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- 2 Dec 2021
Data Scientists Network to Train 1m Nigerians
Data Scientists Network (DSN) formerly known as Data Science Nigeria has restated its commitment to train one million Nigerians in digital skills and impact two billon people from the African…
- 28 Sept 2020
Digital Explorers Launch Paid Traineeship in Lithuania for Nigerian Female Data Analysts
Digital Explorers has launched applications for the second cohort of the program. This time, it is a female-only track that will select up to 15 female Data Analysts and Data Scientists at…
- 24 Dec 2014
Gartner Explains Why CIOs Should Consider Advanced Analytics
Ahead of the annual Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics (triple) Summits Alexander Linden, research director at Gartner, has explained the opportunities that advanced analytics and data…
- 3 Oct 2018
Microsoft Backs DSN’s Deep Learning Bootcamp to Upskill Local Developers in Modern Technologies
Microsoft Africa is the lead sponsor of the third edition of the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp, which is aimed at building capacity in the use of Deep Learning…
- 11 Nov 2019
Microsoft Once Again Backs Data Science Nigeria’s Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp 2019
For the second year running, Microsoft through the 4Afrika initiative, is the lead sponsor of the 2019 Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp, an all-expenses-paid learning…
- 14 Apr 2013
Dearth of Data Impedes Fight against Desertification
Inaccurate mapping can lead policymakers to underestimate land degradation, a conference has heard. According to the conference, the lack of location-specific scientific data on the degradation of…
- 5 Nov 2016
Sophos Acquires Security Analytics Start Up
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has acquired Barricade, a pioneering start-up with a powerful behavior-based analytics engine built on machine learning techniques. The team…
- 20 Apr 2020
Facebook-Powered Virus ‘Heat Map’ Unveiled
Researchers Monday unveiled a coronavirus “heat map” powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track the spread of the disease and plan for reopening society. The Carnegie Mellon University…
- 31 Oct 2024
Google Grants Nigeria N2.8Bn for Al Development to Advance Digital Economy
Google.org has announced a N2.8 billion AI Talent Development grant to the country through the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy (FMCIDE). This is in a bid to…
- 15 Nov 2017
Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities to App Developers with Apache® Spark™
By peter oluka At Connect(); 2017, Microsoft Corp.’s annual event for professional developers, Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, announced new Microsoft data platform technologies and…
- 15 Jul 2015
Raft of Commitments on Harnessing Data Revolution, Data Crisis
International governments, businesses and civil society today pledged to take action to tackle the data crisis that threatens to hamper the fight against extreme poverty. Wide-ranging commitments –…
- 14 Feb 2017
IBM & Ericsson Make Huge Call Towards 5G Communications Networks
IBM and Ericsson on Monday announced a research breakthrough that could accelerate the launch of 5G communications networks and support new mobile enterprise and user experiences enabled by very high…
- 15 Jul 2015
IBM Research-Africa, RTI Int’l Partner for Data-Driven Development
RTI International, - a leading nonprofit research institute - and IBM’s Africa research lab, have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform…
- 28 Dec 2018
iDAF announces 'DABconference'; Data Analytics and Business Conference 2019
Information and Data Analytics Foundation (iDAF) has announced plans to host a three-day Big Data and Business Analytics Conference (DABConference) from March 5-7, 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria under the…
- 19 Oct 2018
OAU, Unilag students win BlueChip Inter-Campus Machine Learning competition
After an intensive 5-day learning bootcamp, Olajide Abdulrazzaq Folarin (from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State), Sadiq Aderinto and Stanley Obumneme Dukor (both of the University of…
- 26 Apr 2024
#BuildWithAI Hackathon: Google Developer Groups Lagos Partners SeerBit, GoMyCode
Google Developer Groups Lagos (GDGLagos) has announced a regional edition of the global #BuildWithAI hackathon, in partnership with SeerBit , Africa’s most trusted payment solutions provider and…
- 2 Oct 2023
Cassava Technologies, Atlas AI partner to drive digital transformation in Africa
Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced a partnership with Atlas AI, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics platform, aimed at maximising the positive impact of…
- 21 Dec 2018
THE FUTURE IS HERE – USPF Changemaker Challenge 2018 Begins
Innovative ICT Solutions and Entrepreneurship development project provides an avenue for self expression and creativity through technology. This is a Hackathon and Incubation event where…
- 1 Feb 2019
The USPF Changemaker Challenge 2018 Rewards Hackathon Winners
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has rewarded winners of its 2018 Hackathon Changemaker Challenge. Over 500 applications were…
- 23 Jul 2021
Sophos Acquires Braintrace to Boost Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced that it has acquired Braintrace, further enhancing Sophos’ Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace’s proprietary…
- 30 Dec 2013
Facebook User Data Shows Lagos, London among Top Places to Relocate
Facebook’s compared users’ hometowns with their current homes Data found that Lagos, Nigeria grew 18.6 per cent between 2000 and 2012; Istanbul was second most popular city with migrants from within…
- 22 Jul 2020
McAfee Raises Cyber Crime Alarm Amid COVID-19
Cyber security solutions company McAfee has issued a warning on the rise of cyber criminal activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it observed an average of 375 new threats per minute in the…
- 4 Dec 2019
Dell Introduces New Solutions to Advance High Performance Computing, AI Innovation
Dell Technologies recently introduced several new solutions, reference architectures and portfolio advancements at the 2019 Supercomputing held in Denver, Colorado. The solutions according to the…
- 30 May 2016
Philips, SURFsara Mull ‘Big Data’ Cloud-Based Research Services to Hospitals
Royal Philips and SURFsara, a subsidiary of the SURF cooperation, the leading Dutch high-performance supercomputing and data infrastructure provider for education and academic research, …
- 21 May 2020
Covid-19: Huawei ICT Academy Hosts Online Training for Students in Nigeria
Huawei Technologies has not relented on its efforts to ensure Nigerian students registered under its authorized information and network academy are trained in core ICT skills in the face of the…
- 10 Apr 2017
Glo Affirms Capability to Connect Research Institutions in Africa
West Africa's fully integrated telecommunications service provider, Globacom, has expressed eagerness to leverage its massive telecommunications infrastructure and international partnerships to…
- 12 May 2025
NDPC to Launch Regulatory AI Sandboxes for Data Protection in Nigeria
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has partnered with private sector ICT firms to explore the use of adaptive regulatory sandboxes that can support the integration of Artificial…
- 11 Jan 2026
AI Founders and Developers to Converge in Lagos for AI in Action 2026 conference
As Africa stands at the threshold of a digital revolution, Carbon AI has officially announced the AI in Action 2026 conference, scheduled for January 22, 2026, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. In a…
- 12 Apr 2020
Pastor Oyakhilome Recants His Claims of 5G Link to COVID-19
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Christ Embassy, has recanted his claim that the introduction of 5G network was responsible for the coronavirus pandemic. He however still cited “perceived health…
- 2 Nov 2017
IDC Provides Blueprint and Key Building Blocks for Becoming a Digital Native Enterprise
The predictions, blueprint and key building blocks for becoming digital native enterprise were on Tuesday announced by International Data Corporation IDC. The predictions covers worldwide…