Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, for operating an “illegal” exchange and a “sham” compliance program. CFTC sued the firm for cultivating US business while failing to properly register with authorities according to reports. Binance said “This filing is unexpected and disappointing, as […]
The Governor of Osun State Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate establishment of a support desk for Osun tech innovators and entrepreneurs to access the recently launched $618m USD tech fund by the African Development Bank (AFDB). The governor in a statement made this known by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale […]
Parental Control is designed to empower parents and guardians to manage, control, or limit their child’s internet activities. It enables you to filter and block apps and websites that contain inappropriate contents such as pornography, promotion of self-harm, suicidal thoughts or eating disorders, edited videos or images, fake news, […]
Global tech pioneers and innovators are preparing to supercharge double-digit business growth across Africa, as they eagerly anticipate the debut of the continent’s largest and most inclusive tech and start-up event in Marrakech, Morocco. GITEX Africa will open doors for the first time from 31 May-2 June 2023, welcoming 500 […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations and further directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays. […]
The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, said the federal government would commence the installation of facial recognition technology at major airports in the country which is a solution to improve and incorporate automatic security measures around the airports and easily detect impostors. Agba expressed his happiness […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) unveils plans to commence activities that will result in the formulation of regulations on E-Waste in Nigeria as part of its moves to sanitise the environment, NCC sees the global concern for the regulation of e-waste as two-pronged, which includes the acute awareness of the […]
The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for the telecom sub-sector of Nigeria’s Digital Economy Industry in line with the recommendations of the Committee it constituted to review the applicability of the Duty to the telecom sector which is considered already overburdened with taxation and sundry […]
Nigeria holds 109th position out of 131 Countries on the Network Readiness Index (NRI) in the year 2022 as ICT Industry experts stress the importance of networked readiness to drive social and economic transformation for African countries. NRI 2022 confirms that advanced economies in Europe, parts of Asia and the […]
Tech giant Google has launched its Bard chatbot as competitor on OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT, which seeks to make up lost ground in the race to commercialise generative artificial intelligence technology. The rolling out of AI chatbot Bard will only be available to certain users over the age of 18 in […]