. The rise of artificial intelligence is changing how people search for information online, creating a new digital battleground where businesses are competing not only for search rankings but also for...
. The Federal Government is developing a National Innovation Hub Standards Framework aimed at establishing common standards for more than 339 innovation hubs across Nigeria and strengthening their cap...
. Google is offering eligible Nigerian students a year of free access to its paid AI service, expanding efforts to put advanced artificial intelligence tools in the hands of young people across the co...
. Nigerian regulatory technology company Youverify is strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence governance, as financial institutions increasingly deploy AI while facing growing demands aroun...
. A Nigerian technology startup, ArketData, is seeking to tackle one of the country’s persistent consumer problems uncertainty over the actual prices of food and groceries by combining verified ...
. Pan-African women-focused wealth platform FinTribe has launched a new mobile application designed to bring savings, investment tracking, financial education and community-based wealth building into ...
. Nigerian musician-turned-entrepreneur Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has signalled plans to eventually take his technology-focused business to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), s...
. Nigerian technology company Terra Industries has raised an additional $18 million, bringing its total seed funding to $52 million as the company accelerates manufacturing and expands its autonomous ...
. Africa’s data centre market is entering a potentially transformative phase, with demand for computing capacity projected to rise by three to five times by 2030 and requiring between $10 billion and ...
. Meta and the Federal Government of Nigeria have launched a new AI Academy initiative aimed at helping Nigerian startups and developers build practical artificial intelligence solutions, with selecte...
. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cyber threat landscape, with AI-driven attacks rising 56% over the past year and costing affected businesses an average of $6.04 million per breach, ...
. Africa’s fast-growing creator economy is facing a persistent challenge: large audiences do not necessarily translate into large platform payouts. While creators across the continent continue to buil...
. Nigerian tech founder Onikola Waliyu is developing a bookkeeping solution aimed at helping informal traders and small business owners keep better financial records using language and communication s...
. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a security alert to WordPress website owners and administrators over a newly identified vulnerability that could allow attac...
. African technology founders and ecosystem leaders are increasingly looking beyond venture capital headlines, with greater emphasis now being placed on foreign direct investment, cross-border payment...
. Nigerians now have direct access to a wider range of premium computing and consumer technology products following the opening of ASUS’ first flagship experience store in West Africa, launched in par...
. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with two Canadian technology companies, Goose FL and Fireflies AI, as Nigeria steps up eff...
. Technology experts have welcomed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) decision to require local storage and management of payment data generated in Nigeria, but warned that inadequate infrastru...
. eta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has pushed back against growing fears that artificial intelligence will trigger widespread unemployment, arguing that increasingly capable AI systems coul...
. The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) is set to lead a national conversation on the future of auditing as artificial intelligence increasingly changes how businesses prepare financial rep...
. After spending about 15 years working across some of the world’s biggest technology companies, Nigerian-American technology executive Emem Adjah is turning her experience in Big Tech into a pl...
. Africa’s growing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and digital services is exposing a critical weakness in the continent’s technology ecosystem: insufficient dig...
. African accounting technology company Tyms has introduced a new integration that allows businesses to connect their accounting records directly to AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude and Perplex...
. Sorveo, a Nigerian enterprise technology company specialising in artificial intelligence-driven video intelligence, has unveiled a new AI-powered platform designed to help organisations transform co...
. Nigeria’s smartphone market could face another wave of price increases as the global race to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure puts pressure on semiconductor supplies, raising concer...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) skills are rapidly becoming one of the most valuable assets in the global labour market, with employers increasingly willing to offer higher salaries to workers who can ...
. Businesses seeking to strengthen their reputation in today’s fast-changing media landscape should adopt an integrated communication strategy that combines traditional and digital media, rather...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to trigger widespread job losses across Africa in the near term, according to the World Bank, which says the technology is more likely to reshape how people ...
. Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s highest-ranked country in responsible artificial intelligence (AI), reinforcing its growing influence in shaping AI governance across the continent. However, experts ...
. Global technology giant Meta is facing renewed scrutiny in South Africa following allegations that its actions on WhatsApp contributed to the collapse of GovChat, a civic technology platform that he...
. African mobility fintech company Moove has secured a $250 million Series C funding round, lifting its valuation to $2.1 billion and cementing its position among the continent’s most valuable technol...
. Technology company Panora has announced its entry into Nigeria’s expanding smart security market, introducing digital security solutions designed to address the growing demand for intelligent survei...
. Fresh concerns over the safety of advanced artificial intelligence systems have emerged after Meta confirmed that one of its AI models gained unauthorized access to another company’s systems d...
. Global technology company ASUS has strengthened its footprint in Africa with the launch of its first flagship retail store on the continent, choosing Nigeria as the location for the landmark investm...
. Microsoft has identified digital trust as the cornerstone of Nigeria’s next phase of digital transformation, warning that sustained growth in the country’s rapidly expanding technology ecosystem wil...
. African finance management platform Bujeti has introduced a new payment solution designed to go beyond collecting customer payments by automatically categorising transactions, updating financial rec...
. Nigeria is positioning itself as one of Africa’s most ambitious markets in the race toward widespread 5G adoption, as the continent’s next-generation mobile network rollout gathers momentum and is p...
. African mobility fintech company Moove has officially joined the continent’s growing list of unicorn startups after raising $250 million in a fresh funding round, pushing its valuation beyond the $1...
. The World Bank has advised developing economies to shift their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies away from the costly pursuit of building frontier AI models and massive data centres, urging go...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among formal businesses in Nigeria has accelerated dramatically over the past three years, with the country now recording enterprise AI usage levels comparable ...
. South African telecommunications company Telkom is facing renewed pressure in its data business as changing consumer behaviour, intense competition and shifting market dynamics continue to reshape t...
. Nigeria is set to expand its digital asset tax framework as the Federal Government moves to apply 1.5% stamp duty charges on cryptocurrency transactions conducted through Bitcoin and USDT, in a fres...
. Amazon has crossed the $3 trillion market valuation milestone for the first time, joining an elite group of global technology giants as investor confidence surged on the back of accelerating growth ...
. Nigerian location technology startup Maiaddy has launched Maimaps, a navigation platform designed specifically for the Nigerian market, marking a significant step toward solving one of the country&#...
. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming Africa’s digital economy, changing the nature of work across industries rather than replacing workers outright. As businesses accelerate di...
. Nigeria is embracing artificial intelligence (AI) at one of the fastest rates in Africa, but a new report warns that the country risks becoming a long-term consumer of foreign AI technologies unless...
. The race for consumers’ attention is rapidly shifting from mobile apps to artificial intelligence assistants, with companies such as Glovo and Bolt integrating their services into conversation...
. Nigeria’s ambition to become a major player in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race could be limited by one critical weakness: the country’s inability to effectively organise, share and util...
. As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries worldwide, Nigerian technology entrepreneur and product strategist Oluwaseun Iyiola is championing its practical application to help busine...
. South African financial services group Nedbank has appointed former MTN Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) Nikos Angelopoulos as its new Chief Information Officer, strengthening its executive tea...
. Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a fixture in Nigerian classrooms, transforming how students learn and how teachers prepare lessons. But while the technology promises to improve education...
. Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has revealed that three of its advanced AI models gained unauthorized access to the computer systems of real-world organisations during internal cybersecuri...
. Microsoft has recorded the largest single-day market value gain in stock market history, adding nearly $450 billion to its valuation after a blockbuster earnings report and stronger-than-expected ou...
. Nigeria’s rapidly expanding digital economy is facing increased cybersecurity pressure after the country recorded more than 1.6 million online cyberattacks in the first half of 2026, with criminals ...
. Nigerian fintech company Cardtonic has unveiled the fourth edition of its flagship Upskill initiative, broadening the programme to include participants from Ghana for the first time as it seeks to e...
. Three major players in Nigeria’s insurance and technology ecosystem Leadway Assurance, CubeCover, and Vitse Technologies have signed on as official partners for the fifth edition of Insurance ...
. Global mobility platform Bolt has integrated its ride-hailing service with ChatGPT, allowing users to search for rides, compare fare estimates and begin the booking process directly within the artif...
. Nigeria’s approach to combating cybercrime needs a major rethink as criminals increasingly exploit artificial intelligence, deepfakes and other emerging technologies to make digital offences m...
. Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh, has endorsed the Enugu Gaming Conference (EGC) 2026, with his participation expected to strengthen discussions around inno...
. South Korean technology giant Samsung is stepping up competition in the premium smartphone market with the launch of its latest foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, as it s...
. Nigeria is positioning itself for a bigger role in Africa’s emerging 5G market as the continent’s fifth-generation mobile connections are projected to exceed 380 million by 2030, according to the la...
. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is set to introduce licensing for independent software testing companies as part of a new framework designed to improve the quality, se...
. An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI and involved in a hacking incident at AI platform Hugging Face also compromised a customer of another technology company, Modal Labs, according t...
. Shares of SpaceX have fallen by more than 50 percent from their post-initial public offering (IPO) peak, as investors adopt a cautious stance ahead of the aerospace company’s first quarterly e...
. Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) transformed Nigeria’s telecommunications landscape, industry stakeholders are warning that the sec...
. Vodacom Group has reinforced the growing importance of financial technology to its business after revealing that its mobile money platforms processed transactions worth $547.9 billion over the past ...
. The growing global momentum behind open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models could create new opportunities for Nigeria to accelerate AI adoption, strengthen local innovation, and reduce depen...
. The global technology sector has eliminated more than 76,000 jobs in 2026, as leading companies continue to restructure their operations, streamline costs, and redirect investments toward artificial...