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Hackers eye wealthy crypto funds using telegram chats
In a recent case of crypto cybertheft, a hacker identified as DEV-0139 has earmarked wealthy cryptocurrency funds through…
Despite labour shortages, more than 50% of businesses in Nigeria plan local expansion – survey
Over half of businesses in Nigeria are planning to expand locally despite supply chain, cyber-security, and recruitment challenges,…
How Meta plans to protect the integrity of Nigeria’s 2023 elections
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has announced the steps it is taking to protect…
Global VC Firm, Partech closes €120m fourth seed funding round
The VC firm plans to invest funds between €300,000 and €3 million in around 50 startups across the globe...
Be Mobile Africa introduces Crypto Payments in South Africa
Be Mobile Africa, has launched a crypto payment gateway that ensures customers can convert digital currency payments to…
Kenya’s CBK re-introduces charges for transactions between mobile money wallets and Banks
...charges levied by banks for bank-to-mobile money transactions will be reduced by on average 45 percent
NCC warns against participating in viral TikTok challenge
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned against participating in the #invisiblechallenge trend…
Nigerian universities to award degrees in Data Science, Cybersecurity, others with a new curriculum
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission (NUC), has introduced a new core curriculum for…
Layoff rocks ChipperCash as it fires a “significant amount” of IT and engineering staff
ChipperCash, the pan-African fintech that became Africa’s seventh unicorn in November last year, has now laid off a…
What you need to know about ChatGPT, the chatbot everyone is talking about
...as Stack Overflow bans users from posting AI generated responses from ChatGPT
