By Funmilola Gboteku A Nigerian startup, Meetbox Africa, says its participation in the just-concluded GITEX Nigeria 2025 in Lagos has provided the company with exposure, learning opportunities and access to investors that can shape its growth. In an interview withContinue Reading
By Uchenna Eletuo The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has inaugurated its new national executives with a charge to be innovative and focused. The executives include the President, Mr Muhammad Aliyu-Sirajo and Deputy President, Mr Charles Onyeukwu. At the inauguration held at theContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo MTN Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja called on the public and private sectors to collaborate with it to address the challenges and opportunities inherent in Artificial Intelligence (AI) development in the country. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Nigeria, Dr Karl Toriola, made the call duringContinue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson Experts at the 37th Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN) Conference have called for scaling proven agricultural biotechnologies to boost food security and farmer livelihoods. The experts emphasised the urgent need to prioritise the widespread adoption of high-yielding, climate-resilient crops such as PBR cowpea and TELA maize. TheyContinue Reading
By Christiana Fadare An indigenous technology company, Arigo Technologies, says Nigeria and Africa have all it takes to become creators and leaders in the digital economy, not just consumers of foreign technology. Dr Arinze Madueke, Founder of Arigo Technologies, made theContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy has trained 438 civil servants from different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on digital transformation. The one-day training which held in Abuja in partnership with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), had the theme: “Enabling Digital Government Transformation: Leadership, TrainingContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), has rewarded winners of the Code4Africa Privacy Hackathon. They also called for development for data privacy solutions to enhance data protection in the digital ecosystem. The hackathon, which held duringContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will increase from 14.19 per cent to 21 per cent by 2030. Tijani said this at the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill Stakeholders’ Engagement on Thursday in Abuja. TijaniContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others have made it to the 2025 TIME100 Artificial Intelligence (AI) list. This was announced by the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, Isime Esene. Esene said that theContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi Stakeholders on Wednesday called for the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance framework to ensure that it was responsibly deployed. The stakeholders made the call at the 17th annual conference of the Information System Audit and Control Association(ISACA) in Abuja. The three-day conference has its theme as:Continue Reading
