From Mika’il Abdullah, Dutse The Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), has called on Jigawa state government to establish agency or ministry for digital economy. The call was made by the founder of…
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CITAD, global advocates sue for regulation of AI to protect human rights
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in partnership with a group of organizations and advocates from around the world are pushing for the establishment of a future where all citizens…
Twitter set to change logo — Elon Musk
Elon Musk said on Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the…
Threads hits 100 million users in five-day record surge
The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has seen more than 100 million users sign up in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing…
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app
Twitter has threatened to sue Meta over its new Threads app, which Mark Zuckerberg has openly billed as a rival, claiming the company has violated Twitter’s “intellectual property rights”. In a letter…
Threads: Twitter rival records 10 million users within hours of launch
More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday. The app…
Twitter to limit TweetDeck to verified users
Twitter has announced that TweetDeck, a popular program that allows users to monitor several accounts at once, will be available only to “verified” users from next month. The social media firm, bought…
Elon Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read
Twitter is limiting how many tweets various accounts can read per day, owner Elon Musk has said, in a bid to discourage “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation. The restrictions,…
Google’s first West Africa director resigns
Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, Google’s inaugural Director for West Africa, has revealed her decision to leave the company. She made the announcement on LinkedIn on Friday where she expressed her intention to pursue…
CITAD hosts Micro-Grant training for Community Networks in Bauchi
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with the support of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), organized a two-day intensive training on micro-grants for organizations in the Itas and Jama’are…
CITAD bridges digital divide, provides IT training to NCoS personnel in Bauchi
In a commendable effort to bridge the existing digital divide, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has conducted a free scholarship training program on Information Technology (IT) for personnel of…