A well-known and respected figure in African tech for his part in the creation of the payment platform Flutterwave and the software trainer Andela, Aboyeji has, for the past two years, been working on investing in start-ups on the continent. Called Future Africa, his venture capital company has announced the establishment
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Depending on whom you ask, artificial intelligence may someday rank with fire and the printing press as technology that shaped human history. The jobs AI does today—carrying out our spoken commands, curing disease, approving loans, recommending who gets a long prison sentence, and so on—are nothing compared to what it
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The Federal Government has expressed readiness to partner Magnus aircraft manufacturing firm in Hungary, to establish an assembling plant and manufacture light airplanes locally. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, expressed the interest when he paid an inspection visit to the Magnus Aircraft Industry in Pogany, Hungary. Sirika said the goal is to
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There are mixed feelings in the automotive sector over the impending inspection of the automobile manufacturing and assembly plants by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). There are fears that the majority of the assembly plants may be delisted over suspicion that “they are not doing what they claim to be doing.” Our
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Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the country is forming a coalition with other affected countries in order to stop attempted moves to halt funding of fossil fuel. Mounting pressure towards zero-emission has been drying up investment for fossil fuels related projects, a development that would drastically affect oil
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Data usage in Nigeria surged by 202.08 per cent in three years, according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission. According to the subscriber/network data reports of 2018, 2019, and 2020, data usage rose from 68,154.12 terabytes in 2018 to 125,149.86TB in 2019 and 205,880.4TB in 2020. The total national and local
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The former Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II has said that the federal government cannot continue to borrow to consume while passing the bulk to the future generation. He also called on citizens to be productive by thinking about what they could do to support themselves instead of depending on government
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Philip Mshelbila, the incoming managing director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, will meet with a big controversy when he assumes duty month-end: in-house disquiet over the lifting concession given to IOC shareholders. Under “equity lifting” in the project, the joint venture partners — Shell, Total and Eni —
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As part of activities to mark its 18 years of operations in Nigeria, Globacom has unveiled Glo TV, a television streaming service on web, IOS and Android apps, providing Video on Demand, catch-up contents and watching of live linear TV. Globacom, which will be 18 years, on August 29, unveiled the
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Much of 5G's buzz centers on the potential it offers society: Lightning-fast downloads, barely-there latencies, and new and improved technologies like virtual reality and self-driving cars. Behind the buzz, however, one amazing fact is all but disregarded—the fundamental technological breakthroughs of 5G. Millimeter wave technology, small cell densification, and massive
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