A consortium led by Facebook is extending cable connectivity to southern and eastern Nigeria
A consortium led by Facebook is extending cable connectivity to southern and eastern Nigeria The 2Africa project, spearheaded by social media giant Facebook and seven other companies — China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC — is expanding its undersea Internet cable network by adding four new branches to its 37,000-kilometer length. Seychelles, Angola, the Comoro Islands and a new landing in South-East Nigeria are now connecte.
Iyin Aboyeji explains the reason behind building a city for Nigerian tech talents
Iyin Aboyeji explains the reason behind building a city for Nigerian tech talents It is no longer news that many young Nigerian professionals are rushing out of the country in order to pursue their careers abroad. Every day, more and more professionals, from doctors and engineers to pharmacists and accountants, are forced to confront the prospect of relocating to a more hospitable environment. According to the World Migration Report 2020, Nigeria is ranked 12th in the world in terms of migrati.
The United States government has launched an investigation into Tesla Autopilot crashes involving emergency vehicles
The United States government has launched an investigation into Tesla Autopilot crashes involving emergency vehicles Tesla's Autopilot software has been the subject of an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the United States, which was prompted by the cars' repeated collisions with parked emergency vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's investigation will cover Tesla Models Y, X, S, and 3 vehicles that were manufactured between.
The top 8 data engineer and data architect certifications
The top 8 data engineer and data architect certifications They are as follows: Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP): Data Engineer The CCP: Data Engineer credential validates a candidate's ability to perform fundamental tasks in Cloudera's CDH environment, such as data ingest, transformation, storage, and analysis. The certification requires passing the remote-proctored CCP: Data Engineer Exam (DE575), a four-hour hands-on exam comprised of five to eight customer problems, each invol.
The Double H redefines luxury living with the addition of a new wing
The Double H redefines luxury living with the addition of a new wing The luxury short-term rental company has just released its first television commercial. The advertisement, titled "Escape from Gidi" and created by Vaunt Agency Lagos, juxtaposes two worlds in order to demonstrate to the audience the type of lifestyle they could be experiencing if they chose to stay at The Double H. You can watch the advertisement on YouTube. The opening sequences depict a mundane and everyday world in which .
Showlove.io, a startup with a mission to connect people in Africa through gifting, has raised $300,000 in pre-seed capital
Showlove.io, a startup with a mission to connect people in Africa through gifting, has raised $300,000 in pre-seed capital Several angel investors joined forces to fund Showlove, a Nigerian social platform for gifting, in a $300,000 pre-seed round led by Fedha Capital. Seye Bandele is a young entrepreneur who founded a company in 2020 to simplify the process of requesting, giving, and receiving gifts and cash in Africa. The company also assists African businesses in promoting their services an.
Facebook may be forced to sell GIF-making platform Giphy to a third party
Facebook may be forced to sell GIF-making platform Giphy to a third party In response to concerns raised by UK regulators, Facebook (FB) may be forced to spin off Giphy and relinquish control of that company's massive library of GIFs — animated images used by millions to express emotions and reactions across the internet. The antitrust authorities in the United Kingdom warned on Thursday that Facebook's acquisition of Instagram, which was announced last year, could result in less competi.
Challenger bank, Kuda, gets exciting new office space, created by Spazio Ideale
Challenger bank, Kuda, gets exciting new office space, created by Spazio Ideale In collaboration with renowned interior designer Spazio Ideale, Kuda Technologies, a challenger bank based in the United Kingdom, has unveiled the design of its new Lagos office in Lagos, Nigeria. With the goal of making banking more accessible, affordable, and rewarding for all Africans on the planet, Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha founded the startup in 2019. With over 1.4 million customers in Nigeria, where i.
Big Tech has embraced the concept of a hybrid work environment
Big Tech has embraced the concept of a hybrid work environment Every business encounters difficulties at some point. Starting one in the midst of a global pandemic, on the other hand, is a completely different story. Despite the fact that this reality did not deter serial entrepreneur Rami Essaid from founding Finmark in June of last year, it did force him to change his business strategy. Even though Essaid claimed in his previous two companies' annual reports that he "strongly believed" in th.
Android beta accessibility feature allows you to control your phone using facial expressions
Android's beta accessibility feature allows you to control your phone using facial expressions According to XDA Developers, Google is working on a new accessibility feature for Android that will allow you to control your phone with facial expressions such as a smile or raised eyebrows, among others. The "Camera Switch" feature has been added to Android's Accessibility Suite app in version 12, which was released simultaneously with the fourth beta of Android 12. According to XDA, the new version.
