YouTube Shorts creators can now receive their share of a new $100 million YouTube Shorts Fund to be distributed over 2021-22, as a reward for creating exciting and engaging content on the platform. The fund will be distributed to thousands of eligible creators each month as a bonus payment, based on their content’s performance in the previous month. Creators can receive up to $10,000 based on viewership and engagement of their Shorts content. To qualify, channels must meet the minimum eligibility requirements refreshed each month to give other creators the opportunity to receive a reward for their creative and unique…
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are predominantly the backbone of economic growth in any country and have accounted for the successes of most businesses globally, with ICT being a major driving force for enhancing efficiency. Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, at the Abuja Enterprise Agency Entrepreneurial Complex in Abuja where he delivered a keynote address titled; ‘Leveraging on Technology and Innovation for Enterprise Productivity’ at the 8th edition of Business 360 Clinics by the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA). Mallam Abdullahi described the topic as apt and timely and affirmed that innovation and entrepreneurship are…
The Federal Government said it is prioritising about 794kms of road for construction by eligible companies through Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Washington DC during his ongoing engagement with various global media outlets, global think tanks and influencers, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reports that the engagement is to enable the minister to put across the correct narratives about what is happening in Nigeria, showcase government achievements and present challenges facing the country. The minister who disclosed this during his…
FBN Insurance Brokers Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, said it has developed a digital roadmap that will provide digital solutions for the Nigerian insurance market. Part of the roadmap, according to the company, is an interactive website that would be re-launched soon with more Nigerians getting digitally connected. Olumide Ibidapo, FBN Insurance Brokers’ Chief Executive Officer, said FBN Insurance Brokers would continue to engage with the public and create as much awareness as possible, paying particular attention to the financially excluded segments, knowing that insurance is a solution everybody needs. Ibidapo, who spoke in Lagos during a parley…
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Nokia has announced the launch of a scholarship program aimed at providing greater opportunities for underrepresented communities in the technology industry. Working together with online learning and talent transformation platform Udacity and Blacks In Technology (BIT) Foundation, Nokia will offer over 300 scholarships, with a focus on empowering students and career changers from underrepresented communities. The fully-funded scholarships cover a range of core tech competencies, from cloud computing and programming to artificial intelligence and data science, and are available from introductory to advanced levels. The successful candidates will be able to select courses on topics such as AI Programming with…
Facebook has announced the launch of Marketplace to 37 countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Eswatini. Others are Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara and Zimbabwe. Marketplace, currently available in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria, is a convenient destination where people can discover, buy and sell items from others…
EMTECH, a Fintech for Central Banks, and Global InfoSwift (GIC), have announced a new Nigeria-based partnership to deliver capacity building in three core and interrelated areas. The areas are Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Regulatory Sandbox Framework, and API & Open Banking. This partnership will enable Nigerian regulators, banks and local Fintechs to accelerate the transformative changes seen in the evolving financial services regulatory environment. African central banks are moving forward with their innovation and digitization efforts across the continent, and with change, there is a need for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to enable successful outcomes that will impact more…
Tech talent company, Andela, has announced that its developer learning community, Andela Learning Community (ALC) has now surpassed 100,000 learners. Andela’s Learning Community (ALC) was launched in 2017 in partnership with Google to identify and certify Android developers through Google’s Udacity course. Other previous partners for the program include previous Pluralsight, Facebook, Salesforce, and Microsoft, among others. Available for engineers at all stages of their careers, the ALC offers access to in-demand technology courses from learning partners as well as connects engineers to employment opportunities through its job network initiative. “Since our launch, building and developing talent at every level…
Sophos has just published the “State of Ransomware in Retail,” which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on mid-sized retail organizations worldwide during 2020. The publication shows how retail organisations became a prime target for ransomware during the COVID-19 pandemic when many retailers started trading online for the first time simply in order to survive, while others saw a huge increase in their web traffic and online transactions. The survey findings reveal that retail organisations were particularly vulnerable to a small but growing new trend: extortion-only attacks, where the ransomware operators don’t encrypt files but threaten to…