7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (464+ words) African AI startups could be exposed to hidden financial and operational risks from their dependence on cloud computing providers, particularly when a large share of their computing workloads is concentrated with a single provider. Oluwaseyi Ayodeji, a senior programme leader…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (646+ words) Nigeria’s data centre market is rapidly becoming the backbone of West Africa’s digital economy, and the growth is accelerating faster than most observers anticipated. Driven by cloud adoption, new international submarine cable capacity, and growing regulatory pressure to keep data…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (389+ words) Chile has introduced a free digital certificate that allows employers to verify online whether foreign nationals are authorized to work in the country, part of a broader effort to streamline immigration services and reduce reliance on paper documents. The Habilitación…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (520+ words) OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT feature that allows users to control Apple’s Messages app on Mac computers, potentially creating fresh privacy concerns for Apple. The feature, rolled out on Thursday, gives ChatGPT the ability to read, write and send…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (319+ words) First City Monument Bank has unveiled plans to deepen its agritech strategy by deploying AI-powered advisory services in major Nigerian languages, as part of efforts to improve access to finance and support for smallholder farmers. According to the Bank’s Agritech…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (587+ words) Vale Finance Limited has recorded 10,000% growth in customer placements, rising from ₦100 million in 2022 to more than ₦10 billion within four years, while lifetime transaction value nears ₦ 1 trillion as the company continues to scale its digital financial services platform ahead of its…...

6+ day, 2+ min ago   (658+ words) The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has extended the impact of its human-capacity-development initiatives by sponsoring the second and third phases of the Training-of-Trainers Programme on Information and Communication Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills for instructors of…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (821+ words) OPay Strengthens Fraud Detection, Prevention With Over 5,000 blocking rules. Nigeria’s rapid shift towards digital payments is creating a parallel race to strengthen the systems designed to protect transactions from fraud and financial crime. Electronic transactions were estimated at about ₦384 trillion…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (667+ words) Nigeria is home to one of the largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency markets in the world, and more than half of its active crypto investors are under the age of thirty. This massive scale has outpaced the infrastructure built to serve it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1525+ words) A shift is taking place in the global economy. For much of the past decade, discussions about artificial intelligence centered on algorithms, semiconductors, GPUs, and data. In 2026, another factor has moved decisively to the centre of the conversation, electricity. AI…...