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5 Ways to Prepare for Potential Rising Electricity Tariffs in Nigeria

Eva Sgroi -
Panic buying seems to be the go-to when citizens are faced with economic hardship. A recent report shows Nigerians panic buying electricity to beat the impending tariff hike on electricity that is potentially set to rise in July. According to...
Mobile and Telecoms

Liquid Intelligent Secures Slice of Equiano Subsea Cable

Luis Monzon -
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in...
Healthcare

Nigeria Struggles to Gather Enough Vaccines for its Massive Population

Luis Monzon -
Yesterday, Nigeria received another 3.6-million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the United States. The second major shipment of vaccines the country has imported in the last 2 months, having received 4-million Moderna jabs from the US in...
Online & Social

Nigerian Lawmakers to Investigate Government’s Twitter Ban

Luis Monzon -
Nigeria's House of Representatives passed a new resolution to investigate the legality of the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The investigation was announced on Tuesday. This represents the first major move by the legislative body on the...
Online & Social

Nigeria Threatens to Arrest & Prosecute Users Avoiding Twitter Ban

Luis Monzon -
The Nigerian government has ordered federal prosecutors to arrest and prosecute users of the Twitter app in the country after a blanket ban on the social media company went into effect on Friday. Nigeria's Attorney General and Minister of Justice,...
Company News

Google Launches Nonprofits Initiative in Nigeria

Luis Monzon -
Google has launched the "Google for Nonprofits" in Nigeria, aiming to empower NPOs across the country by providing them with free premium services. Google for Nonprofits will give access to a collection of premium apps to organisations that qualify for...
Africa By Region

Understanding African Markets During COVID-19

Luis Monzon -
We are living in unprecedented times. COVID-19 has swept throughout the world, and governments globally have taken drastic measures to stop the spread in an attempt to save lives. In February 2020, as African countries watched Asia and Europe begin...
Africa By Region

5G Connections in Sub-Saharan Africa will Reach 28-Million by 2025, Says GSMA

Luis Monzon -
The Global System for Mobile Telecommunications Association (GSMA) has stated that about 28-million devices in Sub-Saharan Africa - representing a total of 2.7% of total mobile connections - will be connected to a 5G network by 2025. Akinwale Goodluck, Head...
Digital Transformation

How Technology Can Help Youth Unemployment in Nigeria

Luis Monzon -
In the second quarter of 2018, youth unemployment peaked at 38% in Nigeria. Although there are no recent statistics, experts in the labour sector say the figure has surged year-on-year. Now with the worldwide reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
People

Platform Simplifies Access to COVID-19 Interventions in Nigeria

Luis Monzon -
Beating Corona Nigeria, the country's leading virtual intervention database has restructured its model to help disadvantaged Nigerians in need of interventions connect with the relevant non-profits. The platform itself kicked off last month, 9 April, and has recorded a massive...
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Artificial IntelligenceMamsi Nkosi -

Google & Mercedes-Benz Transform In-Car Navigation with AI

Google and Mercedes-Benz have announced a pioneering partnership to expand the MBUX Virtual Assistant with AI-powered conversational search capabilities. Built...
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