The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has tipped the Nigerian Data Protection Regulations, NDPR, to be a safe haven for personal data of Nigerians.

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Nigeria Innovation Summit dubbed the Nigeria Innovation Week 2020.

The book which title, “35 booming business ideas and Step-by-step Guides On How To Start Them”, is exactly what it provides, targets new entrepreneurs dreaming to build new business empires and existing ones who through the hindsight of devastations of the COVID-19 pandemic, wish to calibrate their going concerns and stay stronger ever after.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk stirred the pot yet again after claiming that neither he nor his family would take a COVID-19 vaccine even if it was readily available. The 49-year-old billionaire dropped the bombshell during a Monday appearance on the New York Times opinion podcast “Sway.” “I’m not at risk, neither are my kids,” Musk […]

Google on Monday said it will no longer give high-profile app developers a pass on its 30 percent app store fee starting next year. Google said it will start enforcing its policy requiring developers to use its payments system starting September 2021. The move comes as some developers, including Netflix and Spotify, have been getting […]

By Rasheed Sobowale It was a beautiful morning when this reporter woke up to a WhatsApp message, written in the tone of “help us, we were being maltreated”. More than 35 employees of Cellulant Nigeria Limited were sacked for allegedly “receiving funds from Agrikore wallets” in an inappropriate manner. Cellulant Nigeria Limited is an agritech […]

By Juliet Umeh Stakeholders in the information and communications technology, ICT, sector weekend, unveiled a multimillion naira Tech Experience Centre, built by Nigeria’s foremost tech distribution outlet, Technology Distributions, TD Africa. The centre said to have the capacity to fast-track the federal government’s ambition for digital economy, is a platform whereby global tech giants will […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has assured that the digital economy will contribute more than 45 per cent of the nation’s GDP by the end of the year, as the contribution of the ICT sector alone is now approximately 15 per cent. This is even […]

By Adeyemi Adewole As an electrical engineer, I have often wondered why electrons never run out of energy though they are always in motion. It is well known that a moving body will slow down and finally stop due to loss of energy. I figured that the only reason why electrons never run out of […]

By Juliet Umeh To enable government agencies and local service providers seamlessly store and protect sensitive data, data company, Unitellas International Ltd has linked with global data company, Zadara to empower Nigerians to meet up with International Managed Service Providers, MSP, standards with Zadara data storage solution. According to the partners, they will be providing […]

By Juliet Umeh As a way of assisting various organizations take the emerging opportunities and meet the evolving challenges of managing sensitive information, the Institute of Information Management, IIM, Africa and the Nigeria National Accreditation System, NiNAS, have signed a Memorandum of MoU. The President/Chairman of IIM-Africa, Dr. Oyedokun Oyewole said the purpose of the […]

“Aglio Kim”, a trolley-like robot which uses artificial intelligence (A.I.), is delivering food to customers at a restaurant in Seoul, in order to minimise human contact and help ensure social distancing. Shortly after customers order through a touch-screen on the table, the 1.25-meter-tall robot, developed by South Korean telecoms company KT Corp, brings the food […]

Facebook said that businesses running paid online events on its iOS app would not need to pay a 30 percent fee to Apple for the remainder of 2020, temporarily defusing a standoff between the two tech giants. The social media company said in a blog post that all businesses except gaming creators would be eligible […]

A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple and Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download on Sunday. US district judge Carl Nichols in Washington issued the preliminary injunction in a brief order late on Sunday. He declined “at this time” to block restrictions […]

Rasheed Sobowale More details have continued to emerge regarding the management crisis in Nigeria’s agrictech and fintech company, Cellulant Nigeria Limited. The sacked staff by the company over alleged “sharp practices” in its Agrikore platform has rebuked the claim. The ex-employees who pleaded anonymity said the company (Cellulant Nigeria Limited) never found them guilty of […]