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AI News Sep 03, 2026 06:43 PM

Huawei Just Launched Agentic AI Cloud in Nigeria, And It Is Hosted Locally

Nigeria's AI story just got a serious infrastructure upgrade. Huawei has launched its Agentic AI Cloud in Nigeria, giving businesses and government organisations a locally hosted cloud foundation for building and deploying AI agents. The announcement was made at the Huawei Nigeria AI & Cloud Summit in Lagos, where government officials, technology leaders, and industry partners gathered to discuss what Nigeria needs to become an AI-ready economy.

AI News Aug 27, 2026 04:11 PM

Nvidia Wants to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion

What if Nvidia, the company best known for powering the AI boom with its chips, decided it wanted to own a much bigger piece of the software side too? That may be happening. Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face, one of the biggest platforms for sharing and developing open-source AI models, for about $12.9 billion, according to The Information. But there is an important caveat:

AI News Aug 18, 2026 03:00 PM

Meta and FG Launch AI Academy in Nigeria and Two Startups Could Win $5,000 Each

Nigeria's AI story is getting a little more serious. What started as a conversation about whether Nigerians can use artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a bigger question: Can Nigeria build companies with it? Now, Meta and the Federal Government are putting money, training, and global exposure behind that idea. On August 17, 2026, Meta announced a partnership with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy

AI News Jun 04, 2026 01:11 PM

Nigeria Just Partnered With Coursera to Train 36,000 Youths in AI and Cybersecurity And It Could Change Thousands of Lives

In what may become one of the country’s biggest digital education moves in recent years, the Federal Government has partnered with Coursera to launch the Digital Training Academy (DTA), a programme designed to train 36,000 Nigerian youths in high-demand technology skills like Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and Software Engineering.

AI News May 03, 2026 11:48 AM

Anthropic Hits $1 Trillion Valuation: The AI Race Just Got Wild

Imagine waking up to find that a company you barely heard about a year ago is now worth $1 trillion. That’s exactly what’s happening with Anthropic.

AI News Jan 20, 2026 01:47 PM

Is Nigeria Ready for Its First AI Data Centre by 2026?

Nigeria’s Data Centre Expansion Is Accelerating Nigeria’s ambition to compete in the global digital economy is increasingly tied to one critical piece of infrastructure: data centres. As artificial intelligence drives heavier computing workloads, the conversation is shifting from whether Nigeria will build more facilities to whether those facilities can truly support AI at scale.