Samson Akintaro

5 days ago | nairametrics.com | Samson Akintaro

Global tech giants Google and Meta have called for greater AI sovereignty in Africa, urging stakeholders to build data and technology systems that reflect the continent’s languages, cultures, and priorities. They made the call at the Africa Soft Power Summit 2025, held in Nairobi from May 21 to 25.

5 days ago | nairametrics.com | Samson Akintaro

Billionaire Elon Musk is pushing forward his ambition to transform X (formerly Twitter) into an “everything app” with the launch of XChat, a new messaging feature designed to rival the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal. Unveiled over the weekend, XChat introduces end-to-end encryption, vanishing messages, file sharing, and audio/video calling. Musk described the tool as “all new” in a post on Sunday, emphasizing its focus on secure, private communication.

1 week ago | nairametrics.com | Samson Akintaro

Nigeria has slipped to 66th position in the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Index by StartupBlink, falling two spots from its previous rank of 64th in 2024. Regionally, Nigeria also dropped to fourth place in Africa, recording the lowest growth rate among the top seven African countries at under 6%.

1 week ago | nairametrics.com | Samson Akintaro

The Nigerian government said it is now working on deploying emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) across Ministries, Agencies and Departments to improve governance. The Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi, announced this during the 2025 ITGOV Conference organised by Tranter IT, in collaboration with global IT solutions leader ManageEngine.

1 week ago | nairametrics.com | Samson Akintaro

The Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) has unveiled an ambitious plan to rake in N200 billion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), leveraging ongoing tax reforms centered around the National Identification Number (NIN). The Executive Chairman of KIRS, Dr. Zaid Abubakar, disclosed this during a stakeholder recognition ceremony held to honour individuals and organisations contributing to the agency’s performance despite economic and structural challenges.