STEM Africa Fest targets next generation of innovators with hands-on AI, robotics learning
By Juliet Umeh Organisers of STEM Africa Fest have said this year’s edition will equip African children with practical skills in artificial intelligence, AI, robotics and other emerging technologies to prepare them as the continent’s next generation of innovators and problem solvers. The organisers described the event as Africa’s largest STEM festival for children, announcing […]
Tunji Andrews and the race to make all Nigerians pensionable
By Rasheed Sobowale This publication is the first in Vanguard Online series of Tech StartUps’ stories. Tunji Andrews an advocate of financial inclusion shares the story of his company, Awabah, a Mirco-Pension startup tech. Andrews once argued that not everybody living in Nigeria earn enough to save for the future. Read on as he is […]
A minister’s good turn for the broadcast industry
By Okoh Aihe Once I observed that a number of newspaper publications have fallen to thirty-two pages shortly after the ugly debut of COVID-19, I knew that the media was going to be in serious trouble. Even in good times, the Nigerian media enterprise scraps for survival, employing all the logics in the books to […]
Insecurity threatening over $80b investment in telecom sector
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says investment in the telecommunications sector has risen to over $80 billion. The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics NBS also explained that foreign capital investment in the sector rose by 725 percent in 2019 from the $114.43 million recorded in 2018; which was the lowest annual investment […]
Why OPPO Reno3 fits Nigerians’ lifestyle
By Prince Osuagwu Mobile phone brand, OPPO, has said its new smartphone, Reno3, fits Nigerians’ decent and stylish way of living. The device was unveiled recently through an online launch on the company’s Nigeria Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. The virtual unveiling, according to OPPO, was in accordance with the recent health guidelines to […]
China Mobile, Huawei deliver world’s highest 5G
The new 5G site on the altitude of 6500 meters shows capability to deliver the network to the peak of Everest China Mobile and Huawei have jointly taken 5G connectivity to a new height by bringing the network to the summit of Mount Everest upon the completion of the world’s highest 5G base station on […]
