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By Adedapo Adesanya The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, has revealed that plans to onboard three million tech talents in Nigeria will be done in phases, starting with the training of 30,000 persons in the next three months. Appearing as one of the lead guests at Moonshoot by TechCabal, a two-day event organised by the tech publication in Lagos on Wednesday, he said his ministry would apply a 1-10-100 model, which by definition is a three-phase model. “We are using a 1-10-100-model. We are starting with 1 per cent of our 3 million target, and

By Adedapo Adesanya The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, intends to close the world’s tech talent shortage by almost a quarter with Nigerian workers. He said this would be achieved through the federal government’s plan to train 3 million technical talents over the next four years. The initiative could help achieve President Bola Tinubu’s goal of creating a million tech jobs in the first two years of his administration. “I believe, based on data that LinkedIn has projected, Nigeria can fill about 23 per cent of the current global shortage in technology talents,” Mr Tijani

By Modupe Gbadeyanka On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, stakeholders within the telecoms and ICT ecosystem gathered at Fraser Suites in Abuja to discuss Modernization and Digitization, the theme of an event organised by Airtel Nigeria. The Director of Airtel Business at Airtel Africa Plc, Mr Luc Serviant, while addressing the participants, emphasised the company’s commitment to fostering collaboration and partnerships that drive progress and innovation. He highlighted Airtel Nigeria’s dedication to endowing the public sector through cutting-edge technologies, enabling transformative change on a national scale. “At Airtel, we are happy to discuss connectivity, innovation & technology, digital pillars, cloud security,

By: Gerelyn Terzo of Sharemoney Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, has seen its value balloon by more than 100% year-to-date, soaring to an all-time high of more than USD 60,000.  Nigerians, many of whom are battling poverty, would be hard-pressed to miss out on those gains. This is especially true considering that the unemployment rate in the most populous African nation was 33.3% as of last quarter, with more than 23 million Nigerians out of work. Enter bitcoin, which has been a safe-haven investment as well as a faster and cheaper payment method for the growing segment of the population that

By Adedapo Adesanya The oil market dropped by almost 4 per cent on Wednesday, extending the previous session’s sharp losses, as recession shadowed a report that showed US crude inventories fell more than expected. Brent crude settled at $77.69 a barrel after losing $3.08 or 3.8 per cent, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled at $74.30 a barrel after shedding $2.77 or 3.6 per cent. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an inventory draw of 5.1 million barrels for the week to April 21 compared with another draw of 4.6 million barrels for the previous week and an

By Modupe Gbadeyanka An internet fraudster, Mr Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, has been given an option to pay a fine of N250,000 or spend the next nine months in prison. Mr Adelakun was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretext and pleaded guilty to the charges. “That you, Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, sometime in August 2020, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession email correspondence titled Credit Alert Transactions, wherein you falsely represented yourself as Alvine International

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned the public to disregard information circulating in social media about an alleged recruitment exercise into the agency. NNPC’s Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, warned that some blogs and social media accounts have made posts suggesting that the agency has begun its recruitment for 2021. The state oil company, in a statement released on Sunday, said that it is not recruiting right now, and urged Nigerians to be wary of scammers on the internet, saying what they were seeing online are purely a fake recruitment

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Africa’ richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that Nigeria should pray that the prices of oil should remain low. According to him, this will ensure Africa’s largest economy diversify her economy and take away the high dependence on crude oil for foreign exchange earnings. Mr Dangote made this known in a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm, Shearman and Sterling LLC, high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa to hear him speak. According to him, agriculture should be the next focus, pointing out that “Africa will

By Tom Gomez As the February 25 general election approaches, it has been announced that nearly 10 million new voters have been registered, with 84% of them being under the age of 34. It appears that many young voters are eager to have a say in Nigeria’s future as the country struggles with insecurity, high living costs, and increasing poverty. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the 2023 general election is ultimately an election for the young people in Nigeria. With a large and growing population of young people, Nigeria is

By Dipo Olowookere A new mobile based account, which does not require any form of documentation for opening, has been introduced by Ecobank Nigeria. The account, called the Ecobank Xpress Account, is a flagship digital product that will take banking to the grassroots. It is aimed to make account opening easy and convenient for all, while affording the customers the same services available to regular account holders. The Ecobank Xpress Account can be opened on the Ecobank Mobile App by smartphone users and or via USSD for feature phone users. Speaking at its unveiling ceremony in Lagos, Managing Director of

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has joined the organizers of the 25Under25 Awards to honour this year’s recipients of the coveted prize for young Nigerian entrepreneurs who are under 25 years of age. The 25Under25 Entrepreneurs Awards is an annual award that recognizes, celebrates and encourages some of Nigeria’s most innovative entrepreneurs under the age of 25 across various categories with a goal of stimulating an entrepreneurial culture among youths. Speaking during the award ceremony, which held at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos, Charles Odii, Executive Director, SME100 Africa, organizers of the award, said “the goal of the