MTN Nigeria Has 100 Million Subscribers. What Does That Really Mean?
Nigeria's largest mobile operator has crossed a historic line, but active SIMs, human reach, network quality, and commercial value are four different stories.
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Making sense of the systems shaping us.
I’m Heather, a writer exploring technology, digital culture, and modern work from an African perspective—without losing sight of the people living through the change.
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03Technical deep dive
How Cloudflare Found 100 Terabytes Hiding in Tiny Code Decisions
Five changes to the way 1.1.1.1 stores DNS records show how a few bytes become infrastructure when a system operates at internet scale.
Systems engineeringRustDNSPerformance analysis
10Funding analysis
What August 2026 Startup Funding Signals for African Founders
A practical reading of August 2026 funding momentum, what it rewards, and what it still leaves unresolved for builders on the continent.
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05News analysis
AI Can Now Work Like a Research Intern—What Happens to Human Researchers?
AI agents are writing code, running experiments, and taking on longer tasks. The human role may become more important precisely where automation stops.
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I write where technology meets real life.
Thoughtful reporting and useful explanation, grounded in the questions people are actually asking.
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Personal EssaysSeptember 7, 2026
Why I Decided to Start Writing Publicly
On moving ideas out of private notebooks, choosing visibility before confidence, and learning in front of other people.
TechnologySeptember 7, 2026
AI Can Now Work Like a Research Intern—What Happens to Human Researchers?
AI agents are writing code, running experiments, and taking on longer tasks. The human role may become more important precisely where automation stops.
TechnologySeptember 7, 2026
Why AI Companies Are Building Their Own Computer Chips
OpenAI's full-stack framing argues that custom inference chips can improve throughput, latency, energy efficiency, and cost while reducing dependence on external providers.
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I believe clarity is a form of care. My work brings patient research, a sharp editorial eye, and an African perspective to subjects that are too often made needlessly complicated.