Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be in jail now under the terms of a proposed new privacy law which would hold company execs personally responsible for their company’s failings. Under the proposed Mind Your Business Act, senior company executives could go to prison for anything up to 20 years… CNET reports that the bill has […]
Read MoreThe United Nations has called on the Nigerian Government to speed up the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. This call is contained in its concluding observations from Nigeria’s review at the 126th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee which held at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from July 1-26, 2019. […]
Read MoreA new report from found that The cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%. This will primarily be driven by increasing fines for data breaches as regulation tightens, as well as a greater proportion of business lost as enterprises […]
Read MorePlans to expand and develop the internet in Africa may just have thicken as Mauritius will host the 10th anniversary edition of the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), which is being organised by the Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with Rogers Capital. AfPIF 2019 will connect and bring key infrastructure, […]
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 MoreThe number of devices connected to the Internet, including the machines, sensors, and cameras that make up the Internet of Things (IoT), continues to grow at a steady pace. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that there will be 41.6 billion connected IoT devices, or “things,” generating 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data […]
Read MoreDigital transformation company, Globacom, has introduced the Glo Daily Data Splash, which offers subscribers attractive rate in the country’s telecoms market. The new plan takes care of heavy data users by offering them a whopping 1GB of data for just N300 and 2GB for N500. It also addresses the concerns of subscribers who desire access […]
Read MoreThe organisers of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable said that the 2019 edition will be presided over by the Chairman of Connect Technologies, Chief Chris Uwaje. . Executive Director, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Mrs Nkem Nweke, said in Lagos, South West Nigeria that Uwaje, who is […]
Read MoreThe Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami, has challenged Nigeria to refocus its economy in tandem with global economic growth. Pantami said Nigeria is part of the “hyperconnected world” of the internet community in which “data is the most valuable asset”. He said the new economic reality “poses a […]
Read MoreSTEMCafe, in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply, will today officially launch its first Kids Creativity Play Space in Lagos, a non-linear learning centre for kids and young adults between the ages of 5 -18 years old can experience the amazing world of STEM in a fun and interactive way. The STEMCafe, a brainchild of […]
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