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Japanese Researchers Build Robotic Tail to Restore Human Balance
At Keio University’s Graduate School of Media Design, a team from the Embodied Media Project has developed Arque an artificial, biomimicry-inspired wearable robotic tail designed to expand innate body functions, particularly balance and stability. Photo Credit: CNN
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Ex-AfDB President Adesina urges African Leaders to invest in Technology and Build Local Industries
Adesina argued that Africa’s youthful population, vast natural resources, and expanding markets represent extraordinary advantages. Realising them, however, requires deliberate choices: industrialisation, technological capability, continental integration, and ethical leadership. Photo Credit: Punchng
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TETFund to establish Technology Innovation Hubs in 45 Tertiary Institutions
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced plans to establish innovation hubs in 45 beneficiary institutions across the six geopolitical zones to promote problem-solving research and drive national development. Photo Credit: TETFUND
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Nigeria to Push Local Vehicle Manufacturing by 70% Up From Under 8%
The federal government of Nigeria has announced plans to raise the share of Nigeria’s vehicle demand met by local assemblers from less than 8% to 70% in a push to boost domestic manufacturing, create jobs and cut reliance on imported vehicles and parts. Photo Credit: Innoson Car Manufacturing Factory Nigeria
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Figure Decommissions its Older F.02 Humanoid Fleet by Autonomously throwing them into a giant Furnace of Molten Steel (Video)
Robotics company Figure has decommissioned much of its older F.02 humanoid fleet by training the machines to autonomously jump into a giant furnace filled with molten steel. Representative Photo Showing Figures Humanoid Robot being decommissioned.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Finally Reaches Orbit for the First Time
SpaceX’s Starship has reached orbit for the first time, marking its biggest flight achievement since full-scale testing began in 2023. Photo Credit: Starship SpaceX
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STAR ⭐ Benue Inventor Jacob Building Mini-Cars, Bikes and Agricultural Machinery from Scrap Metal
STAR⭐ Benue Inventor Jacob Aondona Tyo also referred to as Engr Tyo Jacob Aondona, a Gboko-based inventor and fabricator from Benue State native of Vandeikya Local Government Area who specializes in the manufacturing of Mini Cars, Trucks, Bikes and Agricultural Machinery – Photo Credit: STAR ⭐ AFRICA
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China Set World Record by Operating 116 Autonomous Underwater Robots at the Same Time
The record was achieved by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Xi’an Tianhe Maritime Technologies using TH-618 underwater robots. Photo Credit: Northwestern Polytechnical Technologies Facebook Page
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US Launch World’s Largest Commercial Scale Offshore Wind Farm in Massachusetts to Power over 400,000 Homes (Video)
The Vineyard Wind 1 project, a $4.5 billion development, sits approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket and about 35 miles from the Massachusetts mainland. With 62 GE Haliade-X turbines now installed and operational, the facility represents the most significant offshore wind achievement in U.S. history to date. Photo Credit: Interesting Engineering
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Nigeria Innovation Cluster Exchange Opens Applications for Innovation Clinics Across Six Nigerian Clusters
Implemented by The Nest Innovation Technology Park in partnership with the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub under the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme and in collaboration with the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), the initiative marks a practical next step in NICE’s broader effort to address fragmentation in Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem. Photo Credit: Nairametrics.com
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Terra Industries Signs Commercial Surveillance Deal With Promethean Resources to Secure Nigeria’s Mining Assets
Nigerian defence-technology company Terra Industries has signed a commercial agreement with Promethean Resources to deploy autonomous surveillance systems across Promethean’s mining and processing sites in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Terra Industries LinkedIn Page
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Federal Government Targets 10 Million Certified Talents by 2030
The Federal Government says it is working to create one million export-linked jobs and produce 10 million globally certified Nigerians by 2030 through reforms in education and skills development. Photo Credit: Minister for Education Alausa – Punchng
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Swiss Scientists Create a Robotic Hand That Moves Across Surfaces Using Its Fingers as Legs (Video)
Researchers at ETH Zurich’s Soft Robotics Lab have transformed an ordinary five-fingered robotic hand into a self-contained mobile robot that crawls across surfaces using its own fingers as legs. Photo Credit: Interesting Engineering
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World’s First Tire-Changing Robot Goes Live in Canada
PitPro Automation has deployed its first production automated tire-changing system at a Kal Tire location in Calgary, Alberta. Picture Showing PitPro dual-gantry robots positioned around a vehicle in a service bay, with robotic arms engaging wheels. Credit: PitPro Automation
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Nigeria Champions Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation at UNGA 2026
NITDA CEO Abdullahi presented Nigeria’s approach through four interconnected pillars namely Connect, Skill, Compute, and Create. These approaches are designed to build an ecosystem in which every Nigerian can participate meaningfully in the AI economy. Photo Credit: NITDA
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Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2027: Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for the 2027 cohort of the Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship. Hosted by the Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre (DDQIC) at Queen’s University in Canada, this free, fully virtual eight-month program equips African students and recent graduates with the skills, mentorship, resources, and funding opportunities needed to turn entrepreneurial ideas into…
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Thousands of African Miners at Risk: Can Technology Put an End to Illegal Mining?
Across the African Continent, thousands of miners and the communities around them face daily risks of pit collapses, toxic exposure, violence, and exploitation. Photo Credit: Stock Photo
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Scientists invent World’s first Self-Balancing Exoskeleton That Lets Wheelchair Users Stand and Move Hands-Free
On 17 September 2026, Wandercraft commercially launched Eve, the world’s first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton. Designed for eligible adults with spinal cord injury at any neurological level, Eve allows users to stand and walk upright without crutches or a walker. Photo Credit: Wandercraft Website
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Weak Laws Mean Africa Will Always Be a Consumer of Foreign Technology
Today, the African Continent is a huge consumer of foreign Technology. This dependance is costs the continent over $100 Billion Dollars annually in lost revenue, strangulates development, job creation, and ultimately depicts the African Nation as a dumping ground for Low grade and sub-quality technology products. Photo Credit:Stock Photos
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Terra Industries Leads $1m Investment in Aeon to Build Sovereign Cyber Defence Across Africa
L-R: Alex Idowu (Co-founder / CTO), Samuel Ogbonyomi (Co- founder / CEO), Martina Medac (Head of Enterprise Sales), Ben Eluan (Co-founder / President). Image source: Aeon
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