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Medallion Set for Unveiling of Second Data Center with Rebranding as Digital Realty

Medallion Data Centres Limited, Nigeria’s carrier-neutral data center operator, is set to launch its second data center, known as “LOS2,” in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. This state-of-the-art facility is set to commence its services on October 24th, offering an additional one-megawatt IT capacity to its clients. Situated on Medallion’s Victoria Island campus, LOS2 will be seamlessly […]

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Vertiv Shares Expertise at Lagos Event Exploring Data Centers as IoT Environment

“When it comes to IoT, the data centre is essentially the workhorse of this environment – effectively, we are breaking the data centre space down into smaller pieces to bring the processing closer to the consumer, which is how core data centres and edge computing fit into the IoT space.” This is according to Jon […]

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Nigeria Unveils Two Apps to Speed-up Digital Literacy

Two apps, the digital literacy mobile App and Omeife AI App have been introduced into Nigeria as per of the plans of stakeholders in the nation’s digital space to speed-up digital literacy in the county. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the UNICCON Group launched the apps in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city. The […]

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Nigeria and UK Govt Signs MoU to Implement Data Protection Laws

Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has initiated bilateral cooperation on data privacy and protection with the Office of the Information Commissioner, United Kingdom. At its Study Visit to the OIC located in London and Wilmslow, UK the NDPC team led by its National Commissioner, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, gained insight into the workings of a full-fledged […]

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Nigeria Universities and Five Other Africans to Compete in Schneider Electric Green Contest

Schneider Electric has released no less than six out of the nine university groups competing in this year’s regional Middle East and Africa finals of its Go Green competition were from the Anglophone Africa region. The six finalist groups from the respective Anglophone Africa countries were: Nigeria – Ina Vibe who entered a solar-powered, insulated […]

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NITDA Unveils Activities for 2023 Cybersecurity Awareness Targets 4000 Youths with ICT Training

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with its mandate, has rolled out activities for the celebration of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Last years, the agency trained 3242 on basic and intermediate cyber security skills in partnership with CISCO. The Cybersecurity Awareness Month held every October, is a month set aside globally […]

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NITDA to Host Hackathon on Social-Economic on Sideline of Digital Nigeria 2023

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its subsidiary, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), in partnership with the Innovation Support Network (ISN), is hosting the NITDA Digital Nigeria Hackathon 2023. The Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibition is the flagship awareness programme in the Digital Economy sector. This year’s event with the […]

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Nigerian ICT Teacher Beats 50 Others to Win $1m Global Teacher Prize for 2023

Peace Sule, an ICT teacher at Akoka Junior High School in Lagos, and Stephanie Akinwoya, a physics teacher at Iju Senior Grammar School in Lagos, have been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023 organised in collaboration with UNESCO and in strategic partnership with Dubai Cares, a UAE-based […]

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NCC Research Backed Sponsorship Breaks New Ground in AgricTech as Scholars at UI Develop Cybertronic Data Harvester

Through the efforts of the Nigerian Communications Commission into sponsorship of reaaserch in various areas of human endeavour, the Faculty of Technology Building University of Ibadan, has developed a cybertronic data harvester and aggregation scheme for efficient precision farming. The result of the study, which was published on the website of the NCC with the […]

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ChatGPT Rival Contest Reinforces as Amazon Throws in $4bn Investment

Amazon’s $4bn investment into a ChatGPT rival reinforces why almost all investors should have some artificial intelligence (AI) exposure in their investment mix, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organizations. The comments from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes as e-commerce giant Amazon said on […]

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