Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) are in partnership to combat rising cyber-crime as part of a broader strategic partnership between the two countries. This was stated during a recent high-level roundtable meeting in Abuja, which focused on strategies for combating cyber threats and strengthening Nigeria’s digital resilience. The event, held at the Office of the President’s […]
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MTN Nigeria, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), has unveiled winners of the 2024 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge. Osarode Stephen Odemwingie has been selected for his groundbreaking innovation, biorefinery powered by fruit/vegetable waste and chicken feathers-specific waste streams. The solution addresses waste management while […]
Read MoreTeraco, a Digital Realty company and provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, has started construction of its 120MW utility-scale solar PV power plant in the Free State province of South Africa. In a world first for data centre operators, Teraco will own the 120MW solar PV plant and wheel the renewable energy […]
Read MoreA new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in the fintech and payments market, has selected SteelEye as the leading fintech future leader globally in 2025. The top 10 Fintech Future Leaders ranked by Juniper Research are: SteelEye dLocal Billie Monobank Xapien Zuora Tabby Volt Mercury BeZero Carbon Juniper Research’s ranking of 100 fintech […]
Read MoreAfrican Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has approved a US$200 million Corporate Finance Facility in favour of BUA Industries Limited (BIL) to support its expansion plans. BIL is a Nigerian conglomerate with diversified business interest spanning across, sugar and cement manufacturing, flour milling, oil milling, port logistics, real estate development, oil and gas, and shipping. The […]
Read MoreNium (https://apo-opa.co/3Cl0CMy), the global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. (www.Ecobank.com), the independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers. This partnership is set to revolutionise the region’s payments landscape by enabling faster, more efficient international payments […]
Read MoreFormer former Acting Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Bashir Gwandu, is pushing for the unblocking of Nigeria, Senegal, Mauritania, Libya, Chad, Gambia, Sudan, Namibia, Somalia, and Tanzania from having access 600 megahertz (MHz) band mobile spectrum allocations. According to him, the 600MHz band issue is clear: the world is moving […]
Read MoreGoogle has joined membership community of Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) to bring its expertise to the wider MEF community. In statement, MEF said that this collaboration will expand opportunities for all members to engage on the topic of RCS (rich communication services). RCS is part of the future of business communications and by being part […]
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The Dangote Group and its subsidiaries have been recognised as best Nigeria’s best compliant tax payer business organisation. They also won the FMDQ Gold award winner for being the most active corporate organisation in the foreign exchange market. Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) and Bluestar Shipping, a subsidiary, were recognized as the most compliant in tax […]
Read MoreAfter several many social media campaigns on how to avoid repeated fast mobile internet data depletion, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), again took the pains of having a one-on-one conversation with consumers on how to conserve their data subscription. The Commission also educated consumers on how smartphones features can play a smart one on them […]
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