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…
Global money‑transfer platform Wise has taken a major step in its African ambitions by receiving conditional approval from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to operate within South Africa. This milestone marks Wise’s first regulated presence on the continent and…
Nigeria’s communications regulator and leading telecom operators are calling for urgent, unified action to build Africa’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. Their warning: if the continent does not act now to build local capacity, it risks being left behind in the new…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s telecom sector, including regulators, operators, cloud providers and data-centre developers, have sounded a warning: Africa must collaborate now to build the infrastructure needed for an AI-driven future. Without decisive, coordinated action, they say, the continent risks becoming…
In a continent where the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector has long battled delays and inefficiencies in international payments, Bluebulb is emerging as a game-changer. By offering a modern, efficient and compliant financial platform, Bluebulb is enabling FMCG companies to…
The 2025 edition of Microsoft Ignite 2025 has thrown down the gauntlet for how businesses worldwide — from global enterprises to small firms in Lagos or Abuja — will use artificial intelligence going forward. With a slew of new tools,…
In classrooms and lecture halls across the world, a quiet revolution is underway. Not in textbooks or chalk-dust, but in lines of code. The newest generation of artificial intelligence, known broadly as “agentic AI”, is beginning to reshape how students…
In what has become one of the most remarkable years for venture-backed startups, 2025 will end with a wave of fresh “unicorns” — privately held companies now valued at over US$1 billion. According to recent tracking by investors and data…
Nigeria’s smartphone industry has experienced a striking recovery in the third quarter of 2025, with shipments increasing by 29 per cent, according to a new report by global technology research firm Omdia. This rebound marks a dramatic turnaround after a…
