GM crops now have global acceptance — Expert

By Sylvester Thompson Dr Rose Gidado, Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Department, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), says Genetically Modified crops have global adoption with notable impacts on productivity. Gidado said this in Abuja at a two-day workshop organised by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria, under theContinue Reading

2025 NFW: Fintech stakeholders underscore customer trust as digital banking bedrock

          By Stellamaris Ashinze   Major stakeholders in Nigeria’s Fintech subsector on Tuesday collectively underscored customer trust as the critical currency driving the nation’s digital financial future.   The stakeholders made this assertion at the 8th Edition of the Nigeria Fintech Week (NFW) 2025 in Lagos.Continue Reading

Weak frameworks, multiple taxation hinder telecom sector growth –Edun

By Jessica Dogo The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, says that weak frameworks and multiple taxation hinder growth in the telecom sector. Edun said this at a Business Roundtable on Investments in Broadband Connectivity and Safeguarding Critical National Information Infrastructure held on Wednesday in Abuja. The two-day programme organised byContinue Reading

Kwara govt, group train 200 pupils on AI solution to tasks

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Kwara Government, in partnership with Digital Equity Africa, has trained 200 school children from across the state on how to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create and solve real-world problems. The participants were drawn from public and private primary and junior secondary schools, following a seamless selectionContinue Reading

bn broadband project to boost GDP growth — Tijani

By Nana Musa The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says Nigeria’s new two-billion-dollar broadband project will significantly boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Tijani stated this during the plenary on Smart Growth, Digital Leap hosted by IHS at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #31)Continue Reading

Don invents inverter, tech-hub to boost research commercialisation

By Olatunde Ajayi Dr Adam Muritala, don at Obafemic Awolowo Univeristy, (OAU) Ile-Ife, says he has invented Afri-inverter and established African Pro-Humanity Technology Hub (APHTH) to enhance research commercialisation. Muritala, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OAU, said this during an interview withContinue Reading