Nigerian fintech startup Carbon, formerly Paylater, has begun charging users of its mobile wallet a one per cent transaction fee, saying volume of users had made a free offering unsustainable. Consumer lending platform Carbon, which rebranded in April as parent company OneFi continues to transition into being a full digital banking platform after raising US$5 […]
Read MoreThe President, Members of the National Executive Council (NEC) and entire member of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has commended Dr. Ernest Ndukwe on his recent appointment as new Board Chairman, MTN Nigeria. According to a statement from ATCON, the Association is aware that his appointment is based on his pedigree as […]
Read MoreStartups from Ghana and Nigeria have been chosen to take part in the Berlin-based F-LANE accelerator, which supports and funds high-potential digital impact ventures focusing on female empowerment. Run by the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications, the seven-week F-LANE acceleration programme aims to sharpen business and impact models, and get startups ready for investment. […]
Read MoreApple Inc is making a change to its mobile operating system that will restrict a feature that apps like Facebook Inc’s Messenger and WhatsApp use to make voice calls over the internet, The Information reported on Tuesday. The calling feature in the apps runs in the background even when not in use, which means the […]
Read MoreTo provide further assurance on the integrity of its Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration database, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will shortly begin the second phase of its ongoing audit of SIM registration data and registration processes across all Mobile Network Operator (MNO) platforms. Meanwhile, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission is set for its second edition of the Emerging Telecoms Technologies Research and ICT Innovation Forum. This edition which is designed for the North-West Region. The Forum’s theme: “Developing Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem; Imperative for Improving Local Content” according to the initiator- the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) – is in line with […]
Read MoreDigital Transformation company, Globacom, has topped gainers’ chart in the latest statistics of Internet subscribers released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the month of June. Indeed, June was a difficult month for the industry generally, as the total number of internet subscribers dropped by a whopping 332,338 from 122,624,417 in May to 122,292,079 […]
Read MoreGlobal smartphones shipments declined 2.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) for the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q18. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Global Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 333.2 million phones in 2Q19, which was up 6.5% over the previous […]
Read MoreA new study has found that the global number of cellular M2M connections will reach 1.6 billion by 2024; rising from 596 million in 2019. This is a growth of 165% over the next 5 years. It forecasts that remote provisioning and innovative anti-fraud measures enabled by embedded SIM technologies will drive adoption of cellular […]
Read MoreGoogle said that it is going into partnership with the Nigerian Government to make an online safety curriculum available to all primary and secondary school students in the country, reaching an estimated 56 million Nigerian students every year. Google has also introduced a dedicated travel mode in Google Maps to provide directions and navigation for […]
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