The NITDA World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) challenge has awarded a ten million naira grant to the five startups who have emerged as winners of the challenge . The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, awarded N10 million as a seed fund to five innovators who won the World Creativity and
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Anyone with children knows that while controlling one child can be hard, controlling many at once can be nearly impossible. Getting swarms of robots to work collectively can be equally challenging, unless researchers carefully choreograph their interactions—like planes in formation—using increasingly sophisticated components and algorithms. But what can be reliably
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China looked to the heavens when it named its first Mars rover — calling it Zhurong, after a mythical god of fire and war. It’s in keeping with China’s ambitious plans for the Red Planet — which they call “Huo Xing,” or Fire Star — that include becoming the third country
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China has a grappling satellite which can grab a satellite with a robotic arm and disable it, said US Space Command commander General James Dickinson in a submission to Congress earlier this week. “Beijing actively seeks space superiority through space and space attack systems,” Dickinson told the Senate Armed Services Committee,
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According to Mastercard latest Recovery Insights report, consumers spent nearly $900 billion at online retailers in 2020 as Covid-19 forced mobility constraints and new ways of getting goods and services. As retailers made the switch to digital, e-commerce accelerated across the world in 2020. Mastercard predicted that 20% to 30% of the
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Nigeria has ranked 43rd among countries with exorbitant data charges globally. Worldwide Mobile Data Pricing 2021 report from Cable.co.uk, which surveyed some 230 countries on the affordability of data, ranked Nigeria behind Sudan (fifth globally), Algeria, (16th(, Somalia (22nd), Ghana (27th), Libya (30th), Tanzania 32nd and Mauritius (33rd). The study noted that
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In January, when representatives of oil-producing communities converged at the National Assembly for a public hearing on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), they turned the venue into a wrestling ring. The visitors from Niger Delta were in Abuja to clarify their interests in the bill and protest perceived injustice
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Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has given assurance that the construction work on the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport would be ready within the stipulated time. Ayade, who gave the assurance while inspecting the project on Sunday at Obudu, however, did not state the exact time the airport would
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The Federal Government of Nigeria is spending $1.5bn (N568.5bn at N379/$ exchange rate) annually to fund electricity tariff shortfalls, the World Bank has said. According to the global financial institution, this amount could further increase if the country fails to take the right action. The bank disclosed this in its enlarged report
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In a move aimed at encouraging infrastructural development, the Federal Government has granted the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company N20 billion tax waiver for the construction of Bodo Bonny Bridge in Bayelsa State. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) presented the road infrastructure credit certificate to LNG in Abuja on
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