The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has emerged the winner of the 2019 Zik Prize, in the professional leadership category. Announcing the winners in a webinar, Prof. Pat Utomi, a member of the Advisory Board of the prestigious award, said Danbatta and Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, […]
Read MoreipNX, an information, communications and technology (ICT) company and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have signed a partnership agreement that will further support the development of Nigeria’s ICT and broadband infrastructure and help ipNX expand its fibre-optic network to more than 200,000 residences in Lagos and other locations, including Abuja and Port […]
Read MoreAs a way of encouraging residents to embrace online payment, the Ogun State government is offering 50 per cent discount to property owners and residents on amenity charges. The Ogun State Governor, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, who announced government’s intention to promote online payment in the country, said government has made payment of the Land Use […]
Read MoreGlobacom has demystified what used to be a cumbersome task of getting company’s information from its website, a situation that had in the past, frustrated several customers from getting relevant information from company’s website. It is now easy for companies and organisations to give their stakeholders free access to their websites through a service called […]
Read MoreThe role played by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in ensuring Telecom Infrastructures were declared as Critical National Infrastructure; addressing the Right of Way (RoW) challenges that have been lingering for over a decade and securing the Transfer of the National Identity Management Commission has been commended by 9Mobile, of the telecoms operator. […]
Read MoreAfrican countries must adopt a continent wide approach to business and also focus on wealth creation to be relevant in the global value chain. The Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Mr. Ade Ayeyemi who made the call in a keynote address at the Ecobank virtual Regional Trade Conference 2020, said that for the […]
Read More“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” —Buckminster Fuller. We live in a time of digital transformation and it is driving change in all areas. The ubiquitous nature of ICT in revolutionising every human endeavour has made its adaptation also […]
Read MoreThe nation’s telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Cybersecurity and Compliance advisory company, Digital Encode have indicated interest to partner with the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), the national umbrella body of ICT reporters, as it organizes a forum that will x-ray the industry’s future plans for ICT growth post pandemic era. […]
Read MoreThe future of Nigerian banking would continue to be shaped by innovations and technology disruptions, and only financial institutions that are amenable to such transformation will remain relevant in the sector. The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan who that observation at the 13th Annual Banking and Finance Conference reiterated that there was no way […]
Read MoreA Nigerian, Agabi Oshiorenoya who developed an explosive detecting device in 2017 is currently worth $200 million within the space of four years. Oshiorenoya after developing the device called Koniku that could be able to smell explosives, immediately got a $10 million cheque from an American military organization. The Theoretical Physics graduate of the University […]
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