In commemoration of its #YearOnTikTok, TikTok has revealed some of the top Nigerian users who produced content that went viral on the platform in 2022 and are nominated for the #TopCreator2022 award,
Mercadolibre close to finalizing Whatsapp Pay in Brazil
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Be Mobile Africa introduces Crypto Payments in South Africa
Be Mobile Africa, has launched a crypto payment gateway that ensures customers can convert digital currency payments to fiat currency.
Global VC Firm, Partech closes €120m fourth seed funding round
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How Meta plans to protect the integrity of Nigeria’s 2023 elections
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Airtel edges closer to 5G deployment in Nigeria
Airtel has emerged as the sole bidder in the auction of the 3.5GHz spectrum band to support 5G deployment in Nigeria.
What you need to know about ChatGPT, the chatbot everyone is talking about
as Stack Overflow bans users from posting AI generated responses from ChatGPT
Nigerian universities to award degrees in Data Science, Cybersecurity, others with a new curriculum
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission (NUC), has introduced a new core curriculum for degree programs in Computing.
NCC warns against participating in viral TikTok challenge
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned against participating in the #invisiblechallenge trend on short-form video hosting service TikTok to avoid potential risks as it exposes devices to information-stealing malware.
The Invisible Challenge is another popular trend on TikTok that involves encircling a supposedly naked person with a body contouring filter that is somewhat transparent.
According to an NCC-CSIRT advisory, threat actors are taking advantage of the popular TikTok challenge to spread the WASP (or W4SP) stealer, a malware that steals information.
As this TikTok challenge is becoming a growing trend, some attackers have begun sending out links to software, which unknowingly is the WASP (or W4SP) stealer, that they claim can help reverse the filter’s effects.
Egypt’s SideUp raises $1.2 million to scale e-commerce in the Middle East
Egypt’s Voo has rebranded to SideUp and raised $1.2 million to transform its strategy to offer a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services to small business owners in the middle east.