Stears is a Nigerian based digital information company. It was built to help individuals, development organisations, investors, governments and companies cost-effectively access high-quality information on Africa from anywhere in the world. Stears owns one of Africa’s most analytical business publications - Stears Business and Stears Data is a research & data analytics division. Launched in 2017, Stears has grown gradually to become an important publication focused on data and information about the Nigerian economy. The company was founded by Preston Ideh, Abdul Abdulrahim, Foluso Ogunlana and Michael Famoroti while they were all studying in the UK.