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Tech Startup to Reduce Environmental Pollution with Smart Waste Bins TECHDIGEST - New tech startup, Fascinate Technologies has concluded plans for introduction of smart waste bins to solve environmental pollution problems and...

ICT, tech innovators canvass funding to create five million jobs TECHDIGEST - Innovators under the aegis of Technology Ecosystem Dialogue (TED) have canvassed funding and support for startups and hubs to promote...

AfDB launches coding programme to empower 500 rural youths in Africa TECHDIGEST - The African Development Bank(AfDB) has partnered Microsoft Philanthropies to launch a Coding for Employment program that is set to...

Pantami Stresses Value Of Cybersecurity To Sustain Digital Economy At ICCAIT 2021 TECHDIGEST - Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has reinterred value of cybersecurity in...

Apple digital ID scheme comes with conditions and costs TECHDIGEST - Apple's much promoted digital driver's licence feature comes at a cost to the taxpayer, according to reports. Announced in September, it will...

NCC alerts Telcos, ISPs about cyberespionage targeted at African telecom companies TECHDIGEST - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted the African continent of a politically motivated cyber attacks, which are largely...

Meta launches Business Coach tool on WhatsApp to help SMBs in Africa grow online TECHDIGEST - Recently, Meta announced the launch of Facebook Business Coach, an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners...

UNICEF, Jumia mull partnership to connect schools in Africa to the Internet TECHDIGEST - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African e-commerce platform Jumia, announced today a partnership in support of Giga’s...

Google Invites African Start Ups To Apply For Virtual Accelerator Programme TECHDIGEST - Google has announced the commencement of applications for its three-month virtual accelerator programme for startups in 17 African countries. The...

Bitcoin Hits New Record As Crypto Market Cap Exceeds $3trn TECHDIGEST - The world cryptocurrency market recently worth more than $3 trillion for the first time as mainstream investors increasingly jump on...