The push to build Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities in Nigeria has hit a critical barrier; the country currently lacks any data centre built to support AI workloads. That is the clear warning from Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, Chief Executive Officer of…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has issued a stern notice to fintech companies operating in Nigeria: any platform found supporting unregistered Point of Sale (PoS) agents will be blacklisted. The regulator’s warning, which comes amid escalating concerns over illegal PoS…
In a recent night of glamour and prestige, OPay was honoured with two of the most sought-after awards at the 9th Tech Innovation Awards. The fintech giant walked away with the titles Fintech Company of the Year and Best Fintech…
At the close of the 8th National Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo (NTTSummit 2025), stakeholders are urging the urgent integration of entrepreneurship, skill acquisition and capacity-building programmes into Nigeria’s national policy framework for the tourism and transport sectors. According to…
Europe Pushes Forward with Big Tech Clampdown, Fines X €120 Million Brussels on Friday hit X, the social media platform founded by Elon Musk, with a €120 million fine, marking a major enforcement move under the bloc’s sweeping new digital…
Nigeria has taken a big step toward closing its digital divide thanks to a new rural connectivity initiative from Huawei and MTN Nigeria. On December 5, 2025, the two companies announced the world’s first commercial deployment of the “RuralCow” solution…
In 2020, a handful of Nigerian entrepreneurs reached a painful realisation. They had seen many talented children across Africa falling behind in school, not because they lacked potential, but because the broader system was failing them. Textbooks were outdated, teachers…
Internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare has confirmed that a service interruption on the morning of December 5, 2025, briefly disrupted access to major global sites, including Zoom and LinkedIn. The company says service has now been restored, and the outage was…
On December 2, 2025, technology giant Apple issued a new set of cyber threat notifications to users across 84 countries, as part of its ongoing campaign to protect people from digital surveillance and espionage. The company stated that, in total,…
Senior reporter Frank Eleanya has been named “Tech Journalist of the Year” at the AOT Lagos 7.0 conference, held on Thursday, 4 December 2025. The award is part of the event’s Tech Ecosystem Awards and honours journalists whose work has…
Global tech giant Meta has just inked several new commercial agreements with a list of prominent news publishers to provide real-time content for its AI chatbot, Meta AI. The tie-ups, revealed on Friday, cover deals with notable outlets including USA…
In December 2025, what began as a two-day gathering in Abuja evolved into a wave of excitement, fresh ideas, and renewed hope across Nigerian classrooms. The Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN)’s Girls’ National Summit and STEM Exhibition 2025 has…
Nigeria, with its young and growing population, was ideally positioned to ride the wave of global AI-driven growth. Roughly 70 percent of citizens are under 35 years, and about 3.5 million enter the labour market annually, a demographic composition that…
In a move to ease the anticipated surge of commuters to the annual concert festival, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has extended the operating hours of its rail services ahead of The Experience Lagos 2025. The publicly announced…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has achieved a major milestone by delivering digital skills training to more than one million Nigerians under its partnership with Renewed Hope Initiative. The agency disclosed this achievement during the closing ceremony of…
