The Seplat Energy has expanded its board bringing in more experts and professionals to drive further its business, and joining the Board of Directors, whose appointments have been approved are: Mr. Christopher John Okeke, Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma and Mr. Babs Omotowa as Independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company. Mr. Okeke and Mr. Udoma will […]
Read MoreThe Financial Technology (FinTech) industry as a critical driver of financial inclusion of Nigerian citizens living in the underserved and unserved communities across the country. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, said Fintech is revolutionizing Nigeria’s financial ecosystem as it represents a positive […]
Read MoreThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is readying to open applications for the new Generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) for South Africa. These gTLDs will go beyond the traditional .com or .org or .net. In an e-mail interview with ITWeb, Pierre Dandjinou, VP of global stakeholder engagement at ICANN, explains this […]
Read MoreNigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Zoho Nigeria, Digital Encode Limited, Inq.Digital, Notion Technologies limited have indicated their plans to sponsor the third edition of the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 3.0). Themed: “Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) in Emerging Economy”, AfriTECH 3.0 is also supported by Comercio Limited, Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Datasixth Security Consulting, PalmPay, Reliance Infosystem, […]
Read MoreSwedish kit vendor Ericsson has unveiled what it calls a ‘software toolkit’ that aims to enable premium 5G connectivity services. The toolkit has four main components. Some new algorithms are designed to improve the performance of MIMO pairing and beamforming, which in turn should improve mid-band capacity. There are also improvements to RAN slicing such […]
Read MoreFacebook parent company Meta has seen a 24% decline in its headcount after announcing job cuts earlier this year. This emerged when the social media company announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2023. In March, Meta announced a second round of job cuts, reducing its workforce by 10 000 employees. This, after in November, […]
Read MoreChapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (“NIDF” or the “Fund”) has agreed to provide long-term financing to Tizeti Network Limited (“Tizeti” or the “Company”) (https://www.Tizeti.com) – West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider. The senior debt facility will be used to finance the rollout of Tizeti’s state-of-the art broadband network across 15 states in […]
Read MoreTE Corporation, which positions itself as a global leading provider of ICT solutions, has unveiled the latest Tbit-level deterministic all-optical access platform, the ZXA10 C600E, at the Network X exhibition held in Paris, France. This new platform has garnered significant industry attention and is poised to drive innovation in FTTx (fibre to the X) services […]
Read MoreThe Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) is worried that there are some personal data that are sensitive, which require additional safeguards, such as health records, labour union affiliation, sexual orientation, and information that can be used for discriminatory purposes. The National Commissioner/CEO, Dr Vincent Olatunji NDPC who made the observation while receiving the Minister of […]
Read MoreMicrosoft is ramping up investments in the next wave of Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) evolution, to support businesses to solve a myriad of challenges and unlock new opportunities. This was the word from Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa, delivering a keynote presentation yesterday at Microsoft’s AI, A New Era event in Johannesburg. Discussing the infinite economic […]
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