Lidya, the Nigerian digital lender that once promised to transform SME financing, the final act played out not in boardrooms or investor calls, but in unpaid salaries, silent codebases, and a string of high-profile departures.
BusinessDay learnt that the company’s collapse was preceded by month
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.