The tech industry in Nigeria is excited about the efficient regulatory processes of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that have given verve to the realisation of full digital economy in the country. Speaking at the ongoing AfricaNext in Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer of CashToken Africa, Mr. Lai Labode, took the lead in […]
Read MoreLiquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has partnered with Nokia. Through this partnership, Liquid deployed Nokia’s innovative transport network technology in the new terrestrial fibre route connecting Mombasa (Kenya) to Johannesburg (South Africa). This announcement comes in light of the imminent launch of the new terrestrial data superhighway built […]
Read MoreAs Africa’s largest democracy gears up for its hotly contested elections, the question of technology’s role in enhancing the voting process is once again in the spotlight. Nigeria goes to the polls in February to elect a new President, House of Representatives, and Senate, as well as new State Assemblies and Governors. More than 84 […]
Read MoreNigeria has emerged as a top five market in the world for MetaMask in terms of users, according to a report from ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company. Announced its newest initiative, MetaMask Learn, the company said that MetaMask Learn is a free-to-use resource available in 10 languages for anyone interested in learning about web3 adding […]
Read MoreNew survey results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show that data sovereignty and compliance are now an important factor in shaping IT selection and design decisions. Almost half the respondents (48%) to IDC’s Cloud Pulse 2Q22 survey said that data sovereignty and industry compliance have factored highly in discussions about their future IT architectures. And […]
Read MoreThe massive job cuts announced in the tech sector in 2022 are spilling into the new year, with Amazon and Microsoft announcing staff reductions within two weeks of each other. On Wednesday, software giant Microsoft said it will lay off 10 000 employees. Meanwhile, tech multinational Amazon announced earlier this month that it is planning […]
Read MoreNigeria has asked a group of international investors in Germany to invest in the Nigeria tech ecosystem because doing so is valued and come with many rewards. The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, who made the request while speaking on the topic, “the Evolution of the Nigeria Tech Ecosystem” which was […]
Read MoreNearly 60 per cent of Nigeria’s energy demand in 2050 can be met with renewable energy sources, saving 40 per cent in natural gas and 65 per cent in oil needs at the same time, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). With a growing population and a range of […]
Read MoreWith a global pandemic, devastating wildfires, racial tension, and political divide, it is not surprising that 2020 was named the most challenging year in the past decades. The year has been grim for data privacy as well, with leaked personal data records reaching numbers the world has never seen before. Atlas VPN analysis based on […]
Read MoreNigeria is both a geographic and an economic gateway to sub-Saharan Africa. As a geographic gateway, it has a prime location between West and Central Africa. In other words, investing in Nigeria gives investors easy access to close to 550 million people- 200 million from Nigeria, another 200 million West Africans and about 150 million […]
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