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A metallic gold dress, a purple gele and a black field cut by a purple-pink beam. Ayra Starr's album artwork has been read as Afrofuturism built on a very familiar Nigerian silhouette.
More than fifty designers are expected at the 2026 edition, with an emphasis on youth-driven creativity, sustainability and Nigerian streetwear.
A Sperry collaboration, a signature Nike and a limited Vans line, all in the same year, all with Nigerian designers attached. Footwear has quietly become the category where Nigerian design travels furthest.
The 2026 edition runs 28 October to 1 November, closing a year in which Nigerian design has had an unusually strong run on international platforms.
The currency traded around N1,350 to the dollar as campaigning opened, with the pound near N1,819. Stability, rather than strength, is the achievement being claimed.
Nigerian startups raised $113.7 million in June 2026, with 1,476 active companies and four unicorns. The funding environment has recovered from a bruising two years.
The musician and emPawa Africa founder is exploring an NGX listing, saying he wants Nigerians to own a piece of the business. He cites Aliko Dangote as the model.
Nigerian market capitalisation has gone from about N30 trillion in 2023 to N160 trillion in 2026, making the exchange one of the world's best performers. Some of that is growth and some of it is arithmetic.
A $5 billion IPO for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is targeted for completion by October 2026. It would be one of the largest listings in African history.
Ex-depot and pump prices have moved repeatedly in both directions this month as the refinery and the state oil company respond to each other. It is the first real competition in Nigerian fuel retail in decades.
Twelve startups, up to $350,000 each, one from each geopolitical zone. The Bank of Industry programme stops taking applications on Wednesday 19 August.
The Beninese artist picked up further international recognition this week, four decades into a career that has outlasted several complete cycles of African popular music.
Days after her mother took handmade placards onto Lagos roads to promote it, Ayra Starr's third album arrived. The campaign was the most Nigerian piece of marketing of the year.
'Tell Everybody' pairs Davido with one of the most in-demand voices in contemporary American R&B. The collaboration says something about which direction the traffic is now flowing.
Amid an album about lineage and legacy, the Mayorkun and FOLA collaboration is the track doing the least thinking and the most work.
Seyi Vibez, Mavo and LeoStayTrill are producing some of the most-played records in Nigeria. The sound that mainstream Afrobeats spent years ignoring has become its centre.
Burna Boy, Rema and Wizkid are nominated in the same category at the American Music Awards 2026. An all-Nigerian shortlist is a compliment and a problem.
A new studio album and a global tour taking in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and multiple African cities. Burna Boy's 2026 plan is the largest logistical undertaking of his career.
'Eja Meja' pairs two of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Nigerian music at a point when both are running unusually hot.
Rema, Davido, Burna Boy and Ayra Starr all feature on the official album for a tournament Nigeria did not qualify for. That combination is the whole story of Afrobeats right now.
