Telecoms

Medallion Set to Reinvent Data Storing Business in Nigeria, Rebrands to Digital Realty

Medallion Data Centre, Nigeria’s premier carrier neutral data centre operator will henceforth be known and addressed as Digital Realty. This follows the official rebranding of the company last week in Lagos, a move the hitherto Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Data centre, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani has been described as a new dawn for […]

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Business

Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro line-up

Apple has unveiled a new MacBook Pro line-up featuring the all-new family of M3 chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. According to the company, with a next-generation GPU architecture and a faster CPU, the M3 family brings more performance and new capabilities to MacBook Pro. In a statement, Apple said the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro […]

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Financial

Airtel Africa Rakes $116b from Mobile Money Amid FOREX Headwinds in Nigeria

Airtel Africa Plc results for half year ended, September 2023, has revealed strong and resilient operating performance across all regions despite foreign exchange headwinds, specifically in Nigeria. According to the report, total customer base grew by 9.7% to 147.7 million, as the penetration of mobile data and mobile money services continued to rise, while driving […]

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Business

Dangote Cement Output in Nine Months Hits 8.5t Boosting Pan-African Volumes 

Dangote Cement in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 reported 15.2 percent increase in pan-African volumes which rose from 7.4Mt to 8.5Mt, compared to  the corresponding period in 2022. Pan-African volumes refer to the volume of sales by Dangote Cement plants situated outside Nigeria. A review of the cement company’s unaudited results released on […]

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Business

Ravaging Online Frauds Top Discourse on Cybersecurity Awareness Month as Ecobank Warns Customers

Ecobank Nigeria has advised its customers and stakeholders to stay safe online and boost their cybersecurity initiatives against the rising activities of cyber criminals. In a message to customers via email, as part of the Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the bank enjoined customers to integrate four key measures into their online practices to safeguard their personal […]

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Business

Seplat Energy Splashes N10m, Scholarships on Nigeria Schools & for Winning Quiz Contest

Don Bosco Science Academy, Ekpoma, Edo State, has emerged winner of the12th edition of Seplat Energy JV PEARLs Quiz , bagging the coveted prize of Ten Million Naira for a project and one hundred-thousand-naira (N100,000) scholarship for each of its three partaking students. The event is one of Seplat Energy Plc, Nigerian independent energy company […]

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Business

Three Nigerian Startups Cart Home N30m Prize at Talent Hunt

Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited, came bright at the 2023 NCC’s Annual Hackathon Competition, […]

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Business

MTN to Tackle Nigerian Govt in Fresh Tax Discord

MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecoms company, plans to challenge the current tax discord in its largest market, Nigeria. It is once again embroiled in a tax dispute in Nigeria, having been ordered to pay $72.6 million in overdue taxes. The order was issued last week by Nigeria’s Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) in Lagos, and it […]

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FinTech

PoS Alert Design to Boosts Nigeria’s Financial Inclusion, Says MoniePoint

Fintech company, MoniePoint MFB, has restated its commitment to driving financial inclusion through innovative products that address payment challenges in the country. The Head of Partnerships at MoniePoint Inc., Mr Efemena Ogie, who stated this at a Fintech Forum organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos, disclosed that the company has […]

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Technology

Google Celebrates Rashidi Yekini’s 60th With Doodle

Today’s Doodle celebrates iconic Nigerian footballer Rashidi Yekini, an accomplished forward nicknamed the “Goalsfather” for his ability to sneak shots by the keeper. On this day in 1963, he was born in Kaduna, Nigeria. The beginning of Yekini’s life was difficult as he faced homelessness and poverty. To make money, his first jobs were a […]

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