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News from the tech and telecoms sector in Nigeria
Tinubu tops online with 4.5 million followers, but most Ministers lack visibility – Report
A new report by Column, a digital communications firm, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu commands the largest online followership...
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PalmPay, Moniepoint, OPay named in CNBC’s top global fintechs 2025
Five Nigerian fintechs, including PalmPay, Moniepoint, OPay, Piggyvest, and Interswitch, have been named among the top 300 global fintechs of...
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Tech GDP: How Nigeria’s digital economy fared under late former President Muhammadu Buhari
Late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025, two years after completing his second term...
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Elon Musk’s xAI seeks top-tier multimedia engineers for Grok avatar team with salaries up to $440,000
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is hiring exceptional multimedia engineers and product thinkers to join its Grok avatar team...
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NDPC urges Court to dismiss Meta’s suit over $32.8 million data privacy sanction
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a lawsuit filed...
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Key policies that shaped Nigeria’s tech industry under Buhari’s 8-year rule
Without doubt, Buhari’s regime made some positive marks in the Nigerian tech industry. Yet, his tech policy agenda was a...
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TikTok removes over 3.6 million Nigerian videos in Q1 2025
Bytedance’s short video platform, TikTok, said it removed over 3.6 million videos posted by Nigerian users in the first quarter...
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Meta cracks down on Facebook content fraud, deletes 500,000 accounts in half-year 2025
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a major crackdown on inauthentic activity on its platform, revealing that it...
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Nigeria’s broadband penetration crawls to 48.81% in May, few months to 70% target
Broadband penetration in Nigeria increased marginally to 48.81% in May from 48.15% recorded in April 2025.
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Nigerians’ data consumption surges to 1.04 million terabytes in May despite decline in internet users
Data consumption by Nigerian telecom subscribers jumped to a total of 1.04 million terabytes in May 2025, even as the...
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