TC Townhall: Emerging Tech will convene entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and corporate organizations including telcos and financial institutions to examine how businesses, individuals and countries across the continent can maximize the benefits of emerging technologies, specifically AI and Blockchain.

Africa has increased efforts to tackle rising levels of fraud perpetrated using blockchain technology. This is according to Kwame Rugunda, chairman of the Blockchain Association of Uganda

In the mid-day, she walked into the newsroom. The young mother clad in a dark colour linen gown was overwhelmed with anguish. Sadness was written on her face as she sat perplexed. Her countenance, which was not welcoming, reflected the agony in her. Sawari Bolanle is a victim of Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) swap fraud.    

Head, Communications and Technology Desk, ADEYEMI ADEPETUN, reports that in the last four years, the communications sector saw many written plans, but little or no successful implementation. After forming his cabinet, some six months after inauguration as the president in 2015, the charge, Muhammadu Buhari handed his ministers was for them to go and make…

Industries are increasingly shifting to blockchain technology because it is already transforming certain industries – like banking and financial products and indeed entire industries. Nigeria, however, is lagging behind most countries, especially with the government and legacy financial institutions sore-footedness and refractory approach to this undeniably ingenious invention. Blockchain, one of the most disruptive technologies…

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has disclosed plans to employ software robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and blockchain technologies to enhance members efficiency. Chairman, ICAN Lagos Mainland and District Society, Reverend Olatunde Ayadi, said this, during the presidential visit of the National President, Razak Jaiyeola, to the district, hosted by Courteville Business Solutions…

Some succour may be underway for global shipping container terminal industry this year, with soaring throughput and projected earnings of about $25 billion, all things being equal.     Maritime insight and intelligence provider, Drewry, market forecast showed the sector would remain solid and profitable in 2019, with global throughput exceeding 800 million twenty-foot equivalent unit…

All is set for stakeholders in the information technology (IT) industry to deepen discussion and create awareness on the economic possibilities of emerging blockchain technology and its intersection with artificial intelligence (AI).

With effective industry collaboration and government support, the adoption of blockchain technology can become a major source of foreign direct investment for Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer of Kure Holdings, Mr. Tega Abikure, has said. Speaking at the company’s investors’ forum in Lagos, he noted that Nigerian government was slow in understanding and embracing the…

A blockchain-based intellectual property (IP) platform, has announced plans to empower and protect inventors and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. It is reputed to have access to more than 1.5 million devices in 105 countries, plus another 29 million that are under contract, Spire (SPI), the token that powers UpChannel’s mobile App, marketplace and Android hardware…

Fintech Worldwide Ltd. in association with Eka, a company focused on continued expansion of technology and financial services hubs across the globe, has partnered with some tech giants and financial experts to offer the Nigeria public the Blockchain technology, as key to boasting a thriving ecosystem. The Blockchain technology is described as a peer-to-peer version…