Saturday, March 15, 2025
Senegal successfully launches first satellite Senegal’s first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said. He added that the move marked a major step towards the West African country’s “technological sovereignty”. The GAINDESAT-1A satellite was launched at 6: 56 p.m., Friday from the Vandenberg base in […]
The federal government through the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced the installation of eGates at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos. This is in a bid to enhance national security, passenger facilitation and ease of doing business. This is as it disclosed that over 107 thousand passports have been produced […]
The Presidency yesterday said the cybersecurity levy was introduced to tackle cybercrimes and terrorism. It said the nation lost over N273billion (approximately $762million) to cybercrime alone in 2022. It also claimed that the same levy is in place in Ghana and Rwanda. Opposition to the policy grew yesterday, with the […]
Heirs Technologies, a subsidiary of the Tony Elumelu majority-owned holding company, wants to become like Tek Experts which outsources IT support for businesses whose cores are not tech-oriented but need tech for their operations. It intends to offer this service through the Managed IT Services segment of its business, which […]
Samsung has ushered in a “new era of AI” with the launch of its Galaxy S24 smartphone series, which leans heavily on the vendor’s big-name partners – Google Cloud and Qualcomm – for the capabilities and functionality that enable features such as live translation of calls and texts. AI amplifies […]
Google has started building a new data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The data centre will be located on a 33-acre site that Google purchased in October 2020 and, once complete, will help ensure reliable digital services to Google Cloud customers and Google users in the UK. The new data […]
Digital entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh, has highlighted major reasons why multinationals are exiting Nigeria and warned that if nothing is done, more of such businesses and indigenous ones will close shop in the coming months and years. Ekeh, who is the Chairman of Zinox Technologies Limited, a Nigerian conglomerate with […]
Xiaomi introduced Redmi Note 13 Series at a launch event in Lagos, Nigeria. This exciting new series features five devices that further elevate the popular Redmi Note range: Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G, Redmi Note 13 Pro and Redmi Note 13. With significant upgrades to camera system, design, display and […]