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Huawei, a Chinese technology giant is inviting applicants for its 2022 edition of the Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps Up) which runs until December 2022. The global competition under the theme “Together we innovate” aims to strengthen the skills of regional app developers and drive collaboration to build a connected app ecosystem. The contest is grouped into five regions: Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, and China. The company has set aside $1 million as prize money to be shared among winners in various categories which include: Best App Best Game Best Social Impact App Best…
Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The seed funding round included participation from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Heirloom Fund, True Culture Fund, angel investors Alan Rutledge, Samvit Ramadurgam, Karthik Ramakrishnan, and other high-profile investors. Grey CEO, Idorenyin Obong, said with this new round of capital, they plan to launch into new markets and extend their product suite to include not just remittances but also person-to-person and business-to-business payments so every African can enjoy seamless cross-border payments with low fees. Grey, a Y-combinator-backed fintech…
-As Court Freezes Its $3.3m Over Money Laundering, Card Fraud
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, at the weekend in Gombe, said Nigeria’s march towards attaining 95 per cent digital literacy in 2030, as contained in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), 2020 – 2030, now looks more promising than ever. Pantami, who presided over the graduation of participants at a two-week Digital Job Creation Training for the North-East in Gombe, which was facilitated by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said “the reason we train citizens is because digital skills are no longer considered a luxury, but necessities required in any business…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, is very excited to hear of the remarkable contribution of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2022 (Q2 2022). The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated this in the ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product Report’ for Q2 2022, released on the 26th of August, 2022. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant (Research and Development) to the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said in a statement that the Digital Economy sector under Professor Pantami has continued its trend…
…Plus, Methods for Making AI More Transparent and Understandable The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great significance, especially for developing countries seeking digital transformation. TOLUWALEKE ARIYO, an experienced DevOps engineer and Web3 Research analyst, plays a crucial role in highlighting an often-overlooked aspect of AI—the importance of making AI models understandable. In the complex AI landscape, interpretability is about making sense of algorithmic decisions. This is particularly crucial for emerging economies, where AI implementation can significantly impact various sectors. Ariyo recognizes the necessity of transparency in these systems, given the potential societal consequences. Ariyo’s journey into advocating for interpretability…
• The FirstBank CR&S Week is a dedicated week designed to offer opportunities for employees to give their time & resources to defined causes in line with the Bank’s CR&S strategic approach.
• The FirstBank CR&S Week is held in Nigeria and 7 other countries: the United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal and Gambia.
• Since its maiden edition in 2017, the FirstBank CR&S week in 2017 is fast becoming a household name in the Bank’s host economies.
Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp will soon add two new features for iOS users – the ability to retrieve deleted messages and allow group admins to delete any message within a group. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp for the iOS beta version is getting the above-mentioned features in version 22.18.0.70. The ability to retrieve deleted messages, according to the report, will only be for the messages that you delete for yourself (delete for me), not the messages that you “delete for everyone.” A snack bar will show up informing users that the message has been erased and they can undo it. It is…
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has pioneered another exciting initiative, bringing together customers and senior company executives for a virtual interactive session – Chat with our Executive Management – to be held monthly. The maiden edition of the innovative interactive meeting holds on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 1 pm. The session will be hosted via Zoom, with the live feed also broadcast across Konga’s social media pages on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. To be a part of the session, interested customers and other participants are expected to register with the link: https://form.typeform.com/to/ZYfukylG Once successfully registered, a link…