Bolu Abiodun

1 week ago | techpoint.africa | Bolu Abiodun

Before ChatGPT or any of today’s advanced AI chatbots existed, there was Lara.ng, a chatbot created solely to help people find their way around Lagos using public transport. After eight years of providing step-by-step navigation through Lagos’ complex and chaotic transport system, one of Lara’s creators, Samuel Odeloye, is now drawing on that experience and data to build a logistics and last-mile delivery system which, he claims, will reduce delivery costs by at least 50%.

2 weeks ago | techpoint.africa | Bolu Abiodun

Terrahaptix, a Nigerian autonomous systems startup, has beaten an Israeli company to secure a $1.2 million security contract. The five-year deal awarded by private security firm Nethawk Solutions will see Terrahaptix deploy AI-powered drones and sentry towers at the Shiroro and Gurara hydroelectric power plants in Nigeria.

2 weeks ago | techpoint.africa | Bolu Abiodun

A survey of ride-hailing platform, Bolt, has revealed that Lagos residents commute more often than residents of any other major city, with 83.4% of respondents in Lagos reporting that they commute daily. This places Lagos above Poland (83%) and the Czech Republic (82.4%) in daily commute frequency, making it the city with the highest rate of daily commuters in the ten-country survey.

3 weeks ago | techpoint.africa | Bolu Abiodun

Moroccan agri-tech startup Sand to Green has secured a $50,000 grant at the DeepTech Summit 2025, highlighting the growing global interest in African climate-tech innovations. The company, backed by the Catalyst Fund, was awarded the prize in the Green Economy category at the summit held on May 8–9 at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir, Morocco.

3 weeks ago | techpoint.africa | Bolu Abiodun

On Friday, May 10, 2025, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), and it sparked confusion and public outrage. The Board revealed, a few days after the results were released, that 75% of candidates scored below average. While the result, which has been described as the worst JAMB result since 2016, was initially attributed to TikTok addiction, an audit revealed that the error was from JAMB.