SANEF’s Uche Uzoebo Highlights AI as Next Frontier in Advancement of Financial Inclusion
With progress made in accelerating financial inclusion to unbanked and underbanked communities in Nigeria, the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities…
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WomenPower2030 Seed-Grant 2025 for Nigeria and Seirra Leone: Call for Applications
Women-led and women’s rights organizations are encouraged to apply to the Women Environmental Programme (WEP) in order to help achieve…
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MarkHack 4.0 Introduces the First Ever Nigerian MarTech Awards
Nigeria’s first-ever marketing and media conference, MarkHack 4.0, is proud to announce the Nigerian MarTech Awards, an initiative dedicated to…
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Check Point Research Unveils Q1 2025 Brand Phishing Trends: Microsoft Dominates as Top Target, Mastercard Makes a Comeback
Technology and Social Networks Remain Top Imitated Brands in Phishing Attacks, Emphasising the Importance of Enhanced Security Measures Check Point…
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MEDA, Capital Connect Africa, and the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund collaborate to support African SMEs
In order to increase investment in micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), which find it difficult to obtain the funding…
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From Waste to Worth: LG Inspires Eco-Action with Hinckley Recycling Partnership
As the world celebrates Earth Day 2025, LG Electronics is taking a bold step toward protecting the environment—right here in…
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PAFON 2.0: Experts Highlight Ingredients for Accelerated Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Improved efforts at collaboration among financial service providers, telecommunication operators, and tech Startups, with conscious effort geared at consumer awareness,…
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Be a doll: Mind cyber security and privacy when creating a fun image of yourself, warns Kaspersky
As the latest social media trend sees users jumping on the AI Action Figure craze by uploading personal information and…
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Latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report Reveals Diverse DDoS Threats Across Southern Africa
The newly released NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report for July to December 2024 reveals a complex and contrasting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack…
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Fuse Partners With Check Point Software to Deploy First Advanced Blockchain Firewall for Real-Time Threat Prevention
Layer 2 payments blockchain Fuse has announced that it has partnered with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader…
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WhatsApp Introduces a New Feature That Enables Users to Make, Arrange, and Distribute Custom Sticker Packs
Sorting stickers is now simpler thanks to a new function that WhatsApp has introduced. Users may now make personalized sticker…
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Google’s 2025 Startups Accelerator Africa Program is now accepting applications.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program by tech behemoth Google. The three-month…
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An Audacious Step Into the Future of Education with Smart Learn Anambra
The Anambra State Government, under the visionary leadership of Governor Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, is spearheading a landmark transformation…
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Accelerating Africa’s Economic Growth via Women’s Innovative Action: A Recap of ABI’s International Women’s Day Event
The International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 event, organized by Africa Blockchain Institute (ABI), brought together tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and aspiring…
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Flying blind in the face of remote business edge complexity
As enterprises across Africa continue to adopt Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions…
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YouTube’s AI-Powered Music Generation Feature Is Improving Creator Music
For its creators, YouTube is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) function. The new tool, which was unveiled on Tuesday,…
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How Rack Centre’s LGS2 12MW Facility is Transforming Nigeria’s Digital Landscape
The newly commissioned LGS2 12MW IT Load Data Centre built by Rack Centre-West Africa’s leading Tier III carrier and cloud neutral data…
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WhatsApp Releases Video Notes for Channels, Tappable Reactions, and Other Features for iOS and Android
On Wednesday, WhatsApp revealed a number of new capabilities for iOS and Android users that expand the capability of voice…
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Why African technology may benefit from the loss of US aid funds
At least temporarily, Africa is losing international venture capital money at the same time that it is losing US development…
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Request for Applications: Youth Cybersecurity Training in West and Central Africa
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Concordia University, and the Give1Project are looking for 150 youth from West and Central…
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Stakeholders Applaud Anambra’s Solution Lens Platform at the Launch of the OGP 2.0 Action Plan—By Angela Nwanodu
Anambra State’s commitment to transparency, citizen participation, and technology-driven governance received a major boost yesterday, as the Ministry of Budget…
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NITDA Forms International Alliances to Advance Nigeria’s Digital Future
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is intensifying efforts to cultivate impactful global partnerships aimed at fostering inclusive growth,…
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THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2025: Call for Applications (Up to $1M in Investment)
There has never been a greater pressing need to address the issues facing food systems and agriculture. Innovation is crucial…
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Moniepoint to Champion Financial Inclusion at PAFON 2.0
Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, a subsidiary of Moniepoint Inc., Africa’s leading digital financial services provider and the Continent’s fastest growing financial…
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The Airbnb Community Fund donates $150k to the African hub network AfriLabs.
Pan-African network of innovation and technology centers AfriLabs has earned a US$150,000 investment from the Airbnb Community Fund. AfriLabs is…
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Request for Applications: HANGA SRH Program 2025 Funding (up to $10,000 Grant Funding) for Sub-Saharan African Tech Startups
Entries are now open for HangaPitchFest to investigate the opportunity that exists for technology enabled businesses to solve critical issues…
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Mart Networks Partners Infopercept to Bring Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions to Africa
…The Solutions Include the Threat Exposure Management Platform, Invinsense OXDR, and the Compliance Management Platform, Invinsense GSOS Mart Networks Group,…
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Technology, Neutral Tool for Socio-Economic Development-DG NITDA
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has emphasised the significance of perceiving…
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Cyber criminals bypass code of ethics with concerted attacks on the world’s healthcare sector
South Africa’s healthcare sector weakened by underfunding, lack of skills and fragmented infrastructure “There was a time when cybercriminals held…
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Momoh, Uzoebo, Nwosu, Ibirogba, others for PAFON 2.0
… PAFON 2.0 Special Appearances: Olusoji Solomon Adeyemo, Azure Application and AI Specialist, Microsoft UK., Ibirogba Oluwagunwa, chairman, Lagos State…
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