IMF pushes telecom tax to boost Nigeria’s coffers

United Kingdom steps up support for Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda with the launch of a £15 million growth programme.

The launch of a local Tier III datacentre marks a shift taking place across Africa as countries start to realise the importance of local digital infrastructure.

The pact is designed to help align national technology policy with regional implementation.

As the mobile operator seeks to shift away from a dependency on diesel and an unstable grid, it is increasingly turning to renewable energy sources.

In a recently released report on Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund has recommended the country’s financial regulators take a harder stance on of crypto assets.

A new data hosting alliance between Nigeria’s 21st Century Technologies and the Chinese telco is set to deepen local cloud infrastructure capacity.

Nigeria’s central bank is set to introduce artificial intelligence in an attempt to strengthen the resilience of the country’s payments ecosystem.

In a major step, Nigeria’s data privacy authority has agreed with the Facebook parent company to launch a programme aimed at improving data privacy and security in an African country.

Mobility platform integrates with Google Maps while expanding urban transport access.

The partnership aims to cut cross-border payment costs and settlement times.

Lagos State government employees have completed cybersecurity training covering emerging threats such as AI-driven attacks and deepfake fraud.

China Industrial Bank pledges to deliver 1,000 telecom towers to expand connectivity in Nigeria.