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Abubakar Idris

Nigerian digital payments industry is having its best year ever

Digital payments in Nigeria has had an extraordinary decade. It’s been 14 years since the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS)…

4 min readAug 22, 2023

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Nigerian digital payments industry is having its best year ever

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Abubakar Idris

The real social media bullies

Curious. Is there any research that studies the behaviour of social media users with large followings and how some of these people play a…

2 min readJul 18, 2023

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The real social media bullies

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Abubakar Idris

Open Banking’s route to payments…in Nigeria

If you’ve not paid much attention to BaaS, then you may have missed that fintech startups like Plaid and Mono are becoming payment firms.

4 min readOct 23, 2021

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Why Does Terrorism Still Exist?

In light of the recent terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, African Jotter decided to explore the reason why terrorism is still popular tactic…

3 min readApr 21, 2019

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Why Does Terrorism Still Exist?

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Abubakar Idris

Who are the African Millennials?

The word millennial has been tossed around in recent years. But what does it mean exactly?

5 min readJan 8, 2019

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Who are the African Millennials?

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The Boko Haram Sect and Growing Terror Networks in West Africa (Part One)

After nearly nine years of battling the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Nigeria appears nowhere close to ending their reign in its northeast…

7 min readJan 8, 2019

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The Boko Haram Sect and Growing Terror Networks in West Africa (Part One)

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Abubakar Idris

Five Issues to look out for in Political Africa in 2019

2018 was a very eventful year for the African continent. Not the obnoxious coups and violent outbreaks typical of Africa in early 2000s…

6 min readJan 5, 2019

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Five Issues to look out for in Political Africa in 2019

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Abubakar Idris

Should Facebook Allow Users Monitise The Whatsapp Status Feature?

Whatsapp Status is now used by over 450 million users. Now Facebook wants to run ads on it and not pay users. But users need incentives.

5 min readOct 24, 2018

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How Russia is Using the Central African Republic to Make a Comeback into Africa after 30 years

Russia’s recent military deal with Central African Republic signifies a lot about changing dynamics in Africa-Russia relations.

5 min readOct 22, 2018

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Abubakar Idris

Abubakar Idris

My name is Abubakar. I’m a tech journalist and this is my talkspace. I write about tech business models, media and serendipitous things that interest me.

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