Author: ITPulse

Google has announced the launch of Gemini 3, its most intelligent and capable AI model yet, marking a significant stride in the mission to make AI genuinely helpful for everyone. Designed to bring state-of-the-art reasoning and powerful new agentic capabilities to the Google products people use every day, Gemini 3 signals a new chapter in intelligence, agents, and personalization. The helpfulness of Gemini 3 starts with the model itself. Gemini 3 Pro, the first model in the new family, is built to grasp depth and nuance like never before, demonstrating capabilities like PhD-level reasoning for complex problem-solving, which sets new…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the landscape of deception, allowing complex fraud to be executed in seconds. Ahead of International Fraud Awareness Week 2025 (November 16-22), a new survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and SAS reveals that anti-fraud professionals anticipate a significant increase in AI-fueled threats. Key Survey Findings: The cross-industry survey provides early insights into the escalating risk of AI-driven fraud: 77% report an acceleration in deepfake social engineering over the past 24 months. 83% anticipate a moderate (28%) to significant (55%) increase in such schemes in the next two years. “Artificial intelligence has become…

TD Africa, West Africa’s leading technology distribution giant, and Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of Future-Ready, AI-Powered Data Centres across Nigeria. The announcement was the major highlight of the Schneider Electric Innovation Day Nigeria 2025, an event that celebrated Schneider Electric’s 25th anniversary in Nigeria and gathered over 450 stakeholders from the technology, energy, infrastructure, and public policy sectors. The event’s theme, “Unlocking Nigeria’s Energy Future: Policy, Innovation, and Investment,” underscored the strategic importance of this new alliance. This crucial partnership aims to…

A new report by TLP Advisory, titled “Rethinking Funding & Exits: Nigeria’s Missing IPOs and the NGX,” identifies systemic barriers and knowledge gaps that prevent Nigeria’s high-growth startups from listing on the local Nigerian Exchange (NGX), posing a risk to long-term wealth creation in Africa’s largest economy. Despite the 2022 launch of the NGX Technology Board, there have been no tech listings to date. The report, launched at the Africa Prosperity Summit (APS) in Lagos, uncovers a critical disconnect between the venture ecosystem and the local capital market. The TLP Advisory report details specific challenges and founder preferences that favor…

Thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria and the broader African continent are set to gain critical AI and digital skills designed to expand their businesses and facilitate continent-wide trade. Google and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat have jointly launched the ‘AfCFTA Digital Inclusion & Entrepreneurship Programme,’ a new, free training initiative powered by the established Google Hustle Academy. Since small businesses are the backbone of Africa’s economy, generating nearly 80% of jobs across the continent, this programme is designed to close the digital skills gap. It will equip entrepreneurs with AI-powered solutions and localized…

The focus on local internet traffic exchange, where data is swapped domestically rather than routed abroad, is a strategic necessity for Nigeria’s digital economy, Muhammed Rudman, Managing Director of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has said. Speaking at the AfriTECH 5.0 Forum in Lagos last week, Rudman described strengthening this local ecosystem as a national imperative for achieving speed, security, and digital economic expansion. He disclosed that Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) facilitate this local exchange, offering several major advantages for users, businesses, and the national economy: The most significant user benefit of local traffic exchange is dramatically reduced…

Every November, Nigerians look forward to one of the biggest shopping moments of the year — Konga Yakata, one of the country’s most anticipated Black Friday sales. This year feels different. From all indications, Konga Yakata 2025 is not just another discount season; it’s a full-blown shopping festival redefining what value, convenience, and excitement mean in online shopping. Running from November 1st to 30th, Konga has once again lived up to its promise of delivering mouthwatering deals, exclusive brand partnerships, and unbeatable offers across every major product category. But what truly sets this year’s Yakata apart isn’t just the price…

PalmPay, Nigeria’s leading digital banking platform, has once again demonstrated its leadership in driving the nation’s payment revolution. In a landmark development for Nigeria’s digital economy, PalmPay, in collaboration with Wema Bank, completed the first live transaction on the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) National Payment Stack (NPS), a next-generation infrastructure designed to redefine how money moves across the country. The first live transaction, which happened at exactly 11:56 am on Friday, November 7, 2025, marks a new era in Nigeria’s financial innovation journey and reinforces PalmPay’s role as a trusted pioneer in the payment ecosystem. This achievement rides on…

The Interswitch TechConnect 5.0 series successfully concluded in Lagos, culminating a multi-city journey dedicated entirely to strengthening collaboration across Nigeria’s digital ecosystem. Hosted by Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies, the grand finale served as a powerful platform where regulators, financial institutions, fintech innovators, and technology leaders convened to collectively advance conversations on shared purpose, innovation, and compliance. The Lagos edition, held at the Federal Palace Hotel, embodied its theme: “United Frontiers: Growth Powered by Innovation, Collaboration and Compliance.” This event reinforced Interswitch’s unwavering commitment to fostering synergy and establishing foundational partnerships among all ecosystem…

Global industrial software leader AVEVA is setting a new standard for the industrial digital twin by converging all critical engineering and operations data onto its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform. These significant portfolio enhancements, unveiled at Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit, aim to create a fully integrated, scalable edge-to-cloud digital twin solution. AVEVA introduced major updates to its industrial digital twin offering. Enhancements to AVEVA Asset Information Management and the AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure enable the visualization of trusted engineering documentation alongside real-time operational data in a single, flexible user interface on the CONNECT platform. By unifying data in the cloud, AVEVA…