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Loy Okezie

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  • Technology Writer and Editor, TechLoy
Lagos
As seen in: TechLoy, CNN International, Medium, HuffPost, VentureBeat, Memeburn, YNaija
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Loy Okezie’s Biography

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Loy is responsible for the editorial direction, strategy and growth of Techloy.com, having covered technology for more than 17 years.

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Techloy | African technology news and startup culture

Techloy | African technology news and startup culture

Techloy is a digital publication covering technology and innovation in Africa, since 2008.

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Web savvy Africans fuel growth in online shopping - CNN

Web savvy Africans fuel growth in online shopping - CNN

Armed with just her mobile phone, Temioluwa Akinremi embarks on her daily online routine, scouring the intern…

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10 African startups that rocked 2014 - CNN

10 African startups that rocked 2014 - CNN

This year, African entrepreneurs built businesses to solve the continent's problems. Here are 10 of the best.

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No scam: Nigerian company building an Android tablet

No scam: Nigerian company building an Android tablet

A rumored tablet computer being built by a company in Nigeria became more credible over the weekend, when the…

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Major shake-up in Nigerian web hosting industry - Memeburn

Major shake-up in Nigerian web hosting industry - Memeburn

The news broke in the early hours of Sunday, December 5th that a major acquisition in the African web industr…

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Nigerian shoppers warm to online retailers

Nigerian shoppers warm to online retailers

Funsho Lawal beams as she strides towards the Jumia delivery van parked outside her house in Surulere, a Lago…

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How Backward Integration Works — And Why I Use It to Build a Media Company

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By Loy Okezie Verified
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Recently, I stumbled upon a Swahili Nation Network interview with Nigerian billionaire industrialist and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. In the interview, Dangote shared his reflections on building across cement, sugar, and oil refining, and explained how backward integration was the reason these businesses became self-sufficient and globally competitive. Backward integration is a growth strategy where a company takes control of activities that were previously handled by suppliers.
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US Government Pulls the Plug on Anthropic's Most Powerful AI — Here's What It Means For Global Users

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By Loy Okezie Verified
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It took the US government one letter and a few hours to take down what Anthropic had spent years building. On June 12, 2026, the company announced it had received an export control directive ordering the immediate suspension of Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, a category broad enough to effectively disable both models for every customer worldwide, regardless of where they were located. The reason the directive gave was a reported 'jailbreak', with no details provided.
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Founder Stories: Tope Awotona | How a Simple Frustration Led to a Billion-Dollar Idea

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By Loy Okezie Verified
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Awotona's story is a pretty incredible one. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and moved to the U.S. when he was a teenager. Like many entrepreneurs, he wasn't an overnight success. He actually started a few businesses that didn't take off, including one that sold projectors and another e-commerce business that sold various products. He had great ideas, but he couldn't get them off the ground. He'd find himself frustrated, like so many others, by the endless back-and-forth of trying to schedule meetings.
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Digital Content Producer at NEXT

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