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The Federal Government has disclosed that it will begin the implementation of Project Bridge, its 90,000-kilometre nationwide fibre-optic network project, in October. The announcement provides a clear timeline for the project’s rollout. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, stated this in Abuja on Thursday at the National Innovation Hub Standards Framework Workshop designed to set out plans for major innovation projects nationwide. He said that necessary funding has been secured for Project Bridge’s rollout. “President Bola Tinubu approved that we must deepen connectivity and we’re investing in 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic network,” the minister said. …
The list of new and returning shows to watch this weekend is all about variety—five shows across five different streaming services. On Netflix, one of the streamer’s most popular young adult dramas comes to an end with its fifth and final season. I’ve watched this adventure show since the beginning, so it’s my top pick of the week. On Hulu, a record-breaking sitcom returns for its unprecedented eighteenth season. The remaining three shows on the list include a travel show hosted by a famous comedian, a crime drama on Paramount+, and a sports documentary set in the world of women’s…
pipeline dry Nigeria’s most strategically important industry offers some of the country’s highest salaries and most sought-after benefits. Yet a shortage of technical expertise is forcing companies to bring retirees back to work. An oil vessel waits at the loading and discharging point of the Dangote refinery, during the visit of Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed to the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria, April 6, 2026. © REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun Published on August 20, 2026 at 18:00 pm (GMT +1) Fifty-four years ago, Abdullah Bukar joined Shell’s Lagos office as…
Listen to this article Tokyo is redefining its engagement with Africa, transitioning from traditional aid-based approaches to strategic venture capital (VC) investments focused on long-term partnerships, innovation and capacity building. Several Japanese private companies are making Japan’s presence felt in Africa’s VC landscape, particularly in high-growth sectors such as fintech, climate tech and mobility. Growing demand for innovative, technology-driven solutions in Africa has drawn increasing interest from international investors. VC funding in Africa rose from over US$2 billion in 2019 to a peak of US$5.2 billion in 2022. Though investment declined to around US$3.6 billion in 2023, the continent’s start-up…
Audio By Vocalize Hiruy Amanuel, Managing Director, Gullit VC. [Courtesy] Something is changing inside African venture capital, but it is not the kind of change that announces itself loudly. There are no defining moments or dramatic turning points that clearly mark the transition. Instead, it is unfolding gradually through changing investor behaviour, shifting founder expectations, and a growing emphasis on discipline across the ecosystem. It is quiet, but it is real. For years, Africa’s venture capital playbook was authored abroad. It was driven by a compelling narrative: a young and rapidly growing population, underserved markets, accelerating technology adoption, and…
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How do you prepare millions of young people for an economy that cannot provide enough salaried jobs? Over the past two decades, university enrolment in Nigeria has risen from roughly 448,000 students in the 1999/2000 academic session to more than 2.15 million in 2019. For generations, higher education has been viewed as a pathway to better economic prospects. A degree could open the door to professional, white-collar and salaried employment and, ultimately, a more stable middle-class life. But Nigeria’s labour market cannot absorb most workers into formal, salaried employment. In Q1 2024, 92.7% of employed Nigerians were in informal employment…
When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for building a digital stress-relief squeeze toy game using Lottie animations, DOM events, and distance-based math to maintain absolute control over their designers’ intentional motion.When front-end developers and UX engineers are tasked with building a web interface that feels tactile, bouncy, or destructive, the industry instinct is almost always the same: reach for a physics engine. Frameworks like Matter.js, Cannon.js, or custom WebGL solutions have become the gold standard for creating immersive, gamified websites.When…
Image credit: Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels Johannesburg, 18 August 2026 The Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS), a South African industry body that enables organisations to share fraud intelligence and strengthen fraud prevention, saved its Members more than R7.44 billion in potential fraud losses during 2025, underscoring the growing value of shared fraud intelligence as criminal networks become increasingly organised, technologically advanced and difficult to detect. The figures, released in the 2025 SAFPS Annual Report, represent a 47 per cent increase in fraud savings compared with the previous year. The number of enquiries into the SAFPS fraud database reached 131…