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 Telecommunication and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG) has announced the second edition of its flagship conference and exhibition, the Innovators Makers Challenge (IMC) Conference & Innovation Exhibition. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 24 September 2026, at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. Sponsored by IHS Nigeria,…
Nigeria’s technology and telecommunications ecosystem is set to host policymakers, industry leaders, investors, innovators and development partners as the Telecommunications and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG) prepares to hold the second edition of its Innovators Makers Challenge (IMC) Conference and Innovation Exhibition. The event is scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Balmoral Convention…
Washington’s debate on critical minerals has become fixated on one question: How can the US reduce its dependence on China without replacing one strategic vulnerability with another? An answer has recently emerged far from Beijing, Washington, or the cobalt mines of southern Congo. It is in Burundi, a country with a roughly $4 billion economy,…
What do the water system in Flint, Michigan, the electrical grid in Puerto Rico and your search engine have in common? They are all forms of critical infrastructure — systems that are essential to everyday life. People expect critical infrastructure to be reliable, minimise risks and promote public well-being. When such systems fail — as…
Across Africa, technology is increasingly emerging as a catalyst for addressing problems that have remained difficult to solve through traditional systems. Among the entrepreneurs seeking to harness this opportunity is Dr. Arinze Madueke, whose growing interests in technology, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and football reflect a broader vision of developing digital solutions around African realities. Rather…
Nairobi has hosted a sitting President of the United States, a Pope, and, earlier this year, more than 30 African heads of state in a single week. Having sat close enough to the machinery behind several of these moments, I have noticed something that rarely makes the press coverage: the hardest part was never the…
OPay, a leading fintech company in Nigeria, has reaffirmed that it remains fully operational and has no plans to suspend or discontinue its operations in the country. The company made this clarification during a Live Town Hall held in Lagos on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, to address misinformation circulating on social media about its operations….
Armstrong Takang, the Managing Director of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), has warned that Nigerians risk losing the wealth created by the digital economy unless they invest in and own technology businesses. Takang made the statement on Thursday in Lagos at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) Nigeria, a forum focused on the intersection…