OpenAI an American artificial intelligence research laboratory has released GPT-4, a powerful new image- and text-understanding AI model after months of anticipation. The new model can respond to images – providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a $672 million tech fund in a bid to support the tech and creatives ecosystems for young entrepreneurs which will ease capital funding. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo launched the $672 million fund under the Digital and Creative Enterprises Programme (DCEP) in Abuja recently […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in line with its consumer-centric approach to telecom regulation has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to commence implementation of approved harmonised short codes (HSC) for providing certain services to telecom consumers in Nigeria thereby achieving uniformity in common short codes across networks. In a […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook and Instagram’s parent company is exploring strategies to create a new social media app in its effort to dislodge Twitter as the world’s “digital town square” which will be built on a parallel structure that powers Mastodon, a Twitter-like service that was launched in […]
The Managing Editor & Publisher, The Ojo-Yoshida Report, Mr Bolaji Ojo at the Technology Times Digital Transformation Thought Leadership Series advises the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to implement adequate national technology backbone and other fundamental measures to alleviate the adverse impact of the Naira redesign policy on Nigerians, […]
The search engine Google has joined in celebrating International Women’s Day by unveiling three new initiatives to empower women entrepreneurs in Africa and equip them with the tools needed to attain Success. Among the initiatives is the Hustle Academy for Women-Led Businesses, the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders […]
As part of its activities to commemorate the 2023 International Women’s Day, The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has stated that the Federal Government’s strategic objective of bridging the digital gender gap, in line with the implementation of the National Digital Economy […]
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry has commenced the harmonization of shortcodes on all network platforms. This move is aimed at implementing a streamlined process for common shortcodes across the industry, by making life easier for Nigerians through the memorisation of single codes, for various services across all networks as well […]
Samsung, a leading global consumer electronic company has continued to solidify it’s presence in Nigeria especially in costumer satisfaction and interactions by opening a new premium customer service centre strategically located in the heart of Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State. The Samsung Customer Service plaza centre in partnership with […]
The World Bank in conjunction with the National Steering Committee of the Agro- Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the appointment of Mr Abdulhamid Umar as ACRESAL National Project Coordinator with effect from February, 2023. In a press statement […]
