…associations professionnelles sénégalaises de réparation de pneus et de mécanique. PAAICE, co-mis en œuvre avec le Fonds de Garantie des Investissements Prioritaires (FONGIP), le Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques (FONSIS), l’Agence de Développement et d’Encadrement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (ADEP…
…The telco highlighted My One App, which gives customers a single place to manage services across Safaricom’s platforms, and Daraja, the APIs that allow developers to build directly on top of M-PESA’s payments infrastructure. Daraja has become a key part of Kenya’s digital payments stack, giving businesses direct access…
…an ability to report anything in real time,” Agholor, the startup’s chief executive officer, told TechCabal in a June interview. “Not just crime. It could be infrastructure or issues about elections… basically report data in real time so that everybody has access.” Wahala App joins a crop of civic technology platforms…
…and delivering technology is struggling to do its own job. Findings of a Public Service Commission (PSC) investigation, released on Monday, have revealed systemic failures at the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), the country's digital backbone, where procurement delays and leadership instability have slowed t…
HabariPay, the fintech subsidiary of one of Nigeria’s largest financial services groups, processed ₦80.9 trillion ($59.04 billion) in payments in 2025, almost three times the value it handled in the previous year. Now, it wants to build on that growth by deploying 200,000 Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminals nationwide, incre…
…the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released a draft Internet Code of Practice that appeared to duplicate provisions in the National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) 2022 Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms and Internet Intermediaries. By pausing enforcement, the gove…
…nations to be knocked out, losing 3-0 to Morocco last Saturday. Azzedine Ounahi scored twice before Soufiane Rahimi added a late third to complete the victory. Mexico also fell in the Round of 16 despite a spirited display against England. The Mexicans pushed hard against an English side reduced to 10 men, but ultimate…
The Cross River State Police Command has impounded 25 vehicles for operating without registration plates and for using covered, altered, defaced or unauthorised dealer plates. The enforcement operation, carried out on July 3, 2026, was in line with the nationwide directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatun…
…He said, "The diplomatic advancement reflected Ambassador Ajimobi's commitment to service, integrity and exemplary leadership over the years." The APC governorship candidate commended the former first lady and wife of the late former governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi, for her consistency in promoting excellence, co…
…these transactions still resides on foreign platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud. That dependence has persisted even as banks sharply increase their digital investments. Nigeria’s 10 largest banks spent a combined ₦177.91 billion (about $116 million) on information t…
…South Sudan, Eswatini, Cameroon and the DR Congo. “It’s logistically relatively easy for ICE to deport them to a third country,” she added. Other deportees who have ended up in Africa had been living in the US for decades. Cuban-born plumber Roberto Mosquera — who has been in Florida since he was a child — was even a “…
…morally bankrupt, administratively incompetent, a murderer and unfit to hold public office. Among the allegations identified in the letter were claims that the Chief of Staff demanded 48 per cent of the alleged take-off grant of an organisation described as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council; recei…
…and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should shelve his 2027 presidential ambition, insisting that it is still the South’s turn to produce Nigeria’s president. Sheriff stated this on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics To…
…to Protect Journalists (CPJ), adding that he and a witness gave statements to police. A police spokesman told AFP he was not aware of any attempted abduction. “The attempt to forcibly disappear Alex Kiprotich, three days after President William Ruto railed against The Standard Group, reflects the growing dangers that j…
Kenyan police said they would not allow a planned march in Nairobi on Tuesday to mark an annual day of protest, with heavy security deployments disrupting traffic. Demonstrations have traditionally been held on July 7 to commemorate the day in 1990 when Kenyans rose up to demand a return to multi-party democracy after…
…known as Segalink, has argued that Nigerian activists who are seeking political offices in the 2027 general election won’t necessarily make a difference in governance. The reform advocate maintained that activists often lose the moral authority that initially made them agents of change when they get into politics. In a…
Vietnamese police said Tuesday they had arrested 85 people linked to two "exceptionally large-scale" betting rings worth a combined $133 million, as the government cracks down on illegal gambling during the World Cup. Online gambling is banned in the communist country, but lucrative illegal operations abound prompting…
…of Ibadan in 2015, Germany had become more than an idea. It was now a project with a price tag. He spent months researching universities and eventually applied for a master’s degree in Data Analytics at Stiftung Universität, a public university in Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, northern Germany. Getting admitted was only…
…also explored practical adaptation pathways, including worker education, hydration practices, site-level health checks and stronger collaboration among government, employers, health experts and labour representatives. The event ended with a call for continued engagement and community-informed solutions to protect outdo…
…stamping its authority to end the crisis," he said. The spokesman of the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun confirmed the incident on Wednesday, saying investigations were ongoing to identify the perpetrators. "On 30/6/2026 at about 2 pm, report received from Katako District Area of Rafi LGA indicated that on 29…
***Oyo Police Command says FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja, effected arrest ***Residents confirm arrest ***PFIPC has no CBN account, OAGF clarifies By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Adeola Badru IBADAN-The Police have arrested the father and family friend of embattled Director-General of the purported Presidential Eco…
…other political parties. The appeals will be heard by a three-member panel, led by Justice Abba Mohammed. The panel had, on June 25, okayed a full-blown hearing of the appeals after house-keeping proceedings that enabled the parties in the matter to identify and regularise all the processes they had filed. Aside from t…
…three different terminals receiving containers and all the trucks are heading there." Police, LASTMA, FRSC, others helpless He added that personnel of the Nigerian Navy; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA; Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and other security agencies are regularly deployed to control traffi…
…or risk worsening the ongoing migration of skilled medical professionals, declining service delivery, and deepening pressures on already overstretched hospitals. The position was made at a press conference held at the Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, University of Ibadan, to formally announce activities marking the 50th Annua…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, said yesterday the federal government has reduced the import tariffs on used vehicles from 15 per cent to five and on brand-new vehicles from 20 per cent to 10. Adeniyi spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on C…