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NITDA Challenges Nigeria Army to Treat Data as Vital Tool for Decision Advantage in Military Operations

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has advised the Nigerian Army to stop treating data management as a mere record-keeping exercise and instead harness it as a strategic tool for gathering information and intelligence, stressing that the ability to convert data into actionable insight will define military advantage in modern warfare. The Director General […]

Fintech

Canva, Paystack Empower Nigerian MSMEs

Canva Africa and Paystack have partnered to provide Nigerian entrepreneurs with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered creative tools to support small and medium-sized businesses. The collaboration arrives at a critical time for Nigeria’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, where small businesses are increasingly leveraging digital platforms to reach customers and scale operations. Under the Paystack Small Business Bundle, eligible merchants […]

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FDX Set to Unveil Blueprint for Africa’s Inclusive Financial Future @ GITEX Nigeria

Africa’s rapidly evolving banking and financial sector is entering its next phase of development, amplified by a projected US$1.5 trillion digital payments economy by 2030. As technology redraws the boundaries of financial access, GITEX NIGERIA presents FDX by GITEX, a new platform to modernise critical infrastructure, accelerate financial inclusion, and connect capital, policy, and digital […]

Fintech

Standard Bank Targets Stake in OPay Ahead of IPO – Report

Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group is in negotiations with Nigerian fintech company OPay ahead of the latter’s planned initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. OPay is working with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co to help list the company in New York, which is expected to take […]

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Digital Encode Launches DEPAS AI Nigeria’s First Autonomous Penetration Testing Platform to Counter AI-Driven Cybercrime

As artificial intelligence accelerates the scale and sophistication of cybercrime worldwide, Nigeria’s foremost cybersecurity professional services firm, Digital Encode, has announced the launch of DEPAS AI, its fully autonomous enterprise penetration testing platform. The move comes as IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report finds that AI-enabled breaches now account for 25% of all […]

Tech

African Scientists Prepare to Place Radio Telescope on Moon

African scientists and engineers are preparing to place a working radio telescope array on the surface of the Moon. The instrument, known as Africa2Moon, is the first all-African space exploration mission, and Rhodes University’s distinguished professor Oleg Smirnov is the principal investigator for radio astronomy for the mission. Selected in 2025 to fly aboard China’s […]

Telecom

Airtel Africa Rolls out Commercial Service of Starlink Mobile

Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment in Africa. The service enables Airtel customers with compatible smartphones to access connectivity in non-terrestrial areas wherever they can see the sky. Starlink, the world’s largest satellite-to-mobile constellation with 650 launched satellites, enables light-data […]

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Analytics Intelligence Partners with Open Access Data Centres (OADC) to Advance Sovereign AI and Cloud Solutions Across Africa

Analytics Intelligence [AI], a leading provider of artificial intelligence and data analytics solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group company, to develop sovereign AI and cloud solutions that enable African enterprises to deploy secure, scalable, and locally hosted AI infrastructure. The partnership brings together [AI] Analytics […]

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