Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is set to become the first industrial facility to deploy Honeywell Technologies’ newly launched artificial intelligence platform, in a major technological development expected to deliver more than $60 million in annual gross operational benefits at full refining capacity. The deployment of the platform, known as Forge Plant Cognition, will position…
The Federal Government is seeking increased investment from US technology and financial services companies to strengthen Nigeria’s digital infrastructure, particularly in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) held discussions with a delegation from the US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to explore opportunities for collaboration in Nigeria’s digital economy….
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) System Builder and Automation Specialist, Ms Mary Mmoh, says digital infrastructure remains the most critical gap holding back Nigeria’s technology ecosystem. Mmoh made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while responding to questions on what Nigeria needed to build a stronger technology sector….
Meta was fighting multimillion-dollar penalties from Nigerian regulators while simultaneously building new relationships with government institutions. An investigation by The Continent found at least 17 engagements between major technology companies and the Nigerian government since 2024, many of which have limited public information about the terms of the agreements. In February 2025, representatives of three…
Cassava Technologies, Vodafone Business and Elsewedy Electric have signed an agreement to establish Africa Data Centres Egypt, a new data centre project that will include Egypt’s first sovereign AI data centre powered by Nvidia GPUs. The project will combine Cassava Technologies’ extensive experience in data centre development across Africa with Vodafone Business’ expertise in cloud…
Digital Parks Africa has announced plans to build a carrier-neutral data centre in Lagos, Nigeria, marking its first project outside South Africa. The company, however, has not disclosed the facility’s capacity, investment value, location, or construction timeline. Its only specific technical target is a certification it has not yet achieved at any of its existing…
The Tech Girls Club has urged Nigerian schoolgirls to leverage technology and data to develop solutions to societal challenges as it opened the Ibadan edition of its AI/Data Science for Her Boot Camp on Monday. The Principal Investigator of the project, Dr Ronke Sakpere, gave the charge at the opening of the Ibadan boot camp….
SANDI AI Technologies has won the $50,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize at the Africa Food Systems Forum Summit in Kigali, securing the female-led grand prize for its AI system that assesses smallholder farmers for loans they are unable to access through conventional lending channels. The Ugandan startup was founded by Nabakka Sandra, who believes the conventional…
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) system designer and filmmaker, Mr Onu Abrahams, has called on Nigerians to focus on transforming local ideas into globally competitive products. Abrahams made the call during an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. He said Nigeria had a growing pool of talented developers but…
The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has called for increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned systems and other emerging technologies to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to tackle evolving security threats. Musa made the call on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at a colloquium organised by the Ministry of Defence. He said the changing…