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Mozilla Festival’s Call for Proposals is open soon
Mozilla Festival just announced that they are opening their call for session proposals on November 7. About MozFest 2023 MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. In 2023, MozFest is harnessing…
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Why Is Toyota Recalling Its BZ4X Electric SUVs?
If you are driving Toyota’s newest electric model SUV, the automobile company is asking customers to return the car over issues with the wheel that could make it detach while driving. The world’s largest automaker by sales submitted the recall of 2,700 bZ4X models to Japan’s transportation ministry to enable them to work on the…
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Nigeria’s Internet Population Grows By 108.39%
According to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigerians with access to fast Internet have grown by 108.39 per cent in four years. The commission’s portal revealed that broadband penetration increased from 38.72 million (20.28 percent) in March 2018 to 80.68 million (42.27 percent) in March 2022. According to the ‘Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020…
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Digital Identity Sector May Add 7% To GDP By 2030
According to a report by VerifyMe Nigeria, the digital identity sector is set to add about seven percent to the nation’s real Gross Domestic Product by 2030. The report titled, ‘Digital ID in Nigeria: State of the Industry,’ said the digital economy (information technology sector) contributed about 18 per cent to the GDP in the…
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Microsoft To Join Metaverse Race, Introduces Mesh For Teams
As virtual reality hybrid work is taking shape across the world of tech, Microsoft has introduced its Mesh for Microsoft Teams that would let people in different locations join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents, and more. Microsoft says the Mesh platform will let people meet in the virtual space without having to…
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Only One Network Provider Recoded Increase In July
Latest report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that Globacom (Glo) was the only network that recorded an increase in its subscriber base in July, 2021. This was according to the monthly subscribers’ report for July published on its website. NCC indicated that Glo moved from 50,130,540 in June, to 51,137,799 at the…
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In Five Years, Nigeria Attracted $3.9bn Telecoms Investments
According to a new report by Agusto & Co., Nigeria’s telecommunications industry attracted $3.9 billion in foreign portfolio and direct investments between 2015 and 2020. The credit rating agency, in its 2021 Telecommunications Industry report, said, “Between 2015 and 2020, foreign investments (portfolio and direct) attributable to the telecommunications industry amounted to $3.9bn, an average…
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Nigeria’s Data Usage Increase By 202.08%
According to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission, data usage in Nigeria surged by 202.08 percent in three years. This is following the subscriber/network report of 2018, 2019, and 2020. Data usage rose from 68,154.12 terabytes in 2018 to 125,149.86TB in 2019 and 205,880.4TB in 2020. The total national and local outgoing voice calls were…
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IT Investments Drop By $53m In One Year
The investments in the information technology services sub-sector has dropped from $74.74 million at the end of 2019 to $21.68 million as of December 31, 2020. This is according to analysis of the capital importation data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This indicates a drop of $53.06 million or 70.99 percent in one year…
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Africa: Nigeria Leads Mobile App Downloads
Reports by Appsflyer and Google have published that Nigeria is leading the growth of Africa’s Mobile app installs with a 43% rise between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021. South Africa’s market increased by 37% and Kenya increased by 29%. Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the app market. With a young and mobile-savvy…