Tag: Microsoft

September 14, 2020

The State Government has also committed to pay for certification examinations of up to 2,000 residents in various skills of ...

UBA shareholders ratify N34.19b dividend for 2019

UBA reiterates importance of small businesses, hosts MSME workshop

July 26, 2020

The workshop, which will hold on Wednesday via Microsoft Teams, will host professionals who will share their experiences and give ...

COVID-19: People being smuggled to circumvent lockdown order — LG Boss

Bill Gates wants COVID-19 drugs go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’

July 11, 2020

Gates, a founder of Microsoft, said in a video released on Saturday during a virtual COVID-19 conference organised by the ...

Virtual Africa Investors Conference to provide ideal platform for investors, corporates

June 22, 2020

In partnership with ICBC Standard Bank and Microsoft, Standard Bank is hosting its 10th Africa Investors Conference using a specially ...

50 journalists lose job to robots at Microsoft

May 31, 2020

According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN.

Microsoft delegation meets Osinbajo, to open development centres in Nigeria, Kenya

May 17, 2019

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Friday, received a delegation from US-based technology giant, Microsoft Corporation, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Microsoft, FirstBank push digital transformation of SMEs

March 25, 2019

Multinational technology giant, Microsoft, has teamed up with FirstBank in a partnership that will assist Small and Medium Enterprises in ...

Pope discusses ethics of artificial intelligence with Microsoft chief

February 13, 2019

Microsoft President, Brad Smith met Pope Francis on Wednesday to discuss the ethical use of artificial intelligence and ways to ...

Interswitch, Microsoft, partner to pioneer blockchain technology in Nigeria

November 4, 2018

This novel initiative brings together entrepreneurs, major financial institutions and corporates organizations, all on a single platform to provide end-to-end ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is dead

October 16, 2018

Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, died of cancer at age 65, his family and Vulcan Inc., which was founded by Allen, ...

Signal Alliance, Microsoft unveil Clouds FastTrack in Nigeria

September 4, 2018

The Signal Alliance FastTrack Manager, Kenneth Ufomba, in a statement in Lagos, said that the programme was a customer success ...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg fires President Trump

Facebook boss Zuckerberg now world’s third richest

by NAN

July 8, 2018

Zuckerberg passed Buffett Friday as Facebook shares rose 2.4 per cent, Bloomberg reported

FBI declares Nigerian wanted over $5m fraud + photos

Crime

Nigerian Microsoft engineer faces cyber theft charge in US

by NAN

April 17, 2018

If found guilty on all charges, he risks a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a fine ...

Google trains 1m Africans on digital skills in 11 months

News

Plateau seeks partnerships with Facebook, Google, others

April 4, 2018

The Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dan Manjang, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos when the Correspondents Chapel of the ...

NDDC, Microsoft, others partner in primary, secondary e-learning for Niger Delta

by Dotun Oladipo

March 19, 2018

The Managing Director of NDDC, Nsima Ekere, said this on Monday while speaking with State House Correspondents after the organization ...

Worship

Pope urges web companies use profits to protect children

October 6, 2017

The pope said that the Catholic Church needed to accept responsibility “before God, victims and public opinion” for its own ...

Tony Elumelu entrepreneurs to receive tech support from Microsoft