News
  • November 23, 2023

SAP Recommits to UNICEF  Partnership Education Initiative for Young People in Nigeria, Kenya & Others

SAP, has reaffirmed its commitment to youth skills by profiling its SAP Educate to Employ initiative, and public-private partnership with UNICEF and government. The initiative forms part of SAP’s global commitment to supporting UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU), a public-private-youth-partnership that aims to deliver innovative solutions to challenges youth face around the world. In the region, […]

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BrandTech
  • November 23, 2023

Nigerian Develops Messaging App to Rival Leading Tech-Brands in Gaming & Lifestyle

A Nigeria tech company, iCELL with support from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has developed a a messaging, gaming and lifestyle app, NIJA Chat to rival big brands in app chat in the likes of WhatsApp, Wechat and others. Director General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa while unveiling the app in the Nigerian […]

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Ag. Director, Dr Amina Magaji Sambo, Acting National Coordinator ONDI, Mr Yakubu Musa with some of the women.
 Business
  • November 23, 2023

Supporting Digital Job Creation for Women Crucial for Nigeria’s Tech Gender Gap Bridging

Promoting and supporting digital job creation for female folks in Nigeria is a crucial step that would foster inclusivity and bridge the tech gender gap. Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, made the remark in support of the Female Founder Training organised by the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), a […]

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Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI
 Business
  • November 22, 2023

Sam Altman Back to OpenAI in Shocking Reversal

Sam Altman has agreed to return to lead OpenAI, the company said in a Wednesday post on X, just days after his surprise ouster as chief executive sparked an employee revolt that threatened to undermine what has been the leading company in the fledgling artificial intelligence industry. “We have reached an agreement in principle for […]

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News
  • November 22, 2023

Experts of NCC-Funded Research Project Develop Artificial Intelligence Device to Tackle QoS-Induced Problems

A group of don from the Federal University of Technology, Minna have developed  an artificial intelligence based portable device, in form of mobile phones, that is capable of providing seamless data and voice connections over the existing MNOs, as the solution to the QoS-induced problems which are experienced by mobile communication subscribers in Nigeria. The […]

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PalmPay Wraps up
 Business
  • November 21, 2023

PalmPay Feats Consumers as Winners Cart Away Prizes at ‘N300m Giveaway Promotion’ Wrap-Up Ceremony

Nigeria’s fintech startup, PalmPay has rewarded her customers with prizes worth over N300 million in its Giveaway Promotion, which started on November 1 and ended on 21 November 21 where Nigerians using the payment platform had opportunity to win cash rewards. The campaign, grouped into three winning phases of N70 million, N100 million and N130 […]

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National Director, NCAIR, Engr Ya'u Garba with participants of the CBN's 2023 Payments System Management Department Retreat
 Business
  • November 21, 2023

NITDA Seeks CBN & Financial Institutions Partnership to Deepen Digital Paymentx

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Financial Institutions in the country are urgently needed for collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in order to leverage emerging technologies to deepen digital payments. According to the Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa financial technology (FinTech) has so far shown immense ability in driving […]

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Business
  • November 21, 2023

JUXTA Unveils Micro-Store to Liberate Operators from Financial Cost & Logistical Pain

JUXTA, a global technology- and micro-convenience retail-company launched in August, has released further details highlighting how the brand’s autonomous Nomad micro-store provides the ideal technological solution to liberate operators from the overwhelming challenges imposed upon the convenience retail industry by the ongoing global labor shortage. Numerous reports have underscored the magnitude of the impact caused […]

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Technology
  • November 21, 2023

Nigerian Engineer Develops Customer Voice Recognition System for Telecos

An expert at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Kano, in northern Nigeria, Engr Mahmood Abdulhameed has designed and constructed a customer voice identification system for the Nigerian telecommunications industry that would enable the telecos and other intelligence agencies search criminal by their voices over telecommunication system. The project, which was the result of a grant […]

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Financial
  • November 21, 2023

JUST IN: NCC Releases List of States with Highest Levies & Taxes Strangulating Telecoms Operators

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has released the list of States, Local Government in the country with the highest levies and taxes that is making the telecoms operators in the telecoms industry unable to breath. The list showed how Governments in all levels of the Federation make it difficult for the telecoms companies to deploy […]

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