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Microsoft’s MAI-DxO scored 83% on difficult medical cases, but its cost trade-offs and testing limits raise important questions about whether diagnostic AI could help overstretched hospitals in Nigeria and across Africa.
Google is removing an eMudhra-linked root certificate from Chrome following a compromise involving eight intermediate certificate authorities. Website operators should check their certificate chains, while eMudhra’s withdrawal from the global TLS certificate business adds a longer-term migration consideration.
INEC has an AI division and an existing election-technology policy requiring testing, audit trails and human oversight. TechView Africa examines the safeguards and the accountability questions still unanswered before Nigeria's 2027 elections.
Nigerian businesses that collect customer or employee information may have obligations under the NDPA, but not every organisation has the same NDPC registration requirement. Here is how to determine where your business stands.
South African startup Vambo AI has developed MORENA, an open-weight AI model supporting Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Nigerian Pidgin and eight other African languages. Its benchmark results reveal both promising technical progress and important limitations.
Google's SynthID Detector is now publicly available worldwide. Learn how to check images, videos and audio for AI watermarks, understand the results and recognise why a missing watermark does not prove that media is genuine.
Google's October 2026 Android security update fixes critical vulnerabilities, but not every phone receives patches at the same time. Here's how to check your Android security patch level, find available updates and understand what your phone's software status actually means.
Customer messages can reveal where a business is disappointing people. Use AI to identify recurring problems, check the evidence and choose an improvement worth making.
One strong article, report, lecture or business document can become a video, presentation, infographic and social campaign. The reliable AI workflow starts by preserving one verified source of truth, then adapting the information to each medium instead of simply rewriting the same text.
Eligible Nigerian higher-education students can claim Google AI Plus free for 12 months, including higher Gemini limits, 400GB of cloud storage and additional study tools. The offer must be redeemed by 31 December 2026.
Criminals no longer need a real intimate photo to threaten someone. AI can create convincing fake explicit images, and Nigerian authorities are warning people not to pay, send more material or stay silent.
Frontier AI companies are increasingly talking beyond artificial intelligence and even AGI towards superintelligence. The important question is what that term actually means and how far current systems remain from it.
Meta’s Muse can connect to a business’s storefront, accounts, marketing tools and customer records. The useful question is not whether an AI agent can help run a business, but which decisions should still require a human.
OpenAI’s new Dots agents can keep working across connected apps after a user stops actively prompting them. The bigger change may be what workers are expected to supervise, approve and delegate to AI.
AI can produce dozens of attractive graphics and still leave your brand looking inconsistent. The solution is to give the system visual rules before asking it to create anything.
ECOWAS is recruiting for six permanent positions in Abuja across IT, HR, audit and administration. Applications close on 5 November 2026.
Nigeria’s banks, fintechs and payment companies face a January 2027 deadline to keep payment transaction data in Nigeria. The difficult part is not simply finding local servers, but migrating the right workloads without weakening reliability.
We checked current remote opportunities across Micro1, Mercor, Outlier and Handshake AI and found 50 roles spanning software engineering, AI, cybersecurity, law, finance, data, writing, design and scientific research. Some are genuinely global; others have strict country restrictions.
UpGuard found 16,326 Supabase databases with readable tables in a scan of roughly 300,000 domains. It was not a Supabase breach, but it shows what can happen when software is shipped faster than its permissions are understood.
Applications are open for Nigeria’s National AI Innovation Challenge 2026. Here is what applicants need to build, validate and submit before the 12 October deadline.
A Lagos court rejected Truecaller’s argument that one user’s permission could establish consent for non-users whose numbers appear in that user’s contacts. But the applicants still failed to prove a privacy infringement that entitled them to damages.
AI can turn a client brief into a polished proposal quickly, but speed creates a dangerous shortcut: missing information can become invented scope, deadlines or promises. A better workflow keeps every important commitment traceable to the brief.
AI can turn an ordinary phone photograph into a clean catalogue image, lifestyle scene or campaign graphic. The useful rule is simple: let AI redesign the setting, not the product customers are paying for.
Techview Africa built a 500-row synthetic sales workbook with deliberate duplicates, missing values and inconsistent labels to examine where AI can accelerate dashboard creation and where human judgement still matters.
Uploading documents to an AI does not automatically make its answers trustworthy. A dependable document assistant must retrieve the right evidence, show where the answer came from, respect access permissions and know when the documents do not contain an answer.
AI can generate an impressive clip in seconds, but a finished video still requires planning. The reliable workflow moves from script and storyboard to individual shots, voice, editing, music, captions and platform-ready exports.
About 7,000 humanoid robots were sold globally in 2025, but sales do not tell us how many are doing productive work. TechView Africa reviewed 20 prominent workplace deployments and pilots. Only two published detailed operating results showing sustained output.
We checked current remote vacancies across multiple employers and found opportunities ranging from $50-an-hour AI projects to worldwide cloud, security, legal and finance roles.
AI can build your website quickly, but ownership depends on what you can edit, export, back up and move when you decide to leave the platform.
Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic’s AI R&D work under human supervision, up from under 1% six months earlier. Here is what that rapid change actually means.
Learn how to use AI to create polished, professional presentations with clear storytelling, thoughtful layouts, and a distinctive style that avoids the generic AI look.
AI can now turn a plain-English idea into functioning software. Our test shows what it handles well, where the risks begin and how to build more safely.
Remote employers repeatedly signal what they value. AI can help you translate those patterns into a clearer, more searchable LinkedIn profile without inventing experience.
NPF Vigilant brings fraud reporting and case tracking into one platform, giving Nigerians a clearer route to submit evidence and follow what happens next.
AI agents are gaining access to files, emails and workplace systems. New cybersecurity work is focusing on the permissions that determine what happens when those agents act.
AI leaders are debating whether development should slow as autonomous systems become more capable. Beneath the “killer robot” headlines is a more lasting question: how much control should humans hand to machines?
A proposed 174MW data-centre development in Cape Town is exposing the physical challenge behind Africa’s AI ambitions: finding enough power, cooling and infrastructure to support the compute boom.
Authenticator apps reduce dependence on SMS and SIM cards, but losing your phone can lock you out if you never prepared a recovery method.
A strong AI-training profile is not about stuffing “AI” into every sentence. Show what you actually know, what you have done and why you are qualified to evaluate work in your field.
Deleting an app does not delete your account. We checked how 20 popular services handle account deletion and found waiting periods, subscription hurdles and data-retention rules that users often overlook.
We independently examined 200 Nigerian SMS records labelled as spam, identifying repeated messages, promotional language and action requests. Our investigation explains why unwanted messages are not automatically scams.
We compared six African data-protection laws to see when consumers must be told about a breach and where they can complain.
We tested the same photos on WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram to see which app shrinks them the most.
Buying through Facebook Marketplace in Nigeria can save money, but these nine checks can help you verify a seller and product before you meet or pay.
OpenAI’s “wiki incident” has reached European regulators after AI agents used a public website in unintended ways, intensifying questions about AI-agent safety, monitoring and disclosure.
AI can explain complex topics and help you find what to investigate next, but it can also confidently invent information. A simple verification process can prevent those mistakes from entering your work.
African-language AI is improving quickly, but “supported” does not always mean reliable. The biggest gaps still appear around limited training data, dialects, code-switching and local context.
Some fake recruiters are after more than application fees. A convincing recruitment process can be used to persuade job seekers to voluntarily surrender valuable personal information.
Unknown calls can be annoying, manipulative or fraudulent, but they do not normally hack a smartphone simply because you answer. Understanding the difference between scam calls and rare zero-click exploits can help you react to the real risk instead of the frightening headline.
Browser-saved passwords have become significantly more capable, but dedicated password managers still have advantages in cross-platform use, account separation and advanced security features. Here is how to choose between them.
A criminal who gets into your email may gain more than access to your messages. Password-reset links, security alerts and account-recovery emails can turn one compromised inbox into several compromised accounts.
Scammers can watch public complaints and quickly impersonate customer-support teams in private messages. A few checks can reveal whether the person offering to “resolve your issue” actually works for the company.
Micro1 advertises remote AI-training opportunities across technology, law, finance, healthcare and other professional fields. Nigerian applicants are not generally excluded, but every vacancy should be checked for project-specific location and experience requirements before applying.
From lawyers and accountants to technical writers, developers and biochemistry specialists, Micro1's current remote opportunities show how AI-training work is expanding beyond traditional technology careers.
That free VPN may cost nothing to download, but activating it can route much of your phone's internet traffic through the provider's servers. Understanding what the app can see and collect is more important than simply checking whether it has millions of downloads.
A breach alert means information connected to your email was found in compromised data, but the right response depends on what actually leaked and whether any exposed credentials remain in use.
Scammers can place fake customer-support numbers in search results and advertisements, hoping worried customers will call them first. A quick verification step can prevent the call from becoming a much bigger problem.
A scammer does not always need your password if they can convince you to let them see or control your device. That is why remote-access requests deserve immediate caution.
Passkeys replace typed passwords with cryptographic credentials stored on your devices, making common attacks such as phishing and credential stuffing considerably harder.
Scammers can use AI to imitate familiar voices and make fake emergencies sound real. A simple independent verification step can prevent an emotional phone call from becoming an expensive mistake.
