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Meet the African Nonprofit that’s Democratizing Access to XR and AI

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Taylor is a furniture brand based in Lagos, Nigeria, and the feedback has been amazing. Helping African Firms Enter the XR Marketplace Immersive Tech Africa has helped many firms adopt XR to improve business operations. Ibrahim added: I’m glad to say that it has been successfully deployed.

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EON Reality Engages with Nigeria’s ICT Ministry for a National Digital Transformation Partnership

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During the productive meetings, EON Reality presented its comprehensive XR and AI ecosystem as a solution to address Nigeria’s key national priorities: youth empowerment and training, research commercialization , building collaborative innovation ecosystems , and expanding global market access and funding opportunities.

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Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban After Seven Months of Censorship

GizModo VR

Nigeria will lift a ban on Twitter on Thursday after seven months, according to a statement published online from the country’s technology development agency. The government banned Twitter for enabling “subversive” and “criminal” activities, though in reality it was likely because the social media company deleted a… Read more.

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Nigeria Will Arrest and Prosecute Users That Try to Get Around Its Twitter Ban

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One day after it banned Twitter, Nigeria announced that authorities would arrest and prosecute users who attempted to use the social network, whose app and website were still available to some in the country on Saturday despite the ban. Read more.

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EON Reality Announces New Value-Added Reseller Partnership with Fusion-Synth Technologies in Nigeria

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With EON Reality’s commitment to make knowledge available, accessible, and affordable for every person on the planet, this partnership extends that reach further into Nigeria, enabling more teachers, students, VPs, CXOs, and educators to benefit from Spatial AI learning and training.

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EON Reality and University of Nigeria Announce Partnership for Knowledge Metaverse Hub

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IRVINE, CA, November 3, 2021 – EON Reality, the global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, announces a new partnership with University of Nigeria to bring a knowledge metaverse hub to its Lion Science Park Health Hub in Nsukka, Nigeria.

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NOLO VR Completes $10 Million Series A Financing Led by BlueRun Ventures

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The Series A was led by the Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures , and included Nigeria-based Lotus Capital. Nolo VR , the China-based company behind the 6DOF mobile tracking system Nolo CV1, today announced they have successfully completed a $10 million Series A financing round.