Author: Toluwanimi Adejumo

Nigeria has taken a major step toward reshaping women’s economic participation with the launch of the Happy Woman App, a digital platform designed to connect women across the country to finance, skills, markets, and essential support services. The platform is the digital backbone of the expanded Nigeria for Women Programme…

Nigeria has taken a decisive step toward reshaping Africa’s automotive future following the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee (AEDC) to establish Africa’s first large-scale electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant. The agreement, signed on January 30, 2026, marks a strategic shift…

Google has reached a tentative agreement to pay $68 million to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit alleging that its voice-activated assistant technology illegally recorded private conversations without user consent. The preliminary settlement, filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, aims to resolve claims…

WhatsApp has started rolling out a long-awaited feature that allows users to share recent group chat history with new members, addressing one of the platform’s most persistent pain points: onboarding confusion in active group chats. For more than a decade, joining a WhatsApp group meant starting with a blank slate.…

OpenAI is preparing to roll out advertisements within ChatGPT, marking a major shift in how the world’s most popular AI chatbot will be monetized. The company confirmed it is testing ad placements inside the chat interface as part of a broader strategy to generate revenue beyond subscriptions. This change could…

Google has unveiled “Personal Intelligence,” a significant upgrade to Gemini AI that redefines the platform from a general-purpose assistant into a hyper-personalised digital companion. According to the Google official Blog, the feature, powered by the newly integrated Gemini 3 model family, allows the assistant to securely access and reason across…

Elon Musk has announced that X will open-source its primary recommendation algorithm within the next seven days, marking a significant step in the platform’s evolving transparency strategy. The tech mogul stated that the release would include all the code responsible for determining which organic posts and advertisements are surfaced to…

Nigeria’s telecoms and financial regulators have taken a decisive step to curb “debit without value” complaints, with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) jointly introducing a consumer refund framework. Under the new directive, telecommunications subscribers are now entitled to an automatic refund within 30…

In what is being hailed as the most significant transformation of email since its inception in 2004, Google today officially launched a major AI-powered overhaul of Gmail. Built on the company’s latest Gemini 3 model, the update introduces a radical new “AI Inbox” view designed to transition the service from…

OpenAI has moved closer to its vision of a personal AI “super-assistant” with the announcement of ChatGPT Health. The new feature introduces a dedicated, sandboxed environment within the ChatGPT interface designed specifically for medical and wellness inquiries, marking the company’s most substantial push into the healthcare sector to date. The…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released an industry report revealing that national data consumption surged to approximately 13.2 million terabytes (TB) in 2025. This represents a staggering 35% increase from the 9.76 million TB recorded in 2024, signaling a profound shift in the country’s digital habits despite broader macroeconomic…

Samsung is preparing a massive rollout of Google’s Gemini AI across its device ecosystem—targeting 800 million smartphones, tablets, and smart devices by 2026. This move marks one of the largest AI integrations in consumer electronics, setting the stage for more intelligent, personalized user experiences across the Galaxy lineup. The announcement…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new directive mandating Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for foreign-issued card transactions that exceed defined spending thresholds, as part of efforts to strengthen transaction security while improving the payment experience for international visitors. The directive, issued via a circular dated December 18, 2025,…

In a move that has sent surprise through both the gaming and streaming industries, world football’s governing body, FIFA, announced today an exclusive partnership with Netflix to launch a brand-new football simulation game. The title is slated for release in the summer of 2026, timed perfectly to coincide with the…

PayPal is set to launch its “PayPal World” platform in Africa in 2026, targeting the continent’s rapidly growing digital payments market. This move is part of the company’s efforts to expand its presence in Africa and tap into the increasing demand for cross-border payments and digital transactions. What is PayPal…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a critical advisory warning Nigerian individuals and businesses against potential security risks associated with the popular AI platform, ChatGPT. The agency raised alarms over newly discovered vulnerabilities that could allow malicious actors to hijack user conversations, steal sensitive data, and manipulate…

The United Kingdom today cemented its position as a global leader in digital finance by formally recognizing cryptocurrencies and other digital assets as a distinct category of property. The Property (Digital Assets etc.) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on Tuesday, completing its passage through Parliament and ending years of legal…

Nigeria’s telecom industry has delivered one of its strongest performances in recent memory, posting 21.49% real GDP growth in Q3 2025, according to fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). It’s a sharp departure from the steady, single-digit growth the sector has recorded in recent years—and it firmly…

To rapidly accelerate digital inclusion and modernise Nigeria’s education sector, NITDA has completed phase one of its national training initiative, certifying 3,600 teachers from all 36 states and the FCT as Digital Literacy Master Trainers. The intensive programme, executed under NITDA’s flagship ‘Digital Literacy for All’ (DL4ALL) initiative, marks a…

Samsung Electronics today unveiled the Galaxy Z TriFold, its long-rumoured triple-folding smartphone, at an event in Seoul, announcing it as the latest addition to its leadership in next-generation form factors for the mobile AI era. Built on a decade of innovation in the foldable category, the Galaxy Z TriFold showcases…