Peter Otobong learnt to code on a borrowed laptop

Ameen Animashaun and Edinam Denoo win inaugural African poetry prize

Two African poets, 356 submissions and 21 countries: a small but meaningful piece of cultural infrastructure giving Black lyricism more room to be seen.

NeoFleet raises $4 million to finance taxi fleets across Africa

Transport workers are often treated as background infrastructure. This is a useful look at the financing systems being built around the people who actually move cities.

Ooreoluwa O. Agbede wins the ₦2 million Quramo Writers’ Prize

A Nigerian unpublished manuscript turning into a major literary win is exactly the kind of progress Twale should make easier to notice.

From Ilorin curiosity to building Europe’s AI supercomputers

This is the kind of Nigerian technical journey worth making visible: curiosity, field work and accumulated competence turning into world-class engineering responsibility.

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1,000 Lagos residents receive clean-energy tools and practical trade skills

Twale for the practical layer: people leaving with usable tools and trade skills that can become income, not just another conference certificate. The Lagos edition distributed power stoves, home solar solutions and support packs alongside technical training.