The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced the “Nigerian Girls Can Code,” as part of efforts to bridge the gender gap between male and female stakeholders in the information communications technology (ICT) sector. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta said this yesterday, during an award presentation
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Cybersecurity experts have called for some form of regulations that will make organisations report cyber attacks, stressing that underreporting of cyber attacks is one of the major challenges hindering the fight against cyber threats in Nigeria. Founder, Lynsec Cybersecurity Solution, Mr. Remi Afon, who spoke at the Nigeria 2023 Cybersecurity Perspective,
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The potential for being judged online could be affecting the ability of adolescents to concentrate on everyday tasks, a study by UNSW Sydney researchers finds. The COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdowns shifted our social interactions with peers even further online, especially for young people. “Much research has been directed at understanding the
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Blockchain technology serves as the foundation for the metaverse, as many applications within it run on blockchain systems The metaverse is a rapidly developing technology that has the potential to revolutionise how we live, interact, and work. It is a virtual world, an immersive environment shaping the digital world’s future in
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Slump. Bust. Dip. Whatever you call it, it happens to all businesses at some point. And that means you need a solution so you can avoid the slump when it happens to your business and grow faster when it does happen. The first thing you need to know is that it's
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The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has opened an investigation into allegations of data breach by two Nigeria Banks, namely GT Bank and Zenith Bank. This investigations were triggered by allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking records to a third party and unlawful access and processing of personal data. According to the
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The United States and the European Union have announced an agreement to enhance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid. The European Commission and the US administration have recently signed an “administrative agreement on artificial intelligence for the public good”
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Everyone knows that dirty data messes with customer experience. But what about employee productivity and business performance? I recently spoke with Terry Mefsut, Director of Marketing Technology from Deloitte and Rajan Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of The Lumery, to unpack how dirty data is holding businesses in APAC in terms
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Executive vice chairman and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammad Sani Haruna, said the agency has developed 150 innovative products. He said the innovations transcend different sectors and geographies of the national economic landscape. Haruna said a lot of made-in-Nigeria products will soon be
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Creditswitch, one of the leading information technology companies providing cutting-edge value-added services has announced that it has achieved compliance status in accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) for implementing all requirements to protect the privacy rights of its clients and customers. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday. It noted
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