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- 6 Jun 2024
Experts Say GMO Poses Food Sovereignty Risk
Global Prolife Alliance (GPA), a global health organization has again warned that genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods are unsafe for human consumption. GPA also claimed that the promoters of…
- 1 Jan 2021
Peter Oluka, EditorTechEconomy.ng Joins AFictF as Executive Director STEM
Peter Ikenna Oluka, a prolific Media Practitioner with bias for IT and Telecoms reporting, has been appointed as the Executive Director, Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) by…
- 29 Jun 2023
LockBit Expands its Reach, Targeting MacOS
LockBit, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware groups, has recently upgraded its operations with enhanced multiplatform functionality, according to cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky. LockBit…
- 11 Feb 2017
Glo-Sponsored CNN African Voices Projects Nigerian, SA Artistes
Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage and South Africa’s Thandiswa Mazwai will take centre stage this week on the Glo-sponsored CNN African Voices. Tiwa Savage, one of Nigeria’s most prolific divas, emerged into…
- 14 Apr 2021
Google Marks Oliver de Coque’s 74th Posthumous Birthday with Doodle
Google has unveiled a Doodle to posthumously mark the 74th birthday of Nigerian music legend and highlife maestro Oliver de Coque, one of Africa’s most prolific recording artists of all time. The…
- 26 Feb 2014
NoViolet Bulawayo Wins £15,000 Etisalat Prize for Literature
The search for Africa’s most prolific debut fiction writer, the Etisalat Prize for Literature, climaxed last weekend in Lagos, with NoViolet Bulawayo carting home the coveted prize of £15,000. At a…
- 23 Apr 2024
GPA Raises Alarm, Says Malaria Vaccine Can Cause Meningitis
Global Prolife Alliance (GPA), global health organization, has told the National Assembly that the intended malaria vaccine currently proposed by Bill Gates, American billionaire, for Nigeria can…
- 26 Jul 2021
Serial Angel Investor Launches Pre-seed & Seed Stage Capital Firm
Olumide Soyombo, one of Africa’s most prolific and active early-stage investors in tech startups, has announced the launch of Voltron Capital - a Pan-African pre-seed & seed firm for elite tech…
- 15 Jul 2014
Etisalat Unveils 2014 Prize for Literature Panel of Judges
Etisalat Nigeria, has announced the judging panel for the second edition of its prestigious literary prize the Etisalat Prize for Literature. Chaired by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, a renowned Nigerian…
- 22 Dec 2023
Sophos CryptoGuard Technology Reveals How Attackers Increased Their Use of Remote Ransomware by 62% Annually
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released a report, titled “CryptoGuard: An Asymmetric Approach to the Ransomware Battle,” which found that some of…
- 26 Jul 2023
Ransomware Attacks in Nigeria Increased by 7Per Cent in H1 2023 Compared to H1 2022
Ransomware remains one of the main threats to information security globally and in the META region. In 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack was US$4.54 million (according to IBM’s data…
- 3 Mar 2021
Nigeria among Countries Most Skeptical about 5G- Report
5G seems to be coming to every town and city at a very fast rate, but with this rapid growth comes worries and misunderstandings for some individuals. Interested in finding out which countries in the…
- 26 Sept 2019
Nigeria's CcHUB Acquires iHub of Kenya
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Nigeria, has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see iHub’s team become part of CcHUB’s wider central…
- 25 Dec 2014
OBJ is a Serial Liar, Says Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate on Wednesday said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president’s has made a life-long career of compulsive lying. Soyinka in an abridged response to the…
- 13 Oct 2014
Billionaire Pastors Running Nigeria's Megachurches
When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria's leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focussed on the multimillion-dollar "megachurches"…
- 19 Oct 2012
Microsoft Appoints Olayinka National Technology Officer
Microsoft Nigeria has appointed Mr. Olayinka Oni as the company’s National Technology Officer. Olayinka comes with 15years experience in Information Technology working in Consulting and the…
- 3 Nov 2016
Canadian Firm to Train 3,000 Nigerians on Animation Tech – FG
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said that a Canadian company has offered to sponsor the training of no fewer than 3,000 Nigerian film makers on animation. The minister…
- 8 Jul 2014
Grand Winner Emerged in Globacom Sponsored Soyinka Prize for Literature
Akin Bello has been named by the judges of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa as the winner of the fifth edition of the prestigious prize in Literature. Bello was crowned by Professor…
- 31 Aug 2012
iROKOtv, Uche Jombo, Join Hands at NEAs
iROKOtv, world’s largest online distributor of African entertainment, is in New York for the Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2012 with Uche Jombo, Nollywood superstar who is will be…
- 29 Mar 2010
GSMA to Address Spam and Fraudulent Messaging Threats for Consumers
The GSMA has announced that it is piloting a solution to address mobile messaging misuse caused by spam, which is a growing issue for consumers and mobile operators. The GSMA Spam Reporting…
- 2 Jul 2016
CBN Governor Flags-off YEDP Training for Corps Members
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has flagged-off the formal training of successful National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members under the Youth Entrepreneurship…
- 20 Jun 2016
McAfee Reveals Threats Prone 5000 Versions of 21 Mobile App
Intel Security’s McAfee Labs Threats Report of June 2016, has revealed the dynamics of mobile app collusion, where cybercriminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks capable of…
- 3 Aug 2016
6 Interesting Yet Annoying Things About Nollywood Movies
Nollywood is the sobriquet for Nigeria’s film industry. The industry is currently witnessing a boom as it churns out new and exciting movies. So, there is little or no argument when it is described…
- 31 Aug 2016
Olamide, Iyana to Headline Yudala Zero Gravity
Olamide and Iyanya, trending A-list artistes have been confirmed as part of the headline acts for a mega digital entertainment concert tagged Yudala Zero Gravity which kicks off with a Contemporary…
- 10 Jun 2014
MTN Foundation Scholarship Beneficiary Graduates, Testify
Agatha Onyinye Ibeazor, a product of the MUSON School of Music, Onikan, Lagos sponsored by the MTN Foundation, has graduated with Magna Cum Laude, the equivalent of second class upper degree, from…
- 20 Oct 2016
ROK Studio to Launch Series on DStv Channel 168
ROK, the award-winning Nigerian film studio and entertainment brand, will launch across Africa on the DStv platform on 1 November 2016. The Lagos-based film studio, renowned for its original TV…
- 30 Oct 2016
Digitata Takes Mastercard’s Digital Payment Message to Mobile Masses
Mastercard in collaboration with Digitata Insights, a subsidiary of Digitata, recently launched a gamification campaign to educate South Africans on the benefits of making safe, secure and fast…
- 6 Jun 2016
Ericsson Predict 200% Growth in Smartphone Adoption by 2021
Smartphone subscriptions will increase by more than 200% between 2015 and 2021 in the Middle East and Africa, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. Growth in mobile broadband…
- 7 Jun 2017
6 Things You Didn’t Know Your Smartphone Could Do
Smartphones are amazingly useful machines. Indeed, they are not just called smart for nothing. That device in your hands could do so much more than you know it is capable of, yet most of us miss out…
- 29 Feb 2016
You Don't Need to be Professor to Edit Wikipedia -- Olatunde Isaac
Wikipedia, the world largest encyclopedia was established on 15th January 2001 by Jimmy Wales with the vision to create a digital encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content. The…