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By Modupe Gbadeyanka The unveiling of Digital Innovation & Creative Excellence (DICE) on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, will be witnessed by critical stakeholders in the technology industry. DICE is an initiative of Beyond Limits in partnership with key stakeholders in the tech, business, and creative ecosystem. The company, established by an expert in the field, Ms Juliet Ehimuan, has themed the launching of the initiative as Solve for Africa: Co-Creating a Tech-Enabled Future. Those expected to grace the occasion include the Minister of Communications and the Digital Economy, Nigeria, Mr Bosun Tijani; the founder of MainStreet Technologies, Ms Funke Opeke;

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Salesforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their strategic partnership, deepening product integrations across data and artificial intelligence (AI). The new and enhanced integrations will include streamlining purchasing options for customers via the AWS marketplace, enhancing customer experiences through unified data management, empowering developers with new AWS compute and development services, securely bringing AWS data and AI services to Salesforce’s Einstein 1 Platform, and ensuring seamless customer service with service cloud and Amazon connect. It was gathered these features will enable customers to seamlessly and securely manage their data across Salesforce and AWS, and safely and

On Wednesday, Google rolled out its Search Generative Experience (SGE) in the SSA region as an opt-in experiment in Search Labs. This AI-powered experience is available in English. With new breakthroughs in generative AI, Google is reimagining what a search engine can do and is bringing these powerful new capabilities to Search in a bold and responsible way. This powerful new technology can unlock entirely new types of questions that Search could not previously answer and transforms the way information is organized in Search to help people sort through and make sense of what’s out there. Improving Search with generative

By Adedapo Adesanya The Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy on Friday opened the application process for the first phase of the three million tech talents training programme (3TTT). The programme is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s vision of creating 2 million digital jobs by 2025, which is aimed at building Nigeria’s technical talent backbone to power the country’s digital economy and position Nigeria as a net talent exporter. Business Post had reported earlier this week that Mr Bosun Tijani, the country’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, has said the target will be reached through three

By Dipo Olowookere The appointment of Lola Kassim as the new General Manager for West Africa has been announced by Uber. She is expected to lead the company’s affairs in the West African region comprising  Ghana, Nigeria, Benin Republic, and others. Kassim is taking over the position after her predecessor, Ebi Atawodi, was promoted to the position of Product Manager, Global Payments Growth for Uber worldwide. Kassim, who holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MSc from the London School of Economics where she was a Chevening Scholar, expressed delight leading the firm in West Africa. “I am

Ugandan school, Project Shelter Wakadogo, which supports vulnerable and hard to reach children, has been named as one of the top 10 schools globally by World’s Best School prizes in the Overcoming Adversity category. The category recognises that adversity will come in many forms for schools, including conflict, climate-related disasters, poverty, or a pandemic. It assesses how the school builds character, both individually and as a community, to support the greater resilience of all students. Wakadogo was founded in 2009 in the aftermath of two decades of civil war and violence committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda,

By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigerian Naira weakened on the American Dollar across the Peer-2-Peer (P2P) and the Investors and Exporters (I&E) windows of the foreign exchange window on Monday, June 19, with the closing disparity in the rates showing that the floating of the currency was yielding results. In the official market, which is the I&E segment, the local currency lost 16.2 per cent or N107.34 to quote at N770.38/$1 compared with last Friday’s exchange rate of N663.04/$1. This occurred amid a decline in the forex turnover by 74.98 per cent or $233.80 million to $78.03 million from the $70.74

Superhero movies, comedy, animations and more are what you stand to enjoy this week on GOtv. This week, Edward Norton as Bruce Banner unleashes the green giant in The Hulk while Jason Shepherd plots to bring down a top but deceitful Hollywood producer in the comedy Big Fat Liar. Our lineup this week promises to provoke laughter, excitement, and heartwarming moments as we’ve curated an exclusive list of incredible shows that are perfect for the whole family. So, let’s dive into this week’s lineup. Almost Christmas There’s no better way to get that nostalgic Christmas feeling than with this movie.

By Dipo Olowookere The average yields of treasury bills marginally rose by 0.01 percent amid prevalence of negative sentiment in the secondary market on Thursday. During the trading session, there were sustained demands on the short end of the curve as the average yields closed at 14.52 percent. The one-month tenor was investors’ favourite as its yield dipped by 0.12 percent just as the yield on the 3-month tenor fell by 0.05 percent. However, the 6-month, 9-month and 12-month tenors all advanced by 0.16 percent, 0.03 percent and 0.02 percent respectively. At the market yesterday, the Central Bank of Nigeria

By Dipo Olowookere The nearly two-year suspension placed on the shares of Ikeja Hotels Plc has finally been lifted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Consequently, equities of the hospitality firm can now be traded by investors on the floor of the NSE from Monday, May 21, 2018. Executive Director in charge of Regulation at the stock exchange, Ms Tinuade Awe, in a ‘facts behind the restructuring’ document she released, explained that the suspension was removed after the company addressed some issues the regulator raised. “We are satisfied with the work the Ikeja Hotels has done till date. “This is

By Adedapo Adesanya Two Nigerian social enterprises, HelpMum and Utiva, have been selected to receive additional funding of $25,000 each from the 2020 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme to grow their communities. The two Nigerian organisations were among the initial 77 participants selected globally for the Facebook Community Accelerator Programme in July 2020. When the number was trimmed for the next stage, they were among the 24 participants selected by the Facebook team and ecosystem partner to receive additional funding of $25,000. They were among the three recipients chosen from Sub-Saharan Africa. In a blog post, Facebook announced that, “…Today, we

By Adedapo Adesanya The NASD Over-the-Counter OTC Securities Exchange grew by 1.85 per cent on Thursday to reach a record high in the 2021 trading year. At the session, the NASD Unlisted Security Index increased by 14.35 points to hit 789.19 points, its highest peak in the year compared with the 774.84 points it closed on Wednesday This development boosted the portfolios of investors as the market capitalisation of the exchange expanded by N10.2 billion to close at N560.96 billion in contrast to N550.76 billion of the preceding session. Three stocks led by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Group Plc were