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- 25 Nov 2025
Nigeria tech firm, Task Systems, wins Microsoft Best Partner Award in USA
At a time in the history of Nigeria when its reputation seems to have been slurred, an indigenous tech firm, Task Systems Limited, was honoured in the presence of thousands of global professionals…
- 16 Oct 2019
Microsoft kicks off LEAP Engineering Acceleration Program with Ten Female Software Engineers
Ten female Software Engineers from Nigeria have been admitted into Microsoft LEAP Engineering Acceleration Program (LEAP). Led by the Global Innovation Team at Microsoft (Redmond, USA), and sponsored…
- 11 Aug 2020
Tek Experts, Microsoft Renew Partnership Aimed at Developing Women in IT
Tek Experts, a leading global provider of business and deep IT support services, and global IT giant, Microsoft are returning to develop more women in IT in Nigeria with the second cohort of the…
- 9 Sept 2014
UBA Sponsored Student Comes Second In Microsoft Word World Championship
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc recently sponsored two students to participate in the Certiport Worldwide competition on Microsoft Office in Anaheim, California, United States of America (USA), in…
- 27 Nov 2012
Nigeria can Overtake India in Software Development- Spann
Ken Spann is MD/CEO, WaveTek Nigeria limited, a company that aims at leveraging on its enterprise solutions to add value to the many enterprises, public sector and educational institutions among…
- 3 Aug 2017
Nigerian Emerges Third @ Global Microsoft Championship
Katherine Eta of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos, has emerged the third-place winner in the 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) held in Disneyland, California, USA. Katherine…
- 18 Dec 2025
Nigeria Police Arrest Okitipi, Nigerian Allegedly Linked to Microsoft 365 Hack
Okitipi Samuel, a Nigerian man, has been taken into custody by the Nigeria Police Force for his alleged role in a global cyberattack on Microsoft 365 users. Benjamin Hundeyin, Force public relations…
- 10 Mar 2023
Microsoft Garage Trains C&F Porter Novelli Staff on Innovation
Microsoft’s innovation hub, The Garage, has held an innovation and business intelligence training workshop for staff of C&F Porter Novelli, Nigeria’s premier reputation capital company. The…
- 13 Apr 2021
Tudo Provides Social Approach to Finance with Friends
Nigerians looking to host their social events including parties and charity drives have a reason to smile as fintech outfit, Xerde Limited has rolled out its innovative application, Tudo. Founder of…
- 28 Jun 2017
NITDA's CERT Team Working on Defence Mechanism for Nigerian Cyberspace- DG
To combat the increasing level of cyber attacks across the globe, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have commenced the development of…
- 2 Jul 2017
NITDA, Others Raise Alert as 'GoldenEye' Paralyses Businesses
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and other cyber security firms have alerted Nigerian companies on the rampaging ransomware attacks called Petya or 'GoldenEye'. The deadly…
- 7 Jun 2014
Microsoft Announces 35 Teams Advancing to Imagine Cup World Finals
Microsoft has announced the 35 Finalists teams who will travel to Seattle, Washington, USA to compete at the Imagine Cup World Finals, July 29 through August 2. These students will compete in three…
- 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…
- 12 Apr 2026
Elon Musk Accuses South Africa of Racism over Starlink Licence Block
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and owner of X, on Sunday criticised his birth country’s government, claiming that Starlink is being denied an operating licence on the basis that he is not black. In a…
- 22 Apr 2014
Nokia's Mobile Phones to Become Microsoft Mobile Oy
Microsoft's acquisition of the Nokia handset division is expected to complete within the next few weeks and one of the first things that will happen is a change to the name of the holding company.…
- 25 Feb 2015
Adeleke University Unveils N50m ICT Resource Centre
Students of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State are set to join their counterparts in other private universities across the country benefiting from international certifications in information…
- 12 Aug 2013
ATB Techsoft Solutions Bags Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year Award
ATB Techsoft Solutions Limited, a gold certified Microsoft partner has been rewarded as the Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year: Enterprise Customers by Microsoft Corporation-American multinational…
- 14 Nov 2019
DSN Summit 2019 to Unveil First AI Book for Nigerian Elementary Schools
In furtherance of its vision to democratize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and position Nigeria as a future global powerhouse in the fourth industrial revolution, Olubayo Adekanmbi, convener of Data…
- 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…
- 12 May 2008
Task Wins HP’s Heart, Bags Six Awards
Task Systems Limited has won six awards, a record to emerge the most celebrated HP Preferred Partner in Africa. Three of the awards were won in the sales revenue category, while the other three were…
- 11 Jan 2023
Top Digital Marketing Personalities in Nigeria 2022
In the 1990s, the term "digital marketing" was coined, but it wasn't until the early 2000s that traditional marketers began to recognise its impact. However, digital media such as smartphones,…
- 13 Nov 2019
BlueChip Technologies Backs InterCampus Machine Learning Competition with Data Science Nigeria
Bluechip Technologies Limited, a leading indigenous business applications and data management solutions firm, has continued its commitment to capacity building by sponsoring the second edition of the…
- 1 May 2024
US Newspapers Sue OpenAI, Microsoft Over AI Chatbots
Eight US newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in a New York federal court Tuesday for violating their copyright to train the technology behind the ChatGPT and Copilot chatbots. The newspapers, which…
- 5 Oct 2010
More New Horizons Teens Get Microsoft Certification
More primary school pupils tutored by New Horizons has emerged as youngest Adobe Certified Associate and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist at Age 8 and 10yrs respectively. They are…
- 6 Jun 2016
1st Nigeria’s Venture Capital Summit Holds in June
The Venture Capital Advocacy Summit, the first of its kind in Nigeria that will bring together all the critical elements that could facilitate the entrenchment of the Venture Capital Culture in the…
- 30 Nov 2025
Smart Schools Choose MENXTT Tech NG for CBT Compliance
As Nigeria accelerates toward the nationwide adoption of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations by 2026,…
- 16 Dec 2024
Tizeti Launches New Fibre Broadband Service in Nigeria, Ghana
Tizeti, West African internet service provider, has launched its FreeFiber broadband service in Nigeria and Ghana, setting what it calls a new benchmark for internet speed and accessibility in the…
- 27 May 2013
Airtel Aligns with Huawei, Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 Smartphone
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications service provider, has partnered with Huawei and Microsoft to unveil Ascend W1, its first Smartphone that runs on the Microsoft windows Phone 8 operating…
- 9 Oct 2017
GITEX: NITDA Prefers Investment To Importation, Laments N720b Yearly Losses
By peter oluka As this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition going on at the Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arabs Emirates (UAE) entered second day, Dr. Isa Pantami, the director general of…
- 28 Jun 2019
Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Investment Key to Africa’s Digital Economy - Experts
Experts at the ‘Africa Panel Session’ of the 2019 International Telecoms Week (ITW), held recently in Atlanta, USA, have stressed the importance of broadband infrastructure investment in facilitating…