Sterling Bank Plc has awarded its HEART Fellowship to five tech founders to enable them to participate in the Founder Institute (FI) Lagos Spring Virtual 2022 Cohort. The recipients: Sikiru Salau, Olivia Chukwu, Charles Matthews, Maryann Efiong, and Michael Ayodele have each received a scholarship worth One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to
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While India has yet to have 5G network deployment, consumers are already getting their hands on 5G smartphones. The 5G rollout is only expected to take place towards the end of 2022 and Indian consumers are getting prepared for it. In fact, Cybermedia Research (CMR) India Mobile Handset Market Review Report
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After several days of the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) infrastructure breakdown caused interruption for banks, telecom operators, immigration, and other critical agencies of government, the service outage has been restored. This was announced by the custodian of the Federal government backbone infrastructure, Galaxy Backbone limited on Saturday. In a statement signed
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Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have published "Face-Mic," the first work examining how voice command features on virtual reality headsets could lead to major privacy leakages, known as "eavesdropping attacks." The research shows that hackers could use popular virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets with built in motion sensors to record subtle, speech-associated
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Up to 60,000 people are expected to attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, organisers said Thursday, hoping it would resemble its pre-pandemic days despite the absence of several heavyweights. "We're expecting somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 people," said John Hoffman, executive director of the GSMA industry association which
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Huawei Technologies Co. said it has initiated arbitration proceedings against Sweden under the World Bank Group after the Nordic country banned the Chinese tech giant from rolling out its 5G products. “The Swedish authorities’ decision to discriminate against Huawei and exclude it from the 5G roll-out has significantly harmed Huawei’s investment in Sweden, in breach
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MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, has stated that it remains committed to continued engagement with the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN), and its representatives via established channels Uto Ukpanah, Company Secretary, in a statement made available to our correspondent, while reacting to the Company’s anti-workers activities, and
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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced the latest Nokia 105 Africa Edition, designed to bring more value, connectivity, and quality to Nigerians. Nokia continues to introduce the best phones that serve all the essentials of a quality device. The Nokia 105 is built with a long-lasting battery life
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So Metaverse experience in Web3 using blockchain is the future! Sounds fab, but there are challenges, right? What is the catch? Catch Focus 22: Web3 and Metaverse In 2020, we all witnessed unknown hysteria. 2021, sobered up with hopeful contemplation, and I anticipate 2022 will be about brands taking that blazing leap
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In furtherance to strengthening the country’s digital economy by increasing contributions of ICT to GDP, as well as promoting indigenous content through patronizing indigenous IT products and services, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) met with the Lagos State Software and Innovation ecosystem stakeholders. The event aimed at proffering solutions
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