Vilsquare Makers’ Hub and Meluibe Foundation have designed a National Hackathon Series that aims to combine technology and civic participation, to contribute to solving the problems around national unity...
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Kaduna State-backed innovation hub KAD-ICT Hub and London-based blockchain company Coinfirm have launched the Africa Blockchain Lab in Kaduna, which seeks to bring together blockchain companies building solutions for...
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Nigeria Air Logo: Is the Nigerian Government Paying Lip Service to Its Youth Innovation Drive?
On Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika unveiled the name and logo of the country’s national carrier, Nigeria Air. The unveiling held at...
TaxiTV, a Nigerian advertising tech startup recently closed its seed funding round led by Beta.Ventures, a Nigeria based investment company that funds early-stage startups in a bid to give...
On Tuesday, 10 July, 2018, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo paid a working visit to the Google Headquarters in Silicon Valley where he met with the CEO of...
Effective from Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Nigeria’s Apex Bank, the Central Bank has mandated all banks and service payment providers to officially report cyber incidents, whether successful or not....
For the average person, the concept of blockchain is usually misunderstood. What often comes to mind when blockchain is mentioned is cryptocurrency; its creation and exchange. But there’s so...
Computers will overtake humans with AI within the next 100 years. When that happens, we need to make sure the computers have goals aligned to ours”– Stephen Hawking There’s...
To strengthen its commitment and investment in Africa, Facebook on Tuesday, May 22 launched NG_Hub, Lagos, Nigeria. According to Facebook, NG_Hub will serve as an innovation centre to nurture the...
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Cambridge Analytica Shuts Down, Facebook Hits Harder on Apps, in the Wake of Data Scandal
Following the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook’s mayhem this year, users have call on the latter to put control measures on its privacy policy. In light of this, up to 200...