, e-commerce, rinse, repeat. If it’s not another fintech claiming to “bank the unbanked,” it’s a last-mile delivery startup trying to ride the continent’s mobile revolution. But there’s a blind spot in this formula — a massive one. And it’s…