1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (925+ words) Mary-Brenda Akoda, a Nigerian AI researcher, software engineer, and founder, has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation (NPSI) for GenScan AI, also known as GenMRI/C-MORE, software that can reduce MRI scan times by up to 90% on existing…...

19+ hour, 54+ min ago   (511+ words) Saviynt, a provider of identity security solutions, has appointed Kamel Heus, a cybersecurity executive with two decades of enterprise sales experience, as its vice president of sales for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) as the company moves to deepen…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (682+ words) Real estate developers and sundry stakeholders in the sector have raised concerns over the rising cost of building materials, which is increasingly altering the viability of their projects. Before now, developers’ major worries were land and finance. These have been…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (475+ words) For many business owners, managing a company requires the use of multiple platforms for learning, financial analysis, artificial intelligence, task management, planning and performance monitoring. While these tools provide useful functions, entrepreneurs are often left to connect the information and…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (959+ words) Children in rural communities are being introduced to coding, animation, graphic design, desktop publishing and other digital skills as technology organisations and community stakeholders seek to close Nigeria’s growing urban-rural technology gap. The initiative, launched at the Rural Green AI…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (331+ words) Nigeria is seeking to use nearly $1 billion in annual government technology spending to attract investment in local cloud infrastructure as the federal government moves to reduce reliance on offshore computing capacity. The policy is intended to make government a major…...

3+ day, 58+ min ago   (1475+ words) Iran and the United States have launched their biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began six months ago, raising fears of deeper disruption to energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it attacked 10 ships near…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1039+ words) Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, is once again playing a prominent role in the company he helped build, as Alphabet intensifies its battle for leadership in artificial intelligence. Brin, who no longer holds an executive position at Google or…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (403+ words) Visa has unveiled an enhanced account-to-account (A2A) fraud prevention solution designed to help financial institutions detect and stop fraudulent transactions in real time before money leaves customers’ accounts. The payments giant said its upgraded A2A Protect has demonstrated the ability to reduce…...