MTN (MTNJ.J), South African telecom firm has said it was reviewing allegations that it, alongside other firms, violated the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by paying protection money to al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The allegation was raised in a U.S. complaint which accuses several firms of paying protection money to militant Islamist groups in […]
Read MoreThe National Identity Management Commission has dismissed six of its workers for engaging in extortion in the course of the ongoing National Identity Number enrolment exercise, investigations by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Our correspondent also learnt that some of the dismissed workers were indicted for illegal and unauthorised printing of the NIN for external organisations. […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian government has made major appointment as part of its desire of fast-tracking the targets and mandate of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. President Muhammadu Buhari made the appointment in the following new appointments in the Parastatals listed below: 1. Nigerians Communications Commission (NCC) (a) Prof. Adeolu Akande (South West) replaces Senator […]
Read MoreThe Enugu Zonal Office of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has received the nod of the Enugu Office of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to leverage the latter’s programmes and activities within the state to heighten telecoms consumer education. The collaboration was an outcome of a recent courtesy visit by the Enugu Zonal Office of […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shortlisted 25 technological Innovators to contest in Innovation Competition and Exhibition organised by the NCC with the focused on “Promoting Innovation and Creativity in the Telecoms Sector”. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta said the contest is part of the commitment […]
Read MoreGlobacom’s Executive Vice Chairman, Mrs. Bella Disu, has been awarded the French national honour of “Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres” (Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters). Disu got the award for her support for arts and culture. She was responsible for the coordination of the construction of the impressive Alliance […]
Read MoreDigital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered with Vodacom Tanzania to enable nine million M-Pesa customers to receive money directly to their M-Pesa wallets from friends and family living abroad. The new service increases convenience for money transfer recipients in urban and rural areas of Tanzania as they can receive international money transfers directly to […]
Read MoreThe new Internet Society Foundation has issued its first set of medium and large grants (ranging from $12,000 to $30,000 each) to 13 ground-breaking projects that seek to spread the benefits of the Internet around the world. The Internet Society established the Internet Society Foundation to fund projects that will improve the quality of people’s […]
Read MoreThe National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has opened and sorted about 586 local partners’ submission for the Expression of Interest (EOI) for the provision of Data collection and issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN) services at the NIMC Headquarters, Abuja, the nation’s capital.. The EOI advertised by the Commission in November, is in line […]
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $5 million to enable the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to scale up its outreach and impact to 1,000 select youth entrepreneurs. The grant follows the signing of a letter of intent between the Bank and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, which […]
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