Remayn Journal
Ideas on inheritance,
wealth, and African families.
Practical guides on estate planning, legal inheritance across Africa, diaspora wealth management, and updates from the Remayn team.
Guide
How to Write a Will in Nigeria: A Step-by-Step Guide
Writing a will in Nigeria is simpler, and cheaper, than most people assume. Here is exactly what a valid will requires, step by step.
26 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Legal Guide
How Much Does Letters of Administration Cost in Nigeria?
Letters of Administration are required whenever someone dies without a will in Nigeria. Here is what the process actually costs, and how long it typically takes.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Business
What Happens to a Business When the Owner Dies in Nigeria?
Most Nigerian small businesses have no succession plan at all. Here is what actually happens to a sole proprietorship, partnership, or family business when its owner dies.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Pension When You Die in Nigeria?
Under the Contributory Pension Scheme, your pension does not disappear when you die. Here is exactly how death benefits work, and who actually receives them.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Who Becomes Guardian of Your Children If You Die in Nigeria?
Guardianship of minor children is one of the most important, and most neglected, parts of estate planning. Here is how it actually works if both parents die.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in Uganda?
A practical guide to Ugandan succession law under the Succession Act, and how to make sure your family can actually access what you leave behind.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in Tanzania?
A practical guide to Tanzanian succession law, the mix of statutory, customary, and Islamic frameworks, and how to protect your family's access to what you leave behind.
26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
How to Get a Death Certificate in Nigeria
A death certificate is the first document almost every other process depends on, from banks to probate to pension claims. Here is exactly how to obtain one.
26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Sharia & Islamic Law
Wasiyyah: The Islamic Will, and Its One-Third Limit
A wasiyyah lets you direct part of your estate outside the fixed Faraid shares, but only up to a strict limit. Here is exactly how it works, and where it stops.
26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Digital Assets
What Happens to Your Instagram, TikTok, and X Accounts When You Die?
Beyond WhatsApp and email, here is what actually happens to Instagram, TikTok, and X (Twitter), and what legacy options, if any, each platform actually offers.
26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Who Is Your Next of Kin? What It Actually Means (and Why It Is Not Automatic)
You have written "next of kin" on a bank form, a SIM registration, a hospital admission form. But what does the term actually mean, and does it give that person any real legal right to what you own?
8 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Digital Assets
What Happens to Your WhatsApp, Facebook, and Email When You Die?
Your phone holds more of your life than your wallet does. Here is what actually happens to WhatsApp, Facebook, Gmail, and your other accounts when you are gone, and what your family can and cannot do about it.
8 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in South Africa?
A practical guide to South African intestate succession, the Master of the High Court, and how to make sure your family can actually access what you leave behind.
7 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Legal Guide
Power of Attorney in Nigeria: What It Does, and What It Doesn't Do After Death
A Power of Attorney is one of the most misunderstood documents in Nigerian estate planning. Here is what it actually authorises, and the exact moment it stops working.
7 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
What Is Probate? A Plain-English Guide for African Families
Probate is one of the most-searched, least-understood words in estate planning. Here is what it actually means, how it differs from Letters of Administration, and what to expect.
6 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Sharia & Islamic Law
Sharia Inheritance Law in Nigeria and Africa: A Practical Guide
How Islamic inheritance shares (Faraid) work for Muslim families in Nigeria and across Africa, and why documentation matters even when the shares are fixed by the Quran.
6 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Property
Land and Property Inheritance in Africa: How to Avoid Family Disputes
Land is the single most disputed inheritance asset across Africa. Here is why, and the practical steps that keep a family plot from becoming a family war.
5 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Women & Family
Women's Inheritance Rights in Africa: What the Law Actually Says
Customary practice and statutory law often disagree on whether widows and daughters can inherit. Here is what courts have actually ruled, and how families can protect the women in them regardless.
4 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in Kenya?
A practical guide to Kenyan succession law, the Law of Succession Act, and how to make sure your family can actually access what you leave behind.
3 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in Ghana?
A practical guide to Ghanaian intestate succession law, probate, and how to make sure your family can access what you leave behind.
2 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
Best Digital Inheritance Platforms in 2026: How Remayn Compares
An honest look at the digital inheritance category in 2026, including Vault12 and BlockWill, and where Remayn fits for African families specifically.
1 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Insight
Billions in African Assets Go Unclaimed Every Year. Here Is Why.
Every year across Africa, billions in bank accounts, properties, and mobile money wallets sit unclaimed because families simply did not know where to look.
20 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
Legal Guide
What Happens to Your Assets When You Die in Nigeria?
A practical guide to Nigerian inheritance law, probate, and how to make sure your family can access what you leave behind.
13 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
Digital Assets
Digital Inheritance: What Happens to Your Crypto and Mobile Money When You Die?
Your MTN MoMo wallet, your Bitcoin, your Binance account. What actually happens to these when you are gone?
7 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Diaspora
The African Diaspora Guide to Protecting Assets at Home and Abroad
You built a life in London, Toronto, or Houston. But you also have assets back home. Here is how to make sure your family can access all of it.
29 Jun 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
Estate Planning for Africans: A Complete Beginner's Guide
You do not need to be wealthy to need an estate plan. Here is everything an African adult needs to know to protect their family's future.
22 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
Product
How Remayn Uses AI to Protect African Families
A look at how Remayn's AI-powered inactivity monitoring and disclosure system works, and why it is different from anything built before.
15 Jun 2026 · 6 min read