Olamide Olowe, 29, has stepped down as CEO of Topicals, the skincare company she co-founded with Claudia Teng in 2020. In six years, Olowe helped build Topicals into a Gen-Z beauty brand with 12× revenue growth in five years, $22M+ in funding, double-digit profitability, and over 10 million eye masks sold. The company has also … Read more
Nigeria’s national teams are set for a change of kit supplier, with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) agreeing a new partnership with Adidas. The deal, which takes effect from 2027, is reportedly worth $8.5 million annually, comprising $4.5 million in cash and $4 million in kits, equipment and apparel. The agreement also includes a 20 … Read more
Shooting Stars Sports Club have unveiled Chowdeck as their headline sponsor ahead of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League season, adding another major commercial partnership as the Ibadan club prepares for a campaign that will include both domestic and continental football. The partnership will see the Nigerian food delivery company featured as the club’s front-of-shirt … Read more
Three years ago, TheNextShots began with a simple belief: that creativity, and the culture that surrounds it, deserved to be documented with the same care that created it and, above all, from within an African perspective. Since then, the unfinished work, the ideas, the processes, and the quiet moments before recognition have been our compass. … Read more
Nigeria’s WAFCON title defence could not have started worse. The Super Falcons, chasing a record-extending 11th continental crown, fell 3-2 to tournament debutants Malawi in Rabat, a result few saw coming against a side playing its very first WAFCON match. Here are five takeaways from a shocking opening night. 1. Inadequate Preparation Ahead of the … Read more
Marvel Studios has officially found its next Black Panther. During its Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, director Ryan Coogler announced that British actor David Jonsson will portray the grown-up T’Challa II, the son of the late King T’Challa, in Black Panther 3, marking the next chapter in Wakanda’s story. Rather than recasting Chadwick … Read more
Nigerian engineer and Harvard alumna Yinka Ogunbiyi is bringing robotics to one of Africa’s oldest beauty traditions with Halo Braid, the world’s first braid-assist robot. Mounted to a salon chair, the machine is designed to work alongside hairstylists, helping complete the repetitive length of each braid after a stylist starts it by hand. View … Read more
Paramount finally dropped the first official images from Children of Blood and Bone this week, and the internet had a lot to say almost immediately. The film, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and based on Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling 2018 novel, has been one of the most anticipated Black fantasy adaptations in years, set in the fictional … Read more
Bianca Censori entered the consciousness of most people in January 2023 when she appeared alongside Ye, though Ye had already tipped his hand the previous year with the track “Censori Overload.” Nothing quite prepared the internet for her actual arrival — the outfits, the breathless discourse around her image, the transparent clothes, the Grammy moment, … Read more
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems took the stage at one of the most star-studded musical lineups in recent memory on June 18, performing at the official grand opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago. The dedication ceremony, held at the Centre’s John Lewis Plaza, brought together former presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush, and Bill … Read more