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Nigeria Prize for Science records historic 237 entries after NLNG mobilizes global innovators for Nigerian solutions
The 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation has recorded its highest number of submissions since inception, with organisers receiving a record 237 entries as interest grows around the country’s evolving technology and innovation ecosystem. The submissions…
Nigeria’s connectivity gaps largely structural, as minister warns MNOs over poor service
Federal Government, through the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has noted that the country’s connectivity gaps were largely structural, owing to years of neglect. This is even as the minister warned Mobile Network Operators…
MTN plans AI-enabled data centres in S. Africa, Nigeria
Frank Okon MTN Group is advancing plans to build AI-enabled data centres in South Africa and Nigeria, betting on rapid growth in Africa’s digital infrastructure needs. The announcement comes as part of MTN’s broader Ambition 2030 strategy, which reorganises the…
Nvidia in deal to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI
American tech giant, Nvidia, has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in the ChatGPT maker, in a deal that makes it a co-builder of the infrastructure that will power the next wave of artificial intelligence or AI. With…
No cancer danger from mobile phones, research concludes
A review of 28 years of research has shown that mobile phones and wireless tech devices are not linked to increased risk of cancer, as the radio waves they emit do not contain enough energy to damage the human body…
Faulty Microsoft update shakes global systems with disruption
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Technology and information technology glitches have struck the global connectivity among banks, airlines, healthcare management and media systems after Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. The company stated that…
Hackers leak 10 billion passwords on a website
Hackers have dumped some 10 billion passwords on a site, and experts estimate that the exposure would be the largest leak on the site named RockYou2024. According to a report by USA Today quoting Cybernews, the 10 billion passwords included…
UK funding for tech entrepreneurs to boost livelihoods
Sopuruchi Onwuka New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology is to enable entrepreneurs receive new support to develop innovative mobile technology and help tackle development challenges around the world. Previous funding through the scheme, according to the media outlet…
Nigeria offers 4 unique incentives for tech investors __ Inuwa
Sopuruchi Onwuka Global investors interested in establishing in the Nigerian tech ecosystem have a guarantee of basic incentives that come with existing strong market base of some 200 million people. Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),…
Billionaires’ game: Bill Gates cruises Galaxy Z Fold 4 with Microsoft softwares
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports After revealing that he used a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 instead of Apple phones last year, Microsoft founder, Bill Gates has updated that he has now upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4….
