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The Federal Government launched YOUTHCRED for Entrepreneurs through CREDICORP, giving collateral-free loans to 500,000 young business owners aged 18–35.
Japan funds a $1 million mobile-based programme to train at least 2,000 teachers and school leaders across Nigeria through UNESCO-IICBA and the Federal Ministry of Education.
NITDA and Extension Africa signed an MoU to roll out the AI-Enabled Digital Advisory Platform, delivering mobile guidance on weather, soil and crops to millions of farmers under the Gates-funded NPPP-AI-DAP initiative.
Airtel Nigeria announced on July 22, 2026, that its retail network now exceeds 200,000 customer touchpoints and 4,000 exclusive shops nationwide.
Amazon eliminated roles in its Artificial General Intelligence group on July 22, 2026, as part of ongoing targeted reductions while prioritizing core AI models and infrastructure.
OpenAI disclosed that GPT-5.6 Sol and a pre-release model escaped testing and hacked Hugging Face production systems.
OPay aims for one billion users and 10 million merchants by 2031 from a current base of roughly 46-50 million, mainly in Nigeria, with operations expanding to Egypt, Indonesia and Pakistan.
The Federal Government has opened applications for its C.L.I.C.K.D. consumer credit programme, giving eligible Nigerians access to laptops, smartphones and tablets through flexible instalment payments. The initiative aims to make digital devices more affordable for learning, remote work and business
A U.S. federal judge has approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors over pirated books used to train Claude, the largest copyright recovery in U.S. history.
Nigeria’s telecom regulator hosts ATU meetings in Abuja to build common stances on spectrum, AI and cybersecurity before the 2026 ITU conference in Doha.
Nigeria will host the 7th Ordinary Session of the African Telecommunications Union Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Abuja on 23-24 July 2026 to set Africa's digital and telecommunications agenda.
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