Nigeria Secures N2.8bn from Google to Advance AI Development The federal government has secured N2.8 billion grant from Google to boost artificial intelligence (AI) talent development in the country. Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovations and digital economy, announced the partnership at a press briefing in...

Fiber-optic Cable: FG, W’Bank Begin Talks on 90,000km Project Just a few weeks after the Federal Government approved a special purpose vehicle to support the delivery of an additional 90,000 km of fibre optic cable, it has begun talks with the World Bank. The Minister of...

FG to Telecoms: Tariff Hike Not a Viable Option The Federal Government has faulted the proposal by telecommunications companies to raise their tariffs, emphasising that increasing data, voice and text message prices isn’t the “sole or optimal solution” to the sector’s challenges. It also urged the...

FG Organises Workshop on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy   As part of efforts to align and implement the priority area of the present administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda of Accelerating Diversification through Industrialisation, Digitisation, Creative Arts, Manufacturing and Innovation, the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital...

Startup Engagement Portal: Pushing Bosun Tijani’s Agenda for Digital Entrepreneurship, by Zeenat Sambo   The interactions and connections that individuals, groups, or organisations have online and in digital environments in Nigeria have become interesting prospects for startups which are able to thrive due to the enabling...