Premier pan-African sovereign cloud platform, UniCloud Africa (UCA) and one of the leading data centre companies in Africa and Africa’s fastest-growing data centre company, Open Access Data Centres (OADC), have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation and independence. Under this partnership, UCA will host its enterprise-grade sovereign cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
Direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market connections have risen to nearly 25 per cent between July 2025 and March 2026. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is implementing satellite-to-phone (Direct-to-Device/D2D) technology to provide mobile coverage for 23.3 million people in remote and underserved areas. The initiative, aimed at bridging connectivity gaps without building traditional cell towers, enables standard…
Despite a complex regulatory environment, the nation’s resilient founders and deep talent pool have propelled the ecosystem forward, with on-chain value received rising 56% year-over-year to $92 billion, this is according to the second edition of the “Nigeria Web3 Landscape Report 2025” released by Hashed Emergent, the venture capital firm accelerating Web3 adoption in Africa…
Nigeria has strengthened her digital infrastructure and cybersecurity framework with the unveiling of Domain Name System (DNS) Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on the .ng domain. The feat was achieved by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry responsible for managing Nigeria’s country code top-level domain (.ng). The unveiling positions the country among forward-looking nations that…
Leading technology platform, Glovo, is set to host the second edition of its flagship industry event, the Future of Commerce Summit 2.0 at the Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The summit which is slated for April 22, 2026, will convene key stakeholders across Nigeria’s technology, digital, and commerce ecosystems, providing a platform for meaningful…
Maliyo Games and Arizona State University, through its Endless Games and Learning Lab, at the weekend partnered to accelerate workforce development in artificial intelligence (AI) and game development across Nigeria and other countries of the continent to boost their share of the continent’s $5billion market. With scaling talent development across Africa at the centre, both…
Nigeria’s local carriers have issued a notice to withdraw flight services begining from Monday, April 20 if the Federal Government fails to intervene on the astronomical hike in aviation fuel price which has hit the rooftop from N900.00 per litre to over N3,300 per litre. Details coming
Nigeria’s consumer inflation rate quickened for the first time in a year in March with headline consumer inflation rising to 15.38% year-on-year, up from 15.06% in February, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures. Food inflation accelerated to 14.31% year-on-year, up from 12.12%. Analysts say this inflation spiral is a headache for President…
Nigerian Finance Minister and Chair of the G-24 coalition of developing countries, Wale Edun, said multilateral institutions should do more to support vulnerable countries weather the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East. “We would like them to do more, we definitely like them to provide, particularly at this time, additional liquidity risk…
