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Study Reveals that People Take More Care of their Smartphones than their PCs

Kaspersky has compared the most popular digital hygiene habits for smartphones and PCs and found that cleanup actions differ according to the device. On average, users take more actions to keep their mobile devices clean and updated than their PCs. Kaspersky experts highlight actions that help maintain devices’ security. The global survey* conducted by Kaspersky’s […]

News

CNN’s Marketplace Africa Examines the Future of African Trade

In the latest episode of CNN’s Marketplace Africa, Victoria Rubadiri speaks with Michael Ogbalu, Chief Executive Officer of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), about how the platform is helping to transform cross-border payments and drive trade across Africa. Ogbalu explains that PAPSS was created to remove barriers to intra African trade by enabling […]

Tech

Kaspersky Discovers a Malware Campaign Targeting Car Head Units

Kaspersky informs about a novel Android malware targeting vehicle Head Units – systems combining multimedia and, in some cases, car control functions. Taking the form of a stealthy multi-stage downloader, this campaign marks the first documented case of malware infecting a car’s head unit through an infection chain explicitly tailored for these vehicle systems. The […]

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NITDA Inaugurates Sovereign Cloud Taskforce to Boost Digital Independence

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a taskforce to drive the implementation of Nigeria’s sovereign cloud initiative, a move aimed at strengthening the country’s digital sovereignty, attracting investment, creating jobs and retaining technology talent. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, described the initiative as a major […]

Business news

BPP’s Procurement Reforms Save N1.5tn of Public Funds

The Bureau of Public Procurement has reported saving over N1.5 trillion in public funds in the past 18 months through stricter price benchmarking controls and digital compliance mechanisms introduced as part of ongoing procurement reforms. Adebowale Adedokun, the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the BPP, disclosed this on Friday during a three-day capacity development […]

Business news

NITDA DG Tasks CBN Directors on Traditional Regulatory Tools that Can No Longer Govern Modern Banking

Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has declared that Nigeria’s financial stability can no longer be guaranteed through traditional regulatory approaches, warning that banking has evolved into a complex digital ecosystem requiring real-time supervision, cross-sector collaboration, digital sovereignty, and enhanced operational resilience. Speaking on “Digital Transformation, Supervision, Innovation and […]

News

SEC Proposes N2bn Capital Requirement, N30m Registration Fee for Crypto Firms

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new regulatory framework for Nigeria’s digital asset industry, prescribing registration fees of N30 million and minimum capital requirements of up to N2 billion for operators in the rapidly expanding market. Under the proposed Rules on Digital and Virtual Asset Operations, Custody and Markets, Digital Asset Exchanges […]

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NITDA, North West University Move to Deepen Digital Transformation

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and North West University have commenced discussions aimed at strengthening digital capacity, research and technology-driven education in the institution. The engagement, which brought together the management of the university and NITDA leadership, centred on how technology could be deployed more effectively to improve teaching, research, innovation and the […]

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MVNO in Africa Largely Driven by Banks, Others – Report

The newly-published 2026 Africa MVNO report by Africa Analysis, expects SA, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda to account for 85% of the continent’s MVNO subscriber base by 2030. South Africa is leading Africa’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market as banking, retail and digital businesses increasingly embed mobile connectivity into their existing customer ecosystems. According to […]

General News

Firm Warns as Popular Cloud Platforms Have Been Used in Over 390,000 Phishing Attacks

New Kaspersky research into phishing activity leveraging legitimate cloud platforms has revealed over 390,000 such attacks have been carried out in the last 12-months alone. These campaigns leverage trusted services such as Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages and IPFS to carry out sophisticated multi-stage attacks and even bypass multi-factor authentication. Detailed information is available […]

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