The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE has unveiled NIJA Chat, a messaging, gaming and lifestyle app which he said will help build public digital infrastructure and boost the Nation’s economy. Inuwa who made this known after unveiling the Nija Chat Application by iCELL in Abuja, said it […]
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A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say. According to a BBC report, the incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot. The robotic arm, confusing […]
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The founder of Crypto exchange, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Bankman-Fried on all seven counts he faced after a monthlong trial in which prosecutors made the case that he looted $8 billion from the exchange’s […]
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Bitcoin is trading at a premium in Nigeria and other countries facing extreme currency devaluation and political uncertainty. As of Friday morning, the leading cryptocurrency is hitting new all-time highs (ATH) in Nigeria, Turkey, and Argentina as residents turn to the safe haven asset amid soaring inflation rates. Bitcoin surged to 28.4 million Nigerian naira […]
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A Tax Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Lagos has ordered MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest wireless carrier, to pay $72.6 million in taxes. “We are reviewing the decision of the tribunal and will comment on this when we release our trading statement” on Oct. 27, the company said Wednesday in response to questions. MTN has a […]
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Cardano’s IOG and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education partnership is by far the biggest blockchain collab in the industry’s history and it’s taking over the New York Times homepage. The partnership is receiving a lot of attention. This is because there are a very large number of people who can stand to benefit from it. The […]
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Ethiopia’s Minister of Education confirmed the government is working with IOHK, the company behind the Cardano protocol, on a blockchain-based system to track student performance in the African country’s schools. “This initiative is about bringing technology to improve the quality of education,” said the minister, Getahun Mekuria, in a video conversation with John O’Connor, IOHK’s […]
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Posted by layo on 29 Mar 2021 /
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New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced its IBM’s blockchain-based digital health app for proving COVID-19 vaccination and test results is now live. According to a release by the governor’s office, individuals will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app much like a […]
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The buyer of Twitter’s first ever tweet by its founder Jack Dorsey for $2.9m (£2.1m) sees it as a wise investment. “It’s a piece of human history in the form of a digital asset. Who knows what will be the price of the first tweet of human history 50 years from now,” Malaysia-based Sina Estavi […]
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet has been sold as a Nonfungible Token (NFT) for the equivalent of $2.9m (£2.1m) to a Malaysia-based businessman. The tweet, which said “just setting up my twttr,” was first published on March 21, 2006 and was auctioned off by Mr Dorsey for charity. The Malaysia-based buyer Sina Estavi […]
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