From Our Correspondent in Abuja Associate Professor of Computer Science at Louisiana State University, USA, Aisha Gombe says she is proudly a product of Nigerian education system and ready to give back to her home country. Gombe made the pledge when she visited Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, on Wednesday, […]
By our reporter The Covenant University in Nigeria says it is partnering with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities in a broad range of areas. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties covers Machine Translation (MT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and linguistics. Under the arrangement, OBTranslate scientists would develop […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure …..To train 27 young Africans in Akure The International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) has approved a grant award for Dr Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha, an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for collaboration with multinational stakeholders towards developing Nigeria’s digital economy. The Director-General of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa, made the call at the 2023 NITDA/Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stakeholders engagements forum, on Tuesday, in Lagos. Kashifu appealed to the stakeholders to imbibe a sense of responsibility […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend announced the redeployment of two directors and other senior officers to key departments in the commission. The redeployment is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at NCC. Under the new arrangement, Dr Alhassan Haru moves to the Technical Standards and Network […]
Nairaxi, a mobile ridesharing app, that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged has emerged overall winner at the young innovators’ competition. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) organised the competition at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi, Lagos. The company took the coveted prize, valued at N2 million. Kingsley Eze, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer and […]
Google.org has announced a grant of $2 million for Nigeria Fact Checkers to fight against misinformation during the general elections. Dawn Dimowo, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google Nigeria, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Dimowo said that Full Fact, a UK-based charity, would partner with some organisations to fight misinformation […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda Policymakers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the West African sub-region will converge in Abuja from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 for the Digital Economy Regional Conference. Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs in the ministry in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the conference would discuss the future of […]
Since the beginning of space exploration, humanity has wondered whether there is life beyond earth or if there are any other planets suitable for life. Recently, explorers have found a couple more planets that may answer that question. An international team of astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, led by Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, […]
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has raised the alarm that the country is losing its value by the day to the scourge of disinformation and fake news. Pantami made this remark at a Ministerial Panel of the ongoing UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week in Abuja. In a presentation titled “National […]