President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to break the 12-year monopoly of South African firm Optasia on airtime credit lending and data advance services in Nigeria, authoritative sources have told Vanguard.

Meta has taken another major step in its artificial intelligence push with the launch of the Meta Business Agent, an AI-powered assistant designed to help businesses manage customer interactions and everyday operations across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.

After over two weeks, the 46 people, consisting of 39 students, some as young as two years old, and 7 teachers abducted in Oyo primary school by dare-devil kidnappers are still in their custody.

In recent years, Nigeria has been seriously pushing ambitious digital economy targets, expanding broadband penetration, deepening digital inclusion and positioning technology as a key contributor to national GDP.

The Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation (LSEF), established by Africa’s foremost serial digital entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh, has donated a multi-million-naira state-of-the-art AI-Tech Centre to Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Imo State, in a landmark gesture that added prestige and excitement to the school’s 77th anniversary celebration.

African digital financial platform, Moniepoint, has announced a N3 billion investment to establish innovation hubs across three Nigerian universities in a move aimed at boosting technology education and developing industry-ready talents.

By Prince OsuagwuTo the ordinary Nigerian, Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram are all social media platforms.They are best for social networking and instant messaging. But the Meta Platforms are far more than that to the Nigerian economy. They have evolved into critical economic infrastructure quietly driving billions of naira in commerce, entrepreneurship and digital connectivity across […]

By Prince Osuagwu Africa’s digital growth story is deeply local, shaped by the realities of each market and the ambitions of its businesses. That is what makes the market unique and every solution provider and Office Equipment Manufacturer, OEM is angling to have a bite in the apple. For global tech solution provider, Adobe, the […]

By Prince Osuagwu Artificial intelligence, AI, agents are rapidly moving from experimental tools to autonomous digital workers. These autonomous digital workers are capable of handling financial transactions, infrastructure management and customer support. And, so, cybersecurity experts are warning that the next global security crisis may not come from humans alone, but from vulnerable AI systems […]

Nigeria’s landmark National Telecommunications Policy of 2000 was born out of national embarrassment, economic urgency and the realisation that the country was being left behind in the global communications revolution.