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The 2023 presidential election will hold on Saturday, and the candidates are wrapping up their campaigns. Ahead of the polls, Nigerians must understand precisely how the electoral voting process will work so they can participate in the process of watching the election results. The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained the voting process over time, what to anticipate, and how citizens can determine whether it is free and fair through the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

Hello there! Welcome to another roundup of the major global tech news this week. This week, in what could seem as one of the many expected failures or misgivings of AI, Microsoft’s Bing, a chatbot released to about a thousand persons last week, has been giving inaccurate and awkward responses to users. Users have since shared screenshots of the many “hallucinations” of the chatbot online.

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After nine years in the role and 24 years overall at Google, Susan Wojcicki has resigned as CEO of YouTube. This disclosure was made in a blog post on the organization’s website. Neal Mohan, the current Chief Product Officer, will take over as the new SVP and leader of YouTube after she steps down. She claimed that she chose to leave her position to start a new chapter in her life that is dedicated to her family, health, and other private endeavours.

Despite the gender diversity problem in the STEM field, women like Adejoke Adekunle, a Marketing Technology Entrepreneur and founder of Oddience and The African Tech Woman, have taken the bull by the horn to establish a career in that field and a platform to inspire, motivate and encourage more women in tech. These women have constantly provided support for girls and young women to fill take these roles in the STEM space.

Mastercard has partnered with Nigerian digital payment startup NowNow, to help SMEs reduce the risk of cyberattacks. There has been a significant increase in cybercrime in recent years. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria loses an estimated five hundred million united states dollars yearly due to cybercrime. SMEs are a huge target for cybercriminals as they typically do not have the resources to defend themselves or act accordingly once breached.

Bolt, one of Africa’s leading mobility platforms, has announced plans to invest €500 million in its operations on the continent over the next two years. The funds will be used to expand its services in Africa and create opportunities for over 300,000 new drivers and couriers to join the platform in 2023.

Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered in Nairobi. is on the verge of becoming the first foreign company to launch mobile money services in Ethiopia four months after the government promised to approve its operations by issuing a license. The presence of M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Ethiopia would expand and solidify Safericom’s fort in one of Africa’s most impressive and profit-laden economies.

Full Fact, a UK-based charity which tackles misinformation through fact-checking and campaigns, is partnering with fact-checking organisations dedicated to promoting credibility in information during the upcoming general election in Nigeria on February 25, 2023. Full Fact will expand the use of its AI tools to stop the spread of misinformation during the election.

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