As Nigeria pushes to position itself as Africa’s digital powerhouse, rolling out faster broadband, expanding data centres, deepening fintech innovation, investing in artificial intelligence, and digitising government services, a less visible but critical gap threatens to undermine that ambition.

At 6 a.m. on the Lekki–Ajah corridor, a CMS T&M Nigeria Limited bus – part of Lagos State’s assisted mass transit scheme – is already packed, crawling toward CMS. Some passengers stand, while others sit cautiously in most cases, on torn seats quietly worrying about bed bugs or cockroaches. Yet people squeeze in anyway.

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor President Tinubu has begged telecommunications operators, telcos in the country to give unhindered connectivity access to educational institutions and other platforms of learning in the country, reminding them that connectivity is the right of every Nigeria citizen. The President said he observed that in the telcos’ business, commercial considerations mostly […]

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived at a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to testify at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, where Instagram and other platforms are accused of deliberately hooking young users.

A pan-African digital infrastructure and ecosystem platform, Africa Hyperscalers, has charged the media on responsible AI reporting as part of a high-level Media Workshop on Digital Infrastructure and AI in Lagos.