16 results
- 19 Feb 2020
Paradigm Initiative Selects Olatunde As Inaugural Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellow
Folasewa Olatunde, a Nigerian second-year doctoral student at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, has been selected as the pioneer fellow for the newly introduced Digital Rights and…
- 21 Apr 2026
U.S. Jury Finds Uber Liable in Passenger Assault Case
A federal jury in North Carolina has found Uber liable for the actions of one of its drivers accused of assaulting a passenger during a trip. Uber The jury in Charlotte awarded the plaintiff $5,000…
- 4 Jul 2025
Flutterwave Secures 20 more US Money Transmitter Licences
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announced the relaunch of its flagship remittance solution, Send App, across U.S. states following its newly acquired Money…
- 4 Sept 2017
Fact Check: Alleged NK Threat to Nigerians, Who Owns @DPRK_News Account?
By now, you must have heard or read about the alleged warning from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) that Nigerians should stop making mockery of the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un or…
- 11 Nov 2018
4YBY Set to Promote HIV Self-Testing Habit Among Young Nigerians
An NGO Named ‘For Nigerian Youth by Nigerian Youth (4YBY)’ has launched campaign to promote HIV self-testing habit among young Nigerians. This comes at a time when rates of new HIV cases have…
- 14 Nov 2018
U.S. Body Funds Study to Promote HIV Self-testing Habit Among young Nigerians
The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health, has awarded $7.5 million for an international research program to prevent and treat HIV infection among adolescents and…
- 27 Jun 2023
Addressing Ethical Challenges in the Use of Digital Media in Nigeria
By Gabriel T. Nyitse, PhD and Felix C. Elele Digital media has revolutionized the communication landscape globally and disrupted traditional media's dominance in all its ramifications by ushering a…
- 27 May 2024
Innovantics Bags Best Biometric Banking Solutions of the Year Award @ ABoICT 2024
Innovantics Limited, end-to-end custom-built software solutions provider, has won the best biometric banking solutions of the year award at this year’s Africa Beacon of ICT (ABoICT) Awards held in…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 15 Jul 2024
17 Ijesha Digital Hub Graduands Secure Job Placements after Inaugural Training Program
The Ijesha Digital Hub has announced that 17 graduates from its first cohort are to receive job offers following their successful completion of the training program. Some of the Ijesha Digital Hub…
- 2 Dec 2018
World AIDS Day: 4YBY Rewards Finalists in HIV Self-Testing Contest
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, the 4Youth By Youth (4YBY) Group, a team of Nigerian researchers led Dr. Oliver Ezechi at the Nigerian Institute of Medical…
- 10 Dec 2013
Lenovo Consolidates Leaders of PC Market- Gartner Magic Quadrant
Lenovo, the third-largest computer maker worldwide by volume, has continued its rise to the top with a superlative performance at the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant – a highly influential study for…
- 23 Jan 2014
Lenovo Tables US$2.3Bn To Acquire IBM’s x86 Server Business
Lenovo and IBM have entered into an agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. The agreement includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches,…
- 19 Oct 2015
Microsoft Appoints Amrote Abdella, New Regional Director for Microsoft 4Afrika
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft’s 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015. Previously the director of Startup Engagement and Partnerships at 4Afrika,…
- 20 Aug 2014
Blood of Survivors Key to Ebola Virus Cure-WHO
The best chance for an immediate treatment for Ebola patients in the worst outbreak in history may be readily available – in the blood of survivors. With experimental drugs in short supply or not…
- 24 May 2010
Mobile Phone Sales Grew by 17% in First Quarter 2010
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010, a 17 per cent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner. Smarpthone sales to end…