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Gadgets and Device

New iPhone Models to be Unwrapped Soon

Apple said yesterday it will host an event on 12 September at the Steve Jobs Theatre in the company’s Cupertino, California, campus, where it is widely expected to unveil new iPhone models. Analysts believe Apple plans to release three new smartphones this year, including one with a larger display than previous models. Analysts also expect […]

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Technology

ICT Stakeholders Advocate for Favourable Local Content Policies

The desired impact that the ICT sector requires to replace the oil and gas industry as the next revenue earner for the Nigerian economy can only be achieved through policies that are favourable. Stakeholders in the sector who spoke at the at The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (Nitra) Quarterly Forum with focus on the […]

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Technology

British PM to Unveil UK/Nigeria $2.6m fintech Partnership

As part of her visit to Nigeria on a three-day, three-nation trip to Africa, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May will visit Lagos. The premier, who is currently in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, will fly to Lagos where she will meet with business leaders and announce the formation […]

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Technology

Quest for Africa’s Rail System Digital Transformation Heightens

Few modes of transport evoke such a sense of history and romanticism as rail. The first recorded use of rail transport was around 500BC, when ancient Greeks used a rail-like system-most likely powered by humans or horses – to carry boats across where the Corinth channel currently is. In the 1400s, German miners used wooden […]

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Internet

Avanti, iWayAfrica Signs Master Distributor Contract

Avanti Communications Group Plc (“Avanti”), a satellite operator and provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), has signed a HYLAS 4 Master Distributor contract with iWayAfrica, a pan-African service provider proving telecommunication solutions across the African continent, to provide satellite broadband services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The contract will […]

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Technology

Gartner Unveils Key Technologies for Africa’s Transformation

Research and advisory firm Gartner has unveiled the key technologies that would have high impact on the African economy. The 2018 Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for information and communication technology (ICT) in Africa, released this week featured five technologies that will have a high business impact within two years. “Africa is entering an important stage […]

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Business

Insurance Firm Pledges to Reduce Risks in ICT Sector

The Managing Director, WAPIC Insurance Plc, Mrs Adeyinka Adekoya, has said that the company is committed to providing solutions on how to mitigate risks in the ICT sector, especially in a volatile economic situation. She said this during a seminar organised by the company with the theme ‘Mitigating risks in the telecoms and ICT industry: […]

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StartUps

Africa’s Digital Start-ups Applauded at GSMA Mobile 360 Series

The impact that digital start-ups have had on the African economy in the last few years have been applauded at the on-going GSMA Mobile 360 Series meeting holding in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking at the one of the talk session, Smart Africa adviser Jean-Philbert Nsengimana declared that something phenomenal is happening on the continent, as technology […]

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Telecoms

Africa’s Techprenuer Tasks Govt on Corporate Debtors Eradication

Africa’s technology entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh has asked the Nigerian Government to leverage technology in reducing to the barest minimum the growing incidences of corporate debts and usher in an era of unprecedented boom and sanity in the Nigerian economy. Ekeh, Chairman of the Zinox Group, while delivering the Guest Lecture at the maiden edition […]

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Technology

Soccer Fans Breaks Language Barriers with Google Translate at World Cup

Soccer might be the most universal language on the planet. But when it comes to deciphering the Cyrillic alphabet or communicating with locals at the World Cup in Russia, the love of the game is sometimes not enough. To get around language barriers in Russia, World Cup fans from around the globe have been actively […]

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