It began as a murmur in the National Assembly, amplified by viral commentary: in terms of reach and reliability, certain fintech platforms have quietly become the most central banks in Nigeria’s informal economy.

Chief Executive Officerof Technology Distribution, TD Africa, Mrs Chioma Ekeh has claimed that Nigeria is typically driving Africa’s digital renaissance, urging every stakeholder in the Information and Communications Technology, ICT sector to join hands with her company to sustain the country’s drive towards making Africa the hub of world technology development.

“We’re getting into the ‘uncanny valley,'” said Constance de Saint Laurent, a professor at Ireland’s Maynooth University, referring to the phenomenon in which interactions with artificial objects are so human-like it triggers unease.

NCC has read the riot acts to telecom operators in the country to step up their services or incur the wrath of the regulator

Airtel Nigeria has explained that recent advances in satellite technology, driven by SpaceX’s Starlink, have made satellite-based telecom services both effective and cost-efficient.