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20 African youth techpreneurs embark on Korean innovation tour
By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja Twenty promising youth entrepreneurs from African technology ventures and enterprise support organizations have embarked…
University researchers give AI amnesia
Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science developed a means of making AI forgetful, reasoning current large language…
NCC to Introduce new tariff structure December 13
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced plans to introduce a new and simplified tariff structure for telecommunications…
India fines Meta $25m for anti-competitive behaviour
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) slapped a INR2.1 billion ($24.9 million) penalty on Meta Platforms for abusing…
CMA clears Anthropic, Google partnership
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided Alphabet-owned Google’s investment in AI player Anthropic did not merit…
First Bank awards N29.5m to 10 outstanding Nigerian FinTech startups
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos To further make significant impacts on financial inclusion and economic development in the country,…
Meta unleashes Llama LLMs for government
Meta Platforms made its open-source Llama large language models (LLMs) available to US government agencies, including entities working…
European Commission to frisk Apple iPad policies
The European Commission reiterated Apple’s responsibilities under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to allow users to change the…
U.S., AfDB host workshop on digital investments in Nigeria
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos The United States (U.S.) government and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have hosted the…
Nigeria lost over $500m to cybercrime in 2022: EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Nigeria lost more than $500 million to cybercrime in 2022,…