Internet

US TikTok Advertising Audience Hits 23% in Six Months

Six years after its launch, TikTok continues ruling the social media space. The popular video-sharing app is on track to hit a new record number of downloads, while its global user base swelled to a whopping 1.9 billion. With millions of people joining TikTok space each year, it`s no wonder marketers are willing to dig […]

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Media OutReach

Dangote Poverty Reduction, Job Opportunities Creation Strides Attracts Accolades at Lagos Fair

Organized Private Sector under the auspices of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday, lauded the contributions of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) to poverty reduction efforts of the Federal government, especially the massive employment opportunities for the nation’s teeming youths. Alluding to the thousands of jobs the Dangote Refinery will generate when […]

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Business

One Day Without Internet Would Cost Global Lost of $43bn

The internet has become such an integral part of our daily lives that we often do not even think about how much we rely on it. But if the internet were to go down globally for even just a single day, the economic impact would be enormous. Such interruption of online services would generate major […]

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News

Nigeria Needs Real-Time Surveillance & Regulatory Compliance to Combat Financial Crimes, Says Maida

Effective application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is critical in combating financial crimes by enabling real-time surveillance, regulatory compliance, and secure data processing, just as it sought a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborations to address issue of illicit financial flows in the country. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu […]

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Technology

NITDA’s COURSERA COHORT 2 Gets Digital Skill-Tool to Boost Business

Top ten learners of the cohort 2 NITDA-COURSERA Training Programme who were the first to successfully complete their professional certification have been rewarded with digital skills-tool to boost the skills they have acquired from the training. Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa who presented the tools to the startups […]

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FinTech

MoMo Partners with Kwik Delivery to Facilitate Seamless Payments

MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), a financial institution, and Kwik Delivery, a logistics and warehousing company in Africa, have their strategic partnership to facilitate seamless payments using MoMo for deliveries by Kwik. The partnership represents a significant milestone in the logistics and payment services sector. MoMo PSB users can now initiate payments through the […]

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Business

Rack Centre Backs Africa Tech Festival Designed to Unit Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

Rack Centre, West Africa’s Best-connected Carrier and Cloud neutral data centre, has announced the sponsorship of Africa Tech Festival 2023. During the three-day festival, there will be a series of activities aimed at uniting Africa’s tech ecosystem and industry verticals. Africa Tech Festival, home to AfricaCom and AfricaTech, is a flagship event for technology and […]

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News

We Are Determined to Ensure Connectivity is Not Luxury, Says NCC Boss

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is poised towards ensuring that connectivity is not a luxury but it a necessity promising to ensure that every business, from the small startups to the multinational corporations, has equal access to the digital highway, regardless of their size or location. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, who […]

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Business

NASENI, Agric Ministry Forms Alliance to Tackle Climate Change Impact on Agro-Industrialization

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have commenced discussions on how to deploy existing technical competencies and other resources by the two institutions to improve agro allied-industries development targets, climate change mitigations and smart solar irrigation aimed at dry-season farming. The trio of […]

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FinTech

Francophone Africa Fintech Gathering Goes to Abidjan Promising Re-shape of Ecosystem

The Next Fintech Forum (NFF), the largest event in French-speaking Africa dedicated to Fintech, which is the 2023 edition, and promises to be even greater, bringing together players from the Francophone African Fintech ecosystem around the central theme “Fintech and Commerce: How Fintech will shape commerce in Francophone Africa”. NFF has established itself as a […]

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