Trazo, a fast-growing Nigerian food delivery startup that has spent the last few years building quietly in smaller cities, is now setting its sights on a much bigger prize. By the first quarter of 2027, the company plans to expand…
Nigeria’s digital economy is moving fast, but beneath the excitement of apps, fintech, cloud services, and AI lies a quieter reality that often gets overlooked. None of these systems works without hardware. From laptops and servers to networking equipment and…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has announced a major shift in how education funding will be planned and distributed, moving toward a system that relies on data, performance outcomes, and real-time evidence to guide investment decisions. The reform is designed to strengthen…
Nigeria’s education sector is once again under the spotlight, this time over concerns that steadily declining admission standards in tertiary institutions may be quietly worsening the country’s already fragile talent pipeline. What was originally intended as a strategy to widen…
Nigeria’s digital economy is often discussed in terms of apps, fintech platforms, startups, and software innovation. But behind all the visible layers of digital transformation lies a less glamorous, often overlooked foundation that quietly keeps everything running: local hardware distribution.…
Across Nigeria’s corporate landscape, artificial intelligence has quickly moved from a futuristic idea to a boardroom priority. From banks and fintech firms to media agencies, manufacturing companies and small businesses, executives are racing to introduce AI tools into their operations…
For years, the dream for many young Nigerians followed a familiar pattern. Finish secondary school, get into university, graduate with a degree and secure a white collar job. But across the country today, that pathway is becoming less certain as…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the world of cybersecurity, but a fresh discovery involving researchers testing an AI model has triggered new concerns about how vulnerable even the world’s biggest technology companies may become in the AI era. Security researchers…
Nigeria’s digital economy is fast becoming one of the country’s strongest drivers of innovation, youth employment and economic transformation, but experts are warning that progress could slow down without urgent collaboration between government agencies, private investors, technology leaders and regulators.…
Nigeria has taken another bold step in its race to become a major digital economy in Africa, following the unveiling of a new artificial intelligence-focused infrastructure initiative by the National Information Technology Development Agency. The agency, widely known as NITDA,…
Akwa Ibom State is stepping up efforts to modernise public education through a fresh partnership with global education technology organisation, EIDU, in what officials describe as a major move towards digitally driven learning across primary schools. The collaboration is part…
Nigeria’s growing ambition to become a serious player in artificial intelligence took centre stage again as UNICCON Group unveiled more of its indigenous AI solutions built specifically for African realities, languages and industries. The Abuja-based technology company has continued to…
The global semiconductor industry is entering what experts now describe as its most transformative era in decades, with artificial intelligence rapidly becoming the biggest force shaping the future of technology, manufacturing, finance, healthcare and consumer electronics. Taiwanese chip giant TSMC…
Networking giant Cisco has announced plans to cut about 4,000 jobs globally as it doubles down on artificial intelligence infrastructure, even as the company posted stronger-than-expected revenue forecasts that excited investors across Wall Street. The company’s shares surged sharply after…
Africa’s remittance and cross-border payments space has received a significant lift after the French development finance institution, Proparco, announced a new investment in Cauridor, a fast-growing fintech building payment infrastructure across the continent. The deal, revealed during the Africa Forward…