The Government of Rwanda in efforts to strengthen its digital economy and establish a strong digital service delivery ecosystem, plans to issue digital identity (ID) cards to residents and citizens including stateless persons, and children at birth. The digital ID card is set to replace the physical ones it currently […]
GMD Group in partnership with Eko innovation Centre in its unwavering drive to support the growth and development of marketing and media industries, and inspire the next generation of marketing and media professionals in Nigeria, has flagged off MarkHack 2.0, with the theme ‘Unlocking The Power Of The Creative Economy’. […]
The SecureHack 1.0 Finale is set to be an unparalleled spectacle, showcasing groundbreaking innovation with top-selected teams vying for the take-home prize. SecureHack Finale will showcase unprecedented innovation with top-selected teams vying for the take-home prize. The hackathon, which was launched in February, garnered over 400 registrations from participants to […]
Ivorian Technology entrepreneur, Alain Capo has won World Literacy Award for his outstanding contribution in the individual category which celebrates his contribution to Smartphone Language Development that promotes literacy in Ivory Coast. He was among five hundred literacy specialists, 40 ambassadors and high commissioners present during the presentation ceremony at […]
Global tech pioneers and innovators are preparing to supercharge double-digit business growth across Africa, as they eagerly anticipate the debut of the continent’s largest and most inclusive tech and start-up event in Marrakech, Morocco. GITEX Africa will open doors for the first time from 31 May-2 June 2023, welcoming 500 […]
The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for telecom sub-sector after six months of intense deliberations. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja at a briefing to provide updates on the status of the 5 per cent excise […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria is ready to conduct its first ever digital census, 17 years after last exercise in 2006 with an approval of N2.8 billion ($5.4 million). The exercise, originally scheduled for March 29 but postponed to May 2023 due to the rescheduled gubernatorial and state House of […]
OpenAI an American artificial intelligence research laboratory has released GPT-4, a powerful new image- and text-understanding AI model after months of anticipation. The new model can respond to images – providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a $672 million tech fund in a bid to support the tech and creatives ecosystems for young entrepreneurs which will ease capital funding. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo launched the $672 million fund under the Digital and Creative Enterprises Programme (DCEP) in Abuja recently […]
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry has commenced the harmonization of shortcodes on all network platforms. This move is aimed at implementing a streamlined process for common shortcodes across the industry, by making life easier for Nigerians through the memorisation of single codes, for various services across all networks as well […]