The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has revealed that the Commission has committed over N200 million into the promotion of research and development (R&D) in order to drive innovation in the country’s telecommunications sector.

Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD has called on the government to implement computer studies fully in secondary schools’ curriculums in order to increase computer literacy among the students in the country.

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy (CISLAC) has launched a mobile application named ‘Timby’ to help victims of sexual exploitation in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.

Egyptian ed-tech platform Educatly has closed a US$1 million pre-seed funding round.