As self-driving cars shift from concept to concrete reality, 2025 is quickly shaping up as a watershed year for autonomous mobility. With multiple launches and regulatory moves in recent days, the rollout of robotaxis and self-driving trucks is accelerating, and…

In 2025, the world’s quantum ambition crossed a threshold. Where once quantum computing captured imaginations with qubit counts and theoretical possibilities, the emphasis has shifted to practical value, real-world applications in energy, materials, logistics and finance. In 2025, the world’s…

The vision for a pan-African space economy is taking shape, and it is ambitious. In a wide-ranging interview at the recently concluded GMES & Africa Forum 2 in Cairo, African Space Agency president Tidiane Ouattara detailed an actionable blueprint aimed…

In Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State, a call has gone out to parents, political leaders, caregivers and other influential members of society: support the young generation with the digital and tech skills that will shape tomorrow. The appeal came…

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…

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…