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Tek Talk: Creating an Inclusive Community for Muslims in Tech

Why do we need to have a Muslim Tech Community?

Conveners of the Muslim Tech Expo 2023, Ibrahim Salami and Abdulraheem Abdulsobur, are changing the negative perception/ narrative about Muslims.

TTS - Will More Funding for Agric Ensure Food Security?

Commodity exchange, AFEX gets funding to build more smart warehouses but will moves like this truly transform the lives of smallholder farmers and solve food insecurity in Africa?

Tech Word: Generative AI
Generative AI are technologies (platforms, Apps etc) that enable you to quickly generate new content based on a variety of inputs. These can include text, images, sounds, animation, 3D models, or other types of data.

Example: The content ChatGPT gives you and all the AI pictures you use on your display picture.

- AFEX gets US$26.5 million to address food security
- South African ESKOM loses 24 Billion Rands
- Safaricom expands 5G coverage to 35 new counties
- Nigeria will not redenominate the naira in January 2024
- Parts of Nigeria’s 3rd Mainland Bridge to be closed for 5 weeks.

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

CC - Traditional Media vs Social Media

Looking into traditional media and how the advancement of tech has brought in social media and changed how we share information

CC - Practical methods to handle stress

Stress is a common experience for everyone but what are some practical ways to effectively manage stress.

CC - Negative effects of Social Media on Administration of Justice

The chief justice of the FCT has spoken against the rise of unverified and malicious allegations and how it can affect the ability of the judiciary to effectively

CC - Managing Diabetes with Tech

We are discussing diabetes, its type , the causes, ways to prevent and manage them and how tech is helping in the prevention and management.

CC - Navigating dating in the digital age

Has social media made relationships easier? Let's discuss the pros and cons of dating in those social media age

Tek Talk - Top Tech News Of the Week Ep 2

As FactCheck Africa developes an AI-powered tool, a notorious fake TikTok doctor gets apprehended and NRC is set to launch an e-ticketing system, we bring you the Top Tech News of the week On Tek Talk.

TTS - Will Kenya still adopt Iris in its New Biometric ID Move?

Commodity exchange, AFEX gets funding to build more smart warehouses but will moves like this truly transform the lives of smallholder farmers and solve food insecurity in Africa?

Tech Word: Social Engineering
Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.

Example: An employee might get an email from a social engineer purporting to be from the IT department in order to deceive him into disclosing private information rather than trying to uncover a software weakness in a company system.

- Kenya’s CA, searching for new DG
- Kenya launches assembling plants and smartphones
- Kenya’s Maisha Namba may go live in December 2023
- TikTok Fraud Doctor, Lani, arrested in South Africa.

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

TTT - Navigating the Global Job Market: Pros and Cons of Working Overseas

Ogenna Onuoha Onwumere, working in Germany, takes us through the Pros and Cons of Working Overseas.