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Two critical PHP vulnerabilities can enable unauthenticated remote code execution, and successful exploitation has been reported. Here is how to check your website’s PHP runtime, verify the security fix and respond to possible compromise.
OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT advertising to Nigeria, with a minimum daily budget of ₦3,250 for naira-billed campaigns. But the minimum is only the starting point: advertisers must understand bid guidance, billing rules and the number of profitable sales their spending needs to generate.
Applications for Nigeria’s ₦10 million AI4Elections Hackathon close on 12 November 2026. Here is how eligible innovators can choose a feasible project, prepare a credible prototype and plan for the competition’s technical requirements.
Google and Amazon are reducing the software friction involved in using their AI chips. But easier programming does not automatically mean lower costs, better performance or access to the hardware. For African developers, the gap between software support and regional availability adds another constraint.
Don Jazzy and TS Academy are offering up to ₦447,000 in tuition support for technology training in 2027. Here is how to apply, choose a course and avoid confusion between the two application forms currently available.
OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT advertising to Nigeria, with a minimum daily budget of ₦3,250 for naira-billed campaigns. But the minimum is only the starting point: advertisers must understand bid guidance, billing rules and the number of profitable sales their spending needs to generate.
Google and Amazon are reducing the software friction involved in using their AI chips. But easier programming does not automatically mean lower costs, better performance or access to the hardware. For African developers, the gap between software support and regional availability adds another constraint.
Microsoft’s MAI-DxO scored 83% on difficult medical cases, but its cost trade-offs and testing limits raise important questions about whether diagnostic AI could help overstretched hospitals in Nigeria and across Africa.
INEC has an AI division and an existing election-technology policy requiring testing, audit trails and human oversight. TechView Africa examines the safeguards and the accountability questions still unanswered before Nigeria's 2027 elections.
South African startup Vambo AI has developed MORENA, an open-weight AI model supporting Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Nigerian Pidgin and eight other African languages. Its benchmark results reveal both promising technical progress and important limitations.
Customer messages can reveal where a business is disappointing people. Use AI to identify recurring problems, check the evidence and choose an improvement worth making.
You do not need to build a production app just to find out whether an idea makes sense. AI prototyping tools can turn a product concept into screens, navigation and working interactions that people can test before serious development begins.
One strong article, report, lecture or business document can become a video, presentation, infographic and social campaign. The reliable AI workflow starts by preserving one verified source of truth, then adapting the information to each medium instead of simply rewriting the same text.
Eligible Nigerian higher-education students can claim Google AI Plus free for 12 months, including higher Gemini limits, 400GB of cloud storage and additional study tools. The offer must be redeemed by 31 December 2026.
Applications for Nigeria’s ₦10 million AI4Elections Hackathon close on 12 November 2026. Here is how eligible innovators can choose a feasible project, prepare a credible prototype and plan for the competition’s technical requirements.
Spotify's ₦2,300 audiobook subscription gives Nigerians 15 listening hours monthly. Discover the real costs, listening rules and opportunities for local authors.
Google's October 2026 Android security update fixes critical vulnerabilities, but not every phone receives patches at the same time. Here's how to check your Android security patch level, find available updates and understand what your phone's software status actually means.
Travelling through an area with unreliable mobile coverage? Learn how to download Google Maps before leaving, check that your route works offline and avoid common navigation problems.
A smaller PDF is only useful if its details survive. Here is how to meet an upload limit, choose an offline option and check what compression removes.
A spreadsheet full of rows is not a report. Here is a practical AI-assisted workflow for cleaning raw data, finding the right questions, creating defensible charts, checking the analysis and turning the results into something a manager or client can actually use.
AI can produce dozens of attractive graphics and still leave your brand looking inconsistent. The solution is to give the system visual rules before asking it to create anything.
A factory reset can remove your personal data from a phone, but doing it too early can also remove the easiest route to your WhatsApp history, authenticator codes, banking access, eSIM and other accounts. Here is the order to follow before handing a phone to someone else.
You do not need a camera crew to make a credible product-launch film. A website, screenshots, logo, product images, brand colours and a short message can become a polished 20–60 second video if AI is used to animate the material rather than invent the product.
Applications for Builders Festival ’26 close on 5 October. The strongest applications will not simply pitch a startup—they will show how an existing product can solve a specific problem an institution has already identified.
Google Wallet and Google Pay are available in Nigeria, but the banks involved in the rollout do not all appear on Google's supported-card list. Here is how bank eligibility, Interswitch's five-bank partnership and online payment support differ.
Nigeria's central bank now requires financial institutions to let customers disable instant transfers. Here is how the rule works, what it does not cover and how similar payment-security controls compare in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.
A lower advertised percentage does not always mean a cheaper payment. We compare Paystack and Flutterwave using Nigerian order values, VAT treatment and an illustrative monthly sales mix.
Nigeria’s banks, fintechs and payment companies face a January 2027 deadline to keep payment transaction data in Nigeria. The difficult part is not simply finding local servers, but migrating the right workloads without weakening reliability.
Airtel Money is heading toward a London listing after processing $213 billion in transactions over 12 months. Behind that figure is a profitable African payments network with 53 million monthly users, strong margins and millions of Airtel subscribers it has yet to convert.
Nigeria wants banks and fintechs to know when a customer’s phone number has changed hands. TIRMS could give them that warning before a sensitive transaction.
A Nigerian bank may restrict an account after unusual activity while it verifies a transaction, reviews fraud concerns or meets regulatory requirements. Here is what that actually means.
Nigeria’s reported digital-payment fraud losses fell sharply in 2025, but TechView Africa’s review of 2026 ngCERT alerts shows phishing, identity compromise and social engineering repeatedly appearing in the threat picture.
A viral message claimed OPay would stop operating in Nigeria from September 1, but the fintech says the notice was false and its services remain active. Here is what customers should know before reacting to similar financial rumours online.
If a fintech app shuts down while holding your money, recovery depends less on the app itself and more on the regulated financial structure behind your account.
We compared Apple's official iPhone 18 Pro and 17 Pro specifications, calculated the real differences in battery ratings and weight, and examined whether upgrading makes sense for Nigerian buyers.
Apple’s iPhone Duo offers a 7.6-inch folding display for $1,999, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max starts $700 lower with stronger cameras and longer conventional-phone battery life. We compared what buyers actually gain and give up with each.
Tecno’s Nigerian range now stretches from the POP 20 at roughly ₦155,000 to Phantom foldables approaching ₦1.8 million. We checked current retailer listings and Tecno specifications to show what the phones actually cost.
Meta's new VR Glasses cost far less and put only about 100 grams on the wearer's face by moving the processor, battery and storage into a separate puck. Apple Vision Pro takes a different approach. The comparison shows how differently the two companies think spatial computing should be worn.
Huawei phones are still available in Nigeria from roughly mid-range prices to more than ₦1.7 million, but the model name alone does not tell you what you are buying. Software region, Google-service support, warranty and seller provenance can matter just as much as the price.
Redmi prices in Nigeria now stretch from entry-level A-series phones to premium Note 15 models. We checked current Nigerian listings and Xiaomi specifications to show what each model costs and what buyers actually get for the money.
Frontier AI companies are increasingly talking beyond artificial intelligence and even AGI towards superintelligence. The important question is what that term actually means and how far current systems remain from it.
Tecno’s Nigerian range now stretches from the POP 20 at roughly ₦155,000 to Phantom foldables approaching ₦1.8 million. We checked current retailer listings and Tecno specifications to show what the phones actually cost.
Huawei phones are still available in Nigeria from roughly mid-range prices to more than ₦1.7 million, but the model name alone does not tell you what you are buying. Software region, Google-service support, warranty and seller provenance can matter just as much as the price.
NITDA’s Builders Festival is offering Nigerian startups access to a ₦3 billion target investment and contract pipeline. TechView Africa reviewed the application process and found a programme built around deployable products and institutional procurement not grants for startup ideas.
About 7,000 humanoid robots were sold globally in 2025, but sales do not tell us how many are doing productive work. TechView Africa reviewed 20 prominent workplace deployments and pilots. Only two published detailed operating results showing sustained output.
Smart glasses make recording less obvious. Here is what bystanders should know about consent, privacy and what happens when wearable cameras capture them.
US, UK, UAE, Japanese and Chinese iPhones can look identical but differ in SIM support, network hardware, regional services and warranty conditions.
PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 are readily sold in Nigeria, but the digital services behind them remain far less localised than the hardware market suggests.
NPF Vigilant brings fraud reporting and case tracking into one platform, giving Nigerians a clearer route to submit evidence and follow what happens next.
That ₦15,000 Temu, SHEIN or AliExpress bargain can cost more by the time it reaches Nigeria. These five checks reveal what you may actually spend.
Binance estimates that a major security incident affected approximately $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency. Two blockchain investigations have traced the transfers across different numbers of networks, while their findings on frozen and remaining assets reveal why the exchange's financial impact, cryptocurrency recovered and funds still controlled by attackers must be assessed separately.
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities can enable unauthenticated remote code execution, and successful exploitation has been reported. Here is how to check your website’s PHP runtime, verify the security fix and respond to possible compromise.
Citizen Lab traced targeted spyware delivery through an advertising vendor embedded in mainstream ad systems. Comparing the technical findings with the industry’s response reveals why vendor-list status is not a security guarantee and what publishers should demand instead.
Google is removing an eMudhra-linked root certificate from Chrome following a compromise involving eight intermediate certificate authorities. Website operators should check their certificate chains, while eMudhra’s withdrawal from the global TLS certificate business adds a longer-term migration consideration.
Nigerian businesses that collect customer or employee information may have obligations under the NDPA, but not every organisation has the same NDPC registration requirement. Here is how to determine where your business stands.
Google's SynthID Detector is now publicly available worldwide. Learn how to check images, videos and audio for AI watermarks, understand the results and recognise why a missing watermark does not prove that media is genuine.
NPF Vigilant brings fraud reporting and case tracking into one platform, giving Nigerians a clearer route to submit evidence and follow what happens next.
Authenticator apps reduce dependence on SMS and SIM cards, but losing your phone can lock you out if you never prepared a recovery method.
Deleting an app does not delete your account. We checked how 20 popular services handle account deletion and found waiting periods, subscription hurdles and data-retention rules that users often overlook.
We independently examined 200 Nigerian SMS records labelled as spam, identifying repeated messages, promotional language and action requests. Our investigation explains why unwanted messages are not automatically scams.
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