Google has launched Storybook, a new feature within its Gemini app, aimed at providing a creative and interactive learning tool for Nigeria’s 39 million children aged six and under. BusinessDay reports that the AI-powered feature transforms simple prompts, personal photos, and children’s drawings into customised, narrated storybooks, bridging a critical gap in early childhood education…
• MTN Nigeria Executives L-R Roger Shutte: General Manager for Infrastructure, Shoyinka: Shodunke Chief Information officer, Karl Toriola: CEO MTN Nigeria today, July 1, 2025, launched what it describes as West Africa’s largest Tier III data centre—and one of the largest in Africa. TechPoint Africa reports that the data centre is named after MTN Nigeria’s…
•The Head of Brands and Communications, Zedcrest Group, Oyinkansola Adeboye. Zedcrest Group has declared its support for the Lagos State Government and MacTay, ICT skill acquisition program for graduate trainees which comes with employment opportunities. The Head of Brands and Communications, Zedcrest Group, Oyinkansola Adeboye made this disclosure during the graduation ceremony for the 2024…
“You buy minutes, not airtime. If your call ends in 30 seconds, you still have 99 minutes and 30 seconds left. “ Lebara, a new telecom operator has made its entry into the Nigerian market with the introduction of its unique 0724 number. Nigerian Communication Week reports that Lebara is leveraging its status as a…
The International Energy Agency (iea)’s says that its webinar on ‘ Understanding data centre electricity use in the AI era’, will hold this week Friday , June 27. In a statement, Iea says that its Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks (3DEN) Initiative, the IEA 4E TCP Efficient, Demand Flexible Networked Appliances (EDNA) and the Super-Efficient Equipment…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has applauded the election of Dr Bosun Tijani as Vice Chairman of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council 2025.. Bosun Tijani is Nigeria’s Minister of Communications , Innovation & Digital Economy. In a statement, the NITDA describes Dr Tijani ‘s election to the ITU board as historic because…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced an important change on the deduction of charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Starting Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) will no longer be allowed to deduct these fees directly from customers’ bank accounts. Instead, the charges will be deducted from users’ mobile airtime…
•President Bola Tinubu, and Bill Gates (BusinessDay) : The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed an agreement with the Bill Gates Foundation to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) Scaling Hub. The foundation will donate about $7.5 million in funding, and provide expertise, according to Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, on his…
Mr Smith Osemeke is the MD/CEO of Unitellas Edge Cloud, one of the top ten cloud services providers in Africa, and currently a member of the National Information Development Technology Agency ( NITDA) Technical Working Group that was selected to review Nigeria’s cloud policy and come up with recommendations that will drive Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud…
