Author: Smart Megwai

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…

₦208,000 down. 15% commission. Daily costs slashed in half. If those numbers don’t jump out at you, they should. Bolt’s recent rollout of ₦3.2 million electric tricycles in Lagos isn’t just another pilot project to test the EV waters — it’s a real-time attempt to crack one of Africa’s hardest…

At first glance, it looks like a loyalty card. A simple digital ID bearing a name, a flag, a QR code. But what Peter Obi and his team have just launched is more than political branding. It’s a bold, data-driven experiment in organising a movement through technology — and it…

It’s official — WAEC and NECO are going digital. According to Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, Computer-Based Testing (CBT) will become the new normal for the country’s major secondary school exams starting in 2026. Objective papers will begin CBT rollout as early as November 2025, with full essay…

Once upon a time, you could go to work, clock out, and leave your private life… well, private. Today, that line is disappearing — and technology is a big part of the problem. The shocking scandal at Access Bank, where a staff member allegedly recorded over 400 secret videos of…

When MTN Group — Africa’s biggest mobile operator — announced it had suffered a cybersecurity breach last week, a lot of people shrugged it off. No money stolen. Core networks intact. “At least it’s not that bad,” right? Wrong. Because once you realise that millions of personal records could be…

When news broke this week that Oladapo Olalekan Fadugba, a Nigerian-born U.S. citizen, had been indicted in Florida for allegedly diverting over $690,000 in federal funds through wire fraud, the headlines followed a familiar formula: Nigerian. Fraud. Identity theft. To some readers, it’s just another chapter in the so-called “Nigerian…

Every year, malaria kills over 600,000 people globally—with Africa accounting for 96% of those deaths. On the surface, fighting this disease looks like a humanitarian effort. But dig deeper, and a compelling truth emerges: eradicating malaria is not just a moral obligation—it’s a scalable industry. This year, on World Malaria…