Frank Eleanya, Author at Businessday NG https://businessday.ng/author/frank-eleanya/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 188198514 Investors vie for control amid Africa’s tech funding drought https://businessday.ng/technology/article/investors-vie-for-control-amid-africas-tech-funding-drought/ https://businessday.ng/technology/article/investors-vie-for-control-amid-africas-tech-funding-drought/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 02:10:41 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=723446 Funding

Tech companies in Nigeria and other parts of Africa came short on the funding trail, finding it difficult to convince investors to sign more cheques than they did in the previous year or even fulfil existing funding obligations in the first quarter of 2023. Instead, investors are revisiting their funding agreements and tightening loose ends, […]

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On April 10, Uber Facts, a Twitter account with over 13 million followers and famous globally for its public affairs posts, caused a stir in Nigeria’s social media space. The account tweeted that Bola Tinubu forfeited $460,000 to the United States government in 1993 after a court found out the money was tied to heroin […]

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People’s Gazette, a Lagos-based online media company, faces a lawsuit from lawyers of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, over the audio the platform published, purporting to reveal a private conversation between Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Winners Chapel, one of the largest churches in Nigeria. In the leaked […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/technology/article/how-ai-deepfakes-are-deployed-to-shape-political-outcomes/feed/ 0 722340 Here are ways AI can benefit Nigerian politicians https://businessday.ng/technology/article/here-are-ways-ai-can-benefit-nigerian-politicians/ https://businessday.ng/technology/article/here-are-ways-ai-can-benefit-nigerian-politicians/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:50:26 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=722344 Artificial intelligence

Prior to 2023, the older generation in Nigerian politics would sneer at the suggestion that elections could be decided by deploying social media campaign strategies. But the significant participation of the younger demographic in the 2023 elections, which ultimately changed the outcome of the results, was largely due to these social media campaigns. Experts say […]

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On April 4, Amazon Web Service, the cloud subsidiary of Amazon, announced that it has created a 10-week programme for generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups around the globe. According to the company, generative AI startup founders within the cohort can expect to have access to AI models and tools as well as machine learning stack […]

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