Technology
21 Feb
The Executive Secretary, Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC), Oluwatosin Ogunsanya, has expressed the commitment of the organisation to bridge the technology skill gap with the free digital skill training of youths.
19 Feb
International Trade Centre (ITC) has said technology will be highly essential in the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative. It, therefore, urged governments in the region to see it as a priority.
19 Feb
Though Nigeria started 2023 with 226.2 million telephone lines, by year-end, the number dropped to 224.7 million, showing a depletion of about 1.5 million lines out of the networks.
16 Feb
Social media platform Meta is working to detect and label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram and Threads as the company pushes to call out “people and organisations that actively want to deceive people.”
16 Feb
Deimos, a leading technology company specialising in cloud-native solutions, announced that it has achieved Google Infrastructure Specialization. The specialisation has been awarded to Deimos in recognition of their proven technical proficiency in architecting and building Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and workflows for clients across diverse sectors. Deimos is among the top cloud infrastructure companies…
14 Feb
Statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission have shown that the adoption of the Fifth Generation (5G) network is now 0.96 percent penetration of the served communities in the country as of November 2023.
14 Feb
Over 20 telecommunications operators have been recognised for their transparency efforts on climate change in a new global ranking, with most of the top performers based in Asia and Europe.
14 Feb
The Association of Information Communication Technology Local Content (ICTLOCA) will examine ‘Sustaining Local Content with Digital Innovation Backbone in the Ecosystem,’ at its forthcoming Convergence Summit 2024.
14 Feb
The deployment of mobile broadband in Nigeria may have cut the level of extreme poverty by 1.5 per cent.
14 Feb
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has assured the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) that the agency would deliver on its mandate of transforming Nigeria’s technology and innovation landscape.
14 Feb
Google has announced new updates to its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language model, Bard, now Gemini Pro, which will ensure that more creativity is unleashed.
9 Feb
The federal government has reiterated its commitment to digital literacy and skill development, through its Build-A-Thon initiative, organised by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy.
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