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By Dipo Olowookere To make Artificial Intelligence (AI) more helpful and help developers and enterprise customers scale their operations, a renowned tech firm, Google, has introduced Gemini. In a note from the chief executive of the firm, Mr Sundar Pichai, it was disclosed that “Gemini is also our most flexible model yet, able to run on everything from data centres to mobile devices efficiently.” “Its state-of-the-art capabilities will significantly enhance the way developers and enterprise customers build and scale with AI,” the note seen by Business Post added. Google said the new AI model platform comes in Gemini Ultra, Gemini

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 Precious Olisa A Cameroon-based company, Koree, has emerged as the winner of the 2023 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, going home with a prize of $50,000. The firm was announced as the winner of the contest by the panel of judges during the competition’s grand finale at the bank’s headquarters at the Pan African Centre in Lomé, Togo. The organisations made it to the final from an initial pool of over 1,400 fintechs from 64 countries, underscoring the significant growth in popularity of the competition since its inception six years ago, as well as the wealth of innovation

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 Modupe Gbadeyanka The 278th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will take place next week. This information was revealed by the apex bank via a circular issued on Monday evening. The central bank disclosed that the gathering, the second in 2021, will precisely hold on Monday, March 22, 2021, at 10.00am and Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at 8.00am. Later in the afternoon of the second day of the meeting, the Governor of the CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, will have a chat with journalists to inform them of the outcome of the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Nigerians have been urged to maintain the highest level of alertness ahead of the 2023 general elections as there are allegedly some persons planning to scuttle the polls. In a statement on Friday, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) alleged that efforts are being made to ensure that the exercise is not free and fair. The group stated that some “enemies of democracy” want to use the courts to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), a device that has brought sanity into the system

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Emirates has made an order for three twin-engine DA42-VI aircraft and its corresponding flight simulator from Austria-based Diamond Aircraft Industries for the Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA). This is in fulfilment of its promise of offering cutting-edge tech and state-of-the-art aircraft to train pilots of the future and help close the industry’s skills gap. Since 2020, more than 100 cadets have successfully graduated from EFTA, creating a strong pilot recruitment pipeline for Emirates and the industry. The AUSTRO jet-fuel-powered DA42-VI aircraft is slated to be the flagship that ushers in multi-engine piston (MEP) training at EFTA. The

By Adedapo Adesanya  Brent Crude, the global benchmark, traded close to $63 per barrel on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 as the US and China hammer out details of an initial trade agreement which has affected oil demand globally. The deal which was described by US President Donald Trump as the “phase one”, would put in motion settlements to the long lasting trade war. Brent, riding this wave was close to the $63 mark as it was trading up at $62. 95 per barrel, gaining 82 cents, or 1.32 percent. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude, on the other

By Dipo Olowookere Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Edo State, Mr Paul Okolie, has expelled from the party for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Okolie was axed by APGA alongside other members over alleged anti-party activities. On Monday, the APGA spokesman in the state led 1,000 of his supporters, including executive members and chieftains of APGA, to the APC ahead of the rescheduled September 28, 2016 governorship election in Edo State. Addressing journalists in Benin City, Mr Okolie had noted that his decision to leave APGA was based on the conviction that

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil futures fell sharply on Wednesday as traders monitor the standoff between the United Arab Emirates and fellow members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over a proposed output rise. At the market yesterday, the Brent crude dropped 43 cents or 0.57 per cent to trade at $73.00 per barrel while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost $1.25 or 1.14 per cent to settle at $72.14 per barrel. Oil trading has been volatile after talks among members of the OPEC+ group collapsed on Monday, derailing a proposal to ease existing output curbs in

By Adedapo Adesanya Delta State has said the development of a blue economy in Nigeria will attract huge investment to the state in the areas of seaports, tourism, rail and road development, airport, agriculture, oil and gas, housing, among others. This is ahead of the Nigeria Blue Economy Stakeholders Conference in Lagos between January 25 and 27, 2022. The event is organized by Alfe City Institution and will bring together the primary stakeholders of a prospective Nigerian Blue Economy, including the nine littoral states, the Ministries and agencies that would be involved in the management of the new sector. Confirming