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1 11th Nigeria Innovation Summit Highlights AI’s Role in Shaping Africa’s Future

2 Lagos Backs AI Builders Over AI Buyers at the Nigeria Innovation Summit 11.0

3 Lagos Innovates Eyes More Tech Jobs Through GrowthX, Having Supported Over 1,200 Startups

4 Customer Service Week: PalmPay Goes the Extra Mile to Keep Customers Supported and Secure

5 Africa Tech Alliance Forum Set to Return for Sixth Edition on November 13

Nigeria Innovation Summit

11th Nigeria Innovation Summit Highlights AI’s Role in Shaping Africa’s Future

October 13, 2026

Luxury retail

Protecting the luxury experience: How physical security is evolving in high-end retail

October 13, 2026

Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace at 10: What Nigerians Buy Most and How to Trade Safely

October 13, 2026

Digital finance

Digital finance for AI-driven economies: Africa’s role in the next phase of cross-border commerce

October 12, 2026

Nigeria Innovation Summit - Lagos State Government

Lagos Backs AI Builders Over AI Buyers at the Nigeria Innovation Summit 11.0

October 10, 2026

Data centres

Africa’s Data Centres Face a Growing Sustainability Challenge

October 10, 2026

Cyber Immunity

Kaspersky Unveils Guidelines for Securing AI Agents with Cyber Immunity

October 9, 2026

cyber Eniola Lisoyi

Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

October 9, 2026

Lagos Innovates

Lagos Innovates Eyes More Tech Jobs Through GrowthX, Having Supported Over 1,200 Startups

October 7, 2026

PalmPay

Customer Service Week: PalmPay Goes the Extra Mile to Keep Customers Supported and Secure

October 7, 2026

Africa Tech Alliance Forum

Africa Tech Alliance Forum Set to Return for Sixth Edition on November 13

October 5, 2026

Digital Sovereignty

GrowthX: Digital Sovereignty Goes Beyond Data Storage, Stakeholders Say

October 5, 2026

Nigeria Innovation Summit

11th Nigeria Innovation Summit Highlights AI’s Role in Shaping Africa’s Future

Luxury retail

Protecting the luxury experience: How physical security is evolving in high-end retail

Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace at 10: What Nigerians Buy Most and How to Trade Safely

Digital finance

Digital finance for AI-driven economies: Africa’s role in the next phase of cross-border commerce

Nigeria Innovation Summit - Lagos State Government

Lagos Backs AI Builders Over AI Buyers at the Nigeria Innovation Summit 11.0

Data centres

Africa’s Data Centres Face a Growing Sustainability Challenge

Nigeria Innovation Summit

11th Nigeria Innovation Summit Highlights AI’s Role in Shaping Africa’s Future

Nigeria Innovation Summit - Lagos State Government

Lagos Backs AI Builders Over AI Buyers at the Nigeria Innovation Summit 11.0

Lagos Innovates

Lagos Innovates Eyes More Tech Jobs Through GrowthX, Having Supported Over 1,200 Startups

PalmPay

Customer Service Week: PalmPay Goes the Extra Mile to Keep Customers Supported and Secure

Africa Tech Alliance Forum

Africa Tech Alliance Forum Set to Return for Sixth Edition on November 13

Digital Sovereignty

GrowthX: Digital Sovereignty Goes Beyond Data Storage, Stakeholders Say

talent migration

Brain Drain vs Brain Gain: The Complicated Truth About African Tech Talent Migration

TiLAwards 2026

TiLAwards 2026 Honours Media and Brand Personalities Advancing Nigeria’s Digital Economy

Luxury retail

Protecting the luxury experience: How physical security is evolving in high-end retail

Clarity

Clarity is Priceless… Who Buys What They Don’t Understand?

influencer marketing

Community is King in the Land of Influencer Marketing

Marketing

Marketing Makes Awareness as Recall Requires Branding

Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business

WhatsApp spotlights Nigerian small businesses in ‘Power your hustle with WhatsApp Business’ campaign

diaspora funding

Diaspora Angels: How African Professionals Abroad Are Funding Back Home

uber

Uber Just Left Nigeria. Here’s What 12 Years of Its Presence Taught the Market

procurement fraud

SAS, FACTS Consulting urge organisations to detect procurement fraud before losses escalate

Joshua Adewolu

Joshua Adewolu: “Nothing Can Take the Place of Human Interaction”

Obinna Osuji, Co-founder and CEO of Medismarts

Medismarts Founder Obinna Osuji on Building the Digital Backbone of African Healthcare

Ali Sagiru

From Childhood Games to Guarding Africa’s Digital Frontlines: Inside Ali Sagiru’s NUR Sentinel AI

FractionalFair

What If Your Spare Hour Was Worth as Much as Cash? Inside FractionalFair’s Bet on Time as Currency

Your Docs Are Lying to Your AI Assistant. This Dubai-Based Startup Wants to Fix That.

fuel naija

At 17, He’s Helping Lagos Motorists Find Fuel Before They Waste a Trip

Bisola Fasanya

“The Technology Is Not the Implementation”: Bisola Fasanya on Building Voice AI That Actually Works

Magnus Emenuga and MEmbedded TechLab

From a Muddy Street in Aba to Building Nigeria’s First Homegrown Phone: The Magnus Emenuga Story

Cyber Immunity

Kaspersky Unveils Guidelines for Securing AI Agents with Cyber Immunity

cyber Eniola Lisoyi

Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

Kaspersky

Nearly One in Five Retailers Suffer Permanent Data Loss From Cyberattacks, Kaspersky Finds

ESET and Lagos State Govt

ESET Strengthens Cybersecurity Awareness at Lagos State Civil Service Commission Career Week 2026

Cyber Threats

August Cyber Threats Rise as Ransomware Nearly Doubles and GenAI Data Exposure Becomes a New Enterprise Risk

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Begins Testing On-Device Scam Alert Feature, Starting With Android Beta Users

Kaspersky

Kaspersky empowered Cleopatra Hospitals Group to detect severe cyber incidents 75% faster

TrueConf videoconferencing servers

Organisations face new attacks via unpatched TrueConf videoconferencing servers, Kaspersky warns

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Introduces New Parental Controls to Help Parents Guide Teens

Samsung Galaxy Z

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold8 Now Available

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Begins Testing On-Device Scam Alert Feature, Starting With Android Beta Users

WhatsApp

New Account Security Features for WhatsApp

Meta AI

Meta AI Just Got a To-Do List — And It’s Ticking Off Your Tasks

Meta AI

Meta Introduces AI Alerts to Notify Parents of Teens Showing Signs of Distress

Meta Muse Image

Meta Launches Muse Image, Its First In-House AI Image Generator, as Competition in Visual AI Intensifies

WhatsApp_username

WhatsApp is Letting You Reserve Your Username

cyber Eniola Lisoyi

Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

Robotics

Robotics in African Manufacturing: Where the Continent Stands and Where It Is Heading

Africa’s Frontier Firms: Turning AI Ambition Into Business Advantage

Anthropic

Anthropic Merges Chat and Cowork Into a Single Claude Experience, Adds Docs and Slides

AI fluency is not data competence

AI Fluency Is Not Data Competence, PBT Group Warns

Your Docs Are Lying to Your AI Assistant. This Dubai-Based Startup Wants to Fix That.

CleanTech Funding

CleanTech Funding in Africa: Who Is Actually Writing the Cheques

solar africa

Who Is Leading in Africa’s Fastest-Growing Solar Market?

Waste-to-Wonder

Green Economy

7-Year-Old Eco-Hero Launches “Waste-to-Wonder” Campaign in South Africa

GreenTech in Africa

Green Economy

GreenTech in Africa: Renewable Energy Solutions Reshaping the Continent