Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigeria to move faster in expanding Open and Distance Learning as the country struggles to provide enough university places for its growing population. Speaking on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the fifth International Colloquium…
Nigeria’s education leaders are calling for a more responsible and purposeful approach to Artificial Intelligence as the technology continues to change how people learn, work and prepare for employment. The Institute of Educational Leadership Practitioners of Nigeria, IELPN, made the…
Intron, the Lagos-based voice technology company, has launched Sahara v2.5, an upgraded artificial intelligence model designed to understand how Africans naturally speak, including conversations where people switch between English and local languages. The release is particularly significant for Nigeria and…
Nigeria’s healthcare sector is entering a period where artificial intelligence is moving from conference-room discussions into practical conversations about medical records, diagnosis, maternal health and the delivery of care. That shift was a major theme at MedVerge 2.0, a health…
Nigeria’s digital payments industry is entering a new phase, and the numbers show why the country is attracting increasing attention from the global fintech community. Electronic payments in Nigeria reached about ₦1.07 quadrillion in 2024, according to the Nigeria Inter-Bank…
Nigeria is moving from talking about digital sovereignty to putting the infrastructure and rules behind it into action. The latest step came on August 24, 2026, when the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) inaugurated the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative…
The conversation around artificial intelligence in Africa is taking a more practical turn as the Africa AI & Agentic Summit 2026 brings technology leaders, businesses, researchers, founders and policymakers together in Lagos. The sixth edition of the summit is taking…
The University of Ibadan has announced a new opportunity for graduates and working professionals seeking postgraduate education without having to leave their jobs, businesses or families behind. The university, through its Postgraduate College, says selected academic and professional postgraduate programmes…
Nigeria is moving to reshape the way science, technology, engineering and mathematics are taught in its universities, as the National Universities Commission (NUC) advances a new national strategy aimed at making higher education more practical, innovative and connected to the…
MTN Group is putting Nigeria at the centre of its next major digital infrastructure push as the telecommunications company moves deeper into artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres across Africa. The group has identified Nigeria and South Africa as…
Nigeria has moved a step closer to taking greater control of its digital infrastructure with the inauguration of the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative Implementation Taskforce, a new multi-stakeholder body expected to coordinate the country’s push for stronger data security, local…
Google has expanded its student AI programme across Africa, giving eligible higher education students in Nigeria and 26 other African countries access to Google AI Plus at no cost for 12 months. The announcement is significant for Nigerian students because…
A university degree is still valuable, but in 2026, graduating with a certificate alone may no longer be enough to stand out in the job market. Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies recruit, organise work and measure productivity. As…
Seventeen Nigerian students from four schools in Abuja have represented the country at the iCode Competition in Beijing, China, giving young Nigerians an opportunity to demonstrate their technology skills on an international platform. The students participated in the competition on…
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rivers State, has strengthened its push towards technology-driven education with the inauguration of a new Centre for Artificial Intelligence. The centre, known as the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Centre for Artificial Intelligence (IACAI),…