As the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) prepares for its stakeholders’ engagement event, the NITRA FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH) FORUM 2023, Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has thrown its weight behind the event. The event, which is slated to be held on October 26, 2023, at CitiHeight Hotel, Ikeja has also gained the support and partnership of all-in-one payments, banking, and operations platform, Moniepoint MFB. The NITRA FINTECH FORUM with its Theme, “Harnessing Nigeria’s Fintech Potentials: Challenges And Opportunities,” will gather industry stakeholders in the financial technology sector, and the ICT industry as a whole, both from…
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The new Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said he would align the Commission’s regulatory focus to achieve the promises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda. Maida, who spoke to the Senior Management team of the Commission at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja Tuesday, said there is a need to ensure that the NCC strategically focuses on ensuring all Nigerians have access to affordable and reliable broadband services, noting that part of this is to ensure “effective broadband infrastructure diffusion across the…
The piece takes an exclusive look into the transformative role AI is playing in healthcare across Africa, with the help of the recent initiatives from Google Health. Every day across Africa, people turn to Google products like Search, YouTube, and Fitbit for insights about their health and well-being. But many may not know that Google has also been researching how AI can help improve healthcare outcomes for people, and how AI can empower Google’s partners to deliver better health services — from improving maternal health outcomes to building useful digital tools for healthcare workers. To mark the upcoming Africa HealthTech…
The successful launch of the Afrobeats: Journey of a Billion Streams site that celebrates the milestone of the genre culminated in events that captivated not just the music aficionados but anyone who had the privilege to be part of the Afrobeats journey. Spotify on Thursday 12 and Friday 13, October, brought together celebrities, podcasters, influencers, music executives, media personalities, and music fans at two experiential events dubbed #SpotifyPodcastsLagos and #SpotifyAfrobeats. The events held at La Madison Place in Lekki, Lagos, showcased and celebrated the rich culture of Afrobeats and the remarkable achievements of the genre through the years. Speaking at…
The Andela Talent Cloud platform assesses thousands of data points to better match tech talent to jobs to drive business success Andela, the world’s largest private marketplace for technical talent, announced Monday the Andela Talent Cloud, an integrated, end-to-end platform to match global technologists with companies seeking to bolster capacity and skill sets. The Andela platform is an all-in-one, AI-driven solution that provides IT executives with complete transparency of talent profiles and skills assessment results, enabling informed and secure hiring decisions. “Market-leading organizations realize that rewriting their workforce strategies to include global, remote tech talent offers a distinct competitive advantage,”…
The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has reiterated NITDA’s commitment to driving Nigeria’s digital future, fostering innovation, and positioning the country as a global hub for tech talent and entrepreneurship. Inuwa made the reaffirmation during a fireside chat session, moderated by Alex Onukwue, a reporter with Semafor at the TechCabal’s Moonshot event which held in Lagos State. While sharing insights into his role and the agency’s transformative vision for Nigeria’s digital landscape, Inuwa analysed the different strategic approaches adopted by the Agency, noting that, with a vision for inclusive growth, NITDA is working towards realising…
Aminu Maida is a professional par excellence with a broad range of experience, making him technically strong and commercially aware Dr. Aminu Maida was appointed the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Bola Tinubu, GCFR on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. The new NCC helmsman holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London in 2002, and in 2006, he bagged a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Between 2018 and 2019, Maida completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (FinTech Pathway) program at the…
By Chukwuemeka Nzegbu Jerome As businesses increasingly adopt a remote-first approach, product management has had to evolve in tandem with the demands of a global, distributed workforce. The traditional in-office product development cycles no longer fit the mould for teams spread across multiple time zones and working independently. In this new reality, the rise of blockchain technology offers a profound shift in how we manage products, create roadmaps, and engage users. It takes more than simply dispersed team management to achieve decentralised product management. It’s about leveraging decentralised technologies, such as blockchain, to foster innovation in user interaction, boost teamwork,…
The Digital Literacy mobile App Will Interact In Four Nigerian Languages of Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, and Pidgin. Omeife AI App is built to provide an interactive, personalised experience for anybody acquiring digital literacy skills. The Digital Literacy mobile App and Omeife AI App have been launched by ther Federal Government in partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and UNICCON Group The Digital Literacy App marked a leap in technological innovation and inclusivity with its design to interact seamlessly in four local languages: Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, and Pidgin. The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, who was the…
The Google inaugural Africa AI First Accelerator programme will also include 8 other African startups, picked from a vast pool of innovative talent Three Nigerian startups are among 11 African startups announced by Google for its inaugural Africa AI First Accelerator programme otherwise known as the ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First’ program.’ The three Nigerian Startups are Famasi Africa which focuses on building the OS for pharmacies in emerging markets; Izifin, which provides an end-to-end credit infrastructure via API for small businesses; and Vzy which focuses on revolutionising website building with AI-driven tools that craft sites in mere minutes.…