Samsung has ramped up its new flagship Galaxy smartphones with an ecosystem of inter-connected gadgets, launching five new devices and two wearables, as the Korean electronics giant tries to reclaim its lead position in the smartphone market. At its first Galaxy Unpacked virtual event, livestreamed from Korea last night, Samsung introduced a new suite of […]
Read MoreAirtel Nigeria, has unveiled three major Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Projects to commemorates its 10th year anniversary, promising N300 million support for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects are the refurbishment and renovate 4-Storey building at LUTH,provide of N50 million to Lagos State Government for PPEs for Health workers and donate of Molecular […]
Read MoreFintech startup AtaraPay has launched its escrow service in a bid to provide a trusted and reliable service that removes monetary bottlenecks and resolves issues during transactions. AtaraPay is a web and mobile tool that can be used by both sellers and buyers for protection during any online or offline commercial transaction through funds held […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said consumers are not expected to call the Commission’s complaint Hotline, 622 when they have exhausted every means of getting an operator to address any complain. According to the NCC, the consumer can only call the toll-free line when they are not getting responses from their mobile operator adding […]
Read MoreLagos-based transport startup Plentywaka has raised US$300,000 in pre-seed funding to expand to the capital Abuja as well as other Nigerian states. Plentywaka launched its services in the second half of last year, and since then has built a platform of over 40,000 customers that has seen substantial growth since the beginning of 2020. It […]
Read MoreMTN, Africa’s biggest mobile carrier, has continued to weather COVID-19 pressures in Nigeria, recording double-digit growth in data revenue and fintech services in the six months ending June. MTN Nigeria said the pandemic weighed on profits for the period but it maintained double-digit service revenue growth. The telco’s data revenue rose by 57.6%, which MTN […]
Read MoreThe total spend over direct carrier billing will reach $100 billion for the first time by 2025; rising from $37 billion in 2020. The study anticipates that the increasing shift to subscription-based monetisation models for digital services such as games, video streaming and music, will be key to the market realising a substantial growth rate […]
Read MoreThe newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, Roger Brown has a resumed office. August 2, 2020: Roger Brown, the new resumed on August 1, 2020. According to a statement announcing his resumption, Brown is expected to lead SEPLAT into the next phase of the company’s growth aspirations following the […]
Read MoreIf you’re laundering money or financing terrorism, what keeps you up at night? Beyond the day-to-day intrigues of a life of crime, you have a money trail to worry about. Sure, you fear the sophisticated law enforcement and intelligence agencies with the power to track you, shut you down, and put you behind bars. But […]
Read MoreThe global shipment smartphone has suffered shipwreck from the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis didn’t stop Huawei from taking the position of leadership in the industry. Latest showed that shipments decreased 16.0% yearly in the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile […]
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