E-Business
Innjoo Leapbook Defies Recession, Still Most Affordable in Nigeria

Since its launch in January 2017, the LeapBook A100, the world’s slimmest notebook, and the flagship laptop from InnJoo, has maintained its ‘pocket-friendly’ unique selling proposition, aside various other key features.
Today, Innjoo is regarded as one of the companies ruling the smartphones and tablet market in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, UAE and other countries.
The LeapBook A100 showcases, essentially, the same product specs and design with M100, but the later is made of Plastic frame while the LeapBook M100 is made entirely of Metal frame.
One of the key unique selling propositions of InnJoo A100 is the pricing. Launched in January 2017 when the foreign exchange market was in a sorry state, the company defied all odds by pegging the device at a very attractive price-pointof about N90,000 (based on store and location). Till date, the laptop is still the cheapest in the market.
In addition, the InnJoo LeapBook is perfectly built for the Nigerian market. Why? Power!
Battery
InnJoo LeapBook runs on an enormous battery life so you can work for longer hours with this device, even without power. The A100 sustains up to 10 hours’ normal use for a whole day work on a single charge with a massive 10000mAh battery.
Working together with the low power consumption Intel chip, it even gets up to 6.5 hours’ video time and 300 hours standby time, so you can reliably carry your LeapBook with you on that business trip without worrying about dead battery or searching for power outlet to charge.
Storage
Due to the 2GB low voltage consumption and power-efficient DDR3L working together with 32GB eMMC flash storage as well as Intel Atom x5 Z8350 chipset, the InnJoo A100 runs in prompt response and gorgeously springs to life, ignoring long time standby.
Furthermore, there is an external 128GB microSD card to extend capacity for storing, gaming, watching or browsing.
Size
Available in Business Silver & Noble Gold, the InnJoo LeapBook M100 and InnJoo LeapBook A100 feature a sleek metal & plastic design measuring 18.2mm at its thickest point, with weight of 1550g.
Invented from a stand-point of portability, light in weight and thin in size; the A100 is meticulously designed with 14.1-inch 1366*768 screen in a compact body of only 18.2mm thickness anda mere 1.275kg in weight. It is an essential co-agent for business executives, students and all classes of users both in the office and on the road. Carry it any time and any place!
The A100 is devised with maximal screen but narrow bezel of less than 12mm for side edge and 14mm for top edge. With scientific keyboard spacing comfortably fit for fingers, interfaces of two USB2.0, one HDMI and one SD card; the entire Notebook is constructed succinctly and elegantly. Enjoy power, performance and artistic design all together with the A100.
Operating System/Security
The Windows 10-powered InnJoo LeapBook M100 & LeapBook A100 comes with 10000mAh rechargeable battery which last up to last 8 hours of normal use on a single charge, 6.5 hours on video playback and 300 hours of standby time.
They both feature 0.3MP cameras, built-in 8Ω/1W speaker, USB 2.0 ports and a single HDMI interface.
Camera
The InnJoo A100 offers users the pleasure of enjoying video calls like Skype; games and other exercises requiring big, quality display. As a versatile laptop, video calling is an indispensable add-on for users while chatting with business partners or kith and kin.
With the 0.3MP camera and 802.11b/g/n wireless network connected, nothing can hamper the sublime joys of the A100. The InnJoo LeapBook M100 and LeapBook A100 both carry a 14.1-inch IPS display with no form of protection. The display which is sadly not touch-sensitive has a 1366 x 768 HD pixels resolution.
Intel Chip, Power-Efficient
Intel Atom x5 Z8350 chipset, featuring 14nm advanced manufacturing process was embedded into the delicate body that manifests stronger performance and lower power consumption.
The A100 also comes with enhanced gaming and speed with Gen 8 Intel HD Graphics and 64-bit Instruction Set. Let’s enjoy this unusual notebook which boasts an expandable SD card slot, 2GB DDR3L RAM and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
Summary of Key Features:
Processor: Intel CherryTrail-T3 Quad core Z8350 1.44Ghz up to 1.84Ghz; Memory: 2GB DDR3L RAM; 32GB EMMC Hard Drive (Expandable up to 32GB Micro SD Card); Optical Storage: No; Display: Display 14.1 “1366 768; Intel Graphics: GraphicsController Connectivity: WiFi: 802.11b / g / n wireless internet and Bluetooth: 4.0; Laptop Camera: Yes; Microphone: Yes; Polymer battery: 10000mAh, use 8h, 300h standby; Connections: 1x USB 2.0; 1x HDMI and 1x Headphone Output.
Operating system: Windows 10 Home (64 bit); Dimensions: 334x220x18.2 mm; Weight: 1.275kg and Colour: Business Silver and Noble Gold.
The laptop is available for sale at Yudalaonline and offline stores nationwide, Jumia, Konga and other retail platforms.
E-Business
AI Slows Down some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds

Contrary to popular belief, using cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools slowed down experienced software developers when they were working in codebases familiar to them, rather than supercharging their work, a new study found.
AI research nonprofit METR conducted the in-depth study, on a group of seasoned developers earlier this year while they used Cursor, a popular AI coding assistant, to help them complete tasks in open-source projects they were familiar with.
Before the study, the open-source developers believed using AI would speed them up, estimating it would decrease task completion time by 24%. Even after completing the tasks with AI, the developers believed that they had decreased task times by 20%. But the study found that using AI did the opposite: it increased task completion time by 19%.
The study’s lead authors, Joel Becker and Nate Rush, said they were shocked by the results: prior to the study, Rush had written down that he expected “a 2x speed up, somewhat obviously.”
The findings challenge the belief that AI always makes expensive human engineers much more productive, a factor that has attracted substantial investment into companies selling AI products to aid software development.
AI is also expected to replace entry-level coding positions. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, recently told Axios that AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white collar jobs in the next one to five years.
Prior literature on productivity improvements has found significant gains: one study found using AI sped up coders by 56%, another study found developers were able to complete 26% more tasks in a given time.
But the new METR study shows that those gains don’t apply to all software development scenarios. In particular, this study showed that experienced developers intimately familiar with the quirks and requirements of large, established open source codebases experienced a slowdown.
Other studies often rely on software development benchmarks for AI, which sometimes misrepresent real-world tasks, the study’s authors said.
The slowdown stemmed from developers needing to spend time going over and correcting what the AI models suggested.
“When we watched the videos, we found that the AIs made some suggestions about their work, and the suggestions were often directionally correct, but not exactly what’s needed,” Becker said.
The authors cautioned that they do not expect the slowdown to apply in other scenarios, such as for junior engineers or engineers working in codebases they aren’t familiar with.
Still, the majority of the study’s participants, as well as the study’s authors, continue to use Cursor today.
The authors believe it is because AI makes the development experience easier, and in turn, more pleasant, akin to editing an essay instead of staring at a blank page.
“Developers have goals other than completing the task as soon as possible,” Becker said. “So they’re going with this less effortful route.”
E-Business
Firm Uncovers $500K Crypto Heist Through Malicious Packages

Kaspersky GReAT (Global Research and Analysis Team) experts have discovered open-source packages that download the Quasar backdoor and a stealer designed to exfiltrate cryptocurrency. The malicious packages are intended for the Cursor AI development environment, which is based on Visual Studio Code — a tool used for AI-assisted coding.
The malicious open-source packages are extensions hosted in the Open VSX repository that claim to provide support for the Solidity programming language. However, in practice, they download and execute malicious code on users’ devices.
During an incident response, a blockchain developer from Russia reached out to Kaspersky after installing one of these fake extensions on his computer, which allowed attackers to steal approximately $500,000 worth of crypto assets.
The threat actor behind these packages managed to deceive the developer by making the malicious package rank higher than the legitimate one. The attacker achieved this by artificially inflating the malicious package’s downloads count to 54,000.
After installation, the victim gained no actual functionality from the extension. Instead, malicious ScreenConnect software was installed on the computer, granting threat actors remote access to the infected device.
Using this access, they deployed the open-source Quasar backdoor along with a stealer that collects data from browsers, email clients, and crypto wallets. With these tools, the threat actors were able to obtain the developer’s wallet seed phrases and subsequently steal cryptocurrency from the accounts.
After the malicious extension downloaded by the developer was discovered and removed from the repository, the threat actor republished it and artificially inflated its installation count to a higher number – 2 million, compared to 61,000 for the legitimate package. The extension was removed from the platform following a request from Kaspersky.
“Spotting compromised open-source packages with the naked eye is becoming increasingly difficult. Threat actors are using increasingly creative tactics to deceive potential victims, even developers who have a strong understanding of cybersecurity risks — particularly those working in the blockchain development field.
As we expect adversaries to continue targeting developers, it is recommended that even experienced IT professionals deploy dedicated security solutions to safeguard sensitive data and prevent financial losses,” commented Georgy Kucherin, Security Researcher with Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team.
The threat actor behind the attack published not only malicious Solidity extensions but also another NPM package, solsafe, which also downloads ScreenConnect. A few months earlier, three additional malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were released — solaibot, among-eth, and blankebesxstnion — all of them have already been removed from the repository.
E-Business
NITDA Reaffirms Commitment to 95% Digital Literacy by 2030, as UBEC Pledges Collaboration

Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to achieving 95% digital literacy across Nigeria by the year 2030, with an ambitious milestone of 70% by 2027.
This disclosure was made in total alignment with the present administration’s priority areas of reforming the economy for sustained inclusive growth and accelerating diversification through industrialisation, digitisation, creative arts, manufacturing, and innovation.
Making this known during a collaborative meeting hosted by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Inuwa highlighted the government’s strategic prioritisation of human capital development as central to its national transformation agenda.
“We started this journey in 2023 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came on board and he made it clear that economic diversification and inclusivity are part of the administration’s agenda,” he noted.
“And the president outlined this in 8 priority areas to achieve the vision, with priority number 7 specifically focused on accelerating industrialisation, digitisation, creative arts, manufacturing, and innovation,” he added.
Recognising the importance of digital fluency in achieving this agenda, he stated that NITDA is committed to investing in the digital empowerment of citizens through the development of the National Digital Literacy Framework (NDLF), a strategic blueprint aligned with international best practices.
He added that to tailor the framework to Nigeria’s specific needs, 6 core competency areas were incorporated to include device and software operations, information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, content creation, safety, and problem solving.
He explained that the framework would address all levels of digital fluency, from basic, intermediate to advanced levels, to make digital skills accessible to every Nigerian, from primary school pupils to working professionals.
According to Inuwa, despite data limitations, NITDA estimates that Nigeria’s digital literacy rate currently stands at 50%, up from 44% in 2021, based on extrapolations from the World Bank’s Better Life Report.
The NITDA DG disclosed that the agency has been working closely with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) in developing a curriculum for digital literacy, which can be infused into formal education. Stating that the visit is a continuation of NITDA’s ongoing engagements with key education stakeholders, including the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), all aimed at advancing digital literacy across all levels of learning.
Inuwa also revealed ongoing collaborations with global platforms such as Coursera to train teachers using AI-powered lesson generation tools and provide scalable online training.
It is worth recalling that late last year, NITDA partnered with the Nasarawa State University in collaboration with CISCO in launching the Digital Learning for NSUK (DL4NSUK) initiative to enhance digital literacy in tertiary institutions, and equipping graduates with the skills needed to be digitally proficient and globally competitive.
While stressing that the entire process, from curriculum development to classroom delivery, would require a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, Inuwa said, “This is not a journey we can walk alone; we must bring everyone on board, education stakeholders, technology providers, state governments, and international partners.”
In response to the DG’s remarks, UBEC Executive Secretary, Hajiya Aisha Garba, confirmed that the Commission has officially received the digital literacy curriculum developed by NITDA and NERDC and has commenced internal review processes.
She acknowledged the curriculum as robust and forward-looking but stressed the need for simplification to suit early learners and teachers, citing challenges such as curriculum overload, limited teacher capacity, and inadequate infrastructure as key barriers to effective implementation.
She pledged that UBEC, in partnership with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), will lead efforts to equip schools with computers and solar-powered infrastructure to support real learning.
“We’re committed to working with NITDA and NERDC to refine the curriculum, train teachers, and ensure effective delivery. Let us align the technical vision with grassroots realities to make a lasting impact,” she concluded.
To formalise the implementation of the meeting’s resolutions, a joint inter-agency committee was established to develop strategic plans that will ensure the effective rollout of the digital literacy initiative, to equip young Nigerians with the essential digital skills required to thrive in an increasingly dynamic and technology-driven global landscape.
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