Nigeria took a turn for an exciting and refreshing phase in November 2019 when President Muhammadu Buhari launched the 10 year National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, NDEPS 2020-2030. The policy’s vision was aimed at transforming Nigeria into a leading digital economy, creating sustainable wealth and opportunities for all. This policy
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An invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid. The device resembles a large sponge that soaks up water but leaves contaminants – like lead, oil and pathogens – behind. To collect the purified water from the sponge, one
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The office of the National Security Adviser has warned that the deployment of the 5G telecommunications network could have some implications on the nation’s security. The Director, Communications Office of the NSA, Dr Bala Fakandu, stated his on Thursday at an Investigative Public Hearing jointly organised by the Senate committees on
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Fully driverless robotaxis are now open for public rides in the streets of Shenzen – a maiden move in China by AutoX, a four-year-old startup backed by Alibaba, MediaTek, and Shanghai Motors. The success of going fully driverless is possible with the “5th generation” autonomous driving system that includes a pair
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At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine particulates. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are a major source of air pollution and have been associated with asthma, respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disorders. Previous research has
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Being able to identify the various types of walls on a structural plan is an essential skill, but it’s also important to know what makes each type of wall unique. What is a shear wall? While columns and load-bearing walls keep buildings standing up, carrying the compression load of the structure
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Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma is the chairman and managing director of Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company. He speaks on challenges of entrepreneurship and his induction into Igbo Leaders Business Hall of Fame. As a pioneer of indigenous motor manufacturing, what challenges did you face and what motivated you into manufacturing cars for
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If you work for a medium or big corporation, chances are you’ve heard the words ‘cyber resilience’ being thrown around. Several employees tend to assume it is a part of cybersecurity. However, it is so much more than a basic computer security technique. Simply put, cybersecurity is defined as the strategy
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Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) says it recorded no less than 200 cases of meter bypass and 54 cases of transformer vandalism in six months. The JEDC Head, Corporate Communications, Dr Adakole Elijah, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Monday, said 30 cases of transformer oil
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Ancient maps give us a slight glimpse of how landscapes looked like centuries ago. But what would we see if we looked at these older maps with a modern lens? Henrique Andrade is a student at Escola Politécnica da Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife who has been studying maps of his hometown
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