…use digital payment solutions, creating opportunities for embedded finance products and data driven lending models that could help bridge the existing credit gap. The report further identified technology enabled distribution, embedded finance and digital commerce platforms as becoming increasingly important infrastruct…

…Reserve's signals of a sustained high-rate environment, boosted by robust US employment data, are strengthening the American dollar and increasing global interest rates. This causes foreign investors to withdraw capital from emerging markets, including Nigeria, and move funds into US dollar assets. The Nigerian stock m…

…an attempt to turn billions of dollars in annual remittances into usable financial data for lenders.

…Numbers, bank account details, ATM card information and other confidential data," the statement said. The board strongly advised pensioners not to disclose such information to unauthorised individuals, groups or online platforms. It stressed that the Military Pension Board does not engage third parties to collect perso…

…mission, to bid farewell to one of their own. They travelled across the River Benue to Wadata, a bustling suburb of Makurdi, to attend the burial of a female member of their community. It was a journey they had made countless times before, one dictated by their location and sustained by necessity. But as dusk settled a…

…has not recorded more than fifty percent turnout of voters since 1999, according to some data. Let's hope and pray for free and fair election in Ekiti. Let's hope for a smooth and rancour-free exercise. It can be done.

…cite over 124,000 surrenders since 2023 and a low recidivism rate, independent data on long-term outcomes is scarce. Reintegration, the community acceptance phase, remains critically underfunded and poorly executed. To soldiers sacrificing their lives and victims grieving their losses, it feels like a reward for violen…

Nigeria’s telecommunications sector is witnessing an unusual trend, in that, more people are connecting to broadband networks, but they are

…At the time, computer scientists were developing encryption technologies to secure data as it traveled over the internet. One of those encryption products was called Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, a popular software that could encrypt data and make it virtually impossible to unscramble even if intercepted as it traveled…

…devices in real time. Its core software is an SDK that synchronizes video, audio, sensor data, and control inputs with minimal latency. This lines up well with the rise of physical AI, and it's part of why the Paris-based startup was able to raise a $5 million round led by Lightspeed, which has also backed Anthropic an…

…official foreign exchange market to end the week bearish. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s data showed that the Naira further declined on Friday to N1,370.46 against the dollar, down from N1,363.30 exchanged on Thursday. This means that the Nigerian currency dropped N7.2 against the dollar at the official foreign exchange…

…Numbers, bank account details, ATM card information, and other confidential data." It cautioned pensioners against engaging with unauthorised individuals, groups or online platforms requesting such information. "Pensioners are strongly advised not to disclose such information to any individual, group, or platform that…

…More than a ceremonial recognition, the award reflects an independent and data-driven assessment of developmental progress across the country. According to BusinessDay, the selection process drew from verified data sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics, state budget performance reports, public works records, c…

…towards more restrictive immigration policies of their own.Over a 10-year period, data from the country's Refugee Protection Division (RPD) reveals that 9,972 refugees claims were accepted in 2016, rising to 50,067 in 2025.Thirty-eight African nations were represented in Canada's most recent figures, with Nigeria seein…

…be separated from broader structural barriers. Reliable internet access, affordable data, and device availability remain major challenges across many parts of Africa. That does not happen by accident. It requires governments to treat AI literacy as workforce infrastructure rather than a digital add-on. It requires larg…

…money from lending, insurance, and other financial services built on the repayment data generated by those devices, and serving customers underserved by traditional lenders. “So, when we are selling to our customer, we are not selling them a phone,” Faraimose Kutadzaushe, M-KOPA's chief financial officer, told TechCaba…

…sense of whether it worked or not. Today, I draw a better balance between instincts and data. We look at data a lot more now, and that’s something I’ve learned from my co-founders. How has AI changed the way students discover, compare, and choose universities? There are two parts of the problem that only AI could solve…

…products and services, the continent still faces gaps in cloud infrastructure, data centre capacity and funding. Those constraints, he said, risk limiting Africa’s ability to capture the economic value created by the technology. AI could add as much as $1.5 trillion to Africa’s economy by 2035, equivalent to roughly 40…

…Hon Pak, who leads Samsung's Digital Health team, said the update connects your health data to AI-driven insights, helping you better understand your body. The app now centers on five areas: Sleep, Activity, Nutrition, Mindfulness, and Vitals. New features include: Vitals checks five overnight signals (heart rate, hear…

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