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Nearly 90% of Pentagon Supply Chain Fails Basic Cybersecurity Test

The first-ever thorough analysis of the state of cybersecurity of the US defense industrial base (DIB) reveals that nearly 90% of its contractors do not meet the required security standards. Defense contractors possess sensitive national security information and are being constantly targeted with sophisticated hacking operations led by state-sponsored hackers. The in-depth analysis of the […]

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FinTech

Catalyst Fund Unveils $2m Investment into 10 African Startups to Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Mama Money, a rapidly growing fintech that offers cross-border money transfer and banking services has partnered with AFC Commercial Bank, a market leader in Zimbabwe with a reliable and robust payout network. This partnership allows Mama Money customers to easily send money to any AFC Commercial Bank branch for cash collection at 45 locations across […]

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FinTech

Fintech App Usage Jumps by 65% in 2022 with Boomers as Fastest-Growing Cohort

The use of finance apps jumped by almost two-thirds in 2022-with boomers the fastest growing demographic, reveals new data from one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations. deVere Group, which does business in more than 100 countries globally, reported that usage of its suite of fintech apps has soared […]

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Technology

More Tech Jobs to Go: Amazon 18,000 Gone, Cisco 4000 & Microsoft 10,000 Waiting

The massive job cuts announced in the tech sector in 2022 are spilling into the new year, with Amazon and Microsoft announcing staff reductions within two weeks of each other. On Wednesday, software giant Microsoft said it will lay off 10 000 employees. Meanwhile, tech multinational Amazon announced earlier this month that it is planning […]

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Business

Nigeria Seeks Germany Investors Interest in Tech Ecosystem, Harps on Startups Potentials

Nigeria has asked a group of international investors in Germany to invest in the Nigeria tech ecosystem because doing so is valued and come with many rewards. The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, who made the request while speaking on the topic, “the Evolution of the Nigeria Tech Ecosystem” which was […]

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Business

How Telecos Reduce Carbon Emissions from Supply Chain

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) today published ‘Green Future Networks: Telco Supply Chain Sustainability’ addressing the key issue of how operators can work with their supply chains to reduce carbon emissions. Reducing carbon emissions from the supply chain is of critical importance to operators’ roadmaps to net zero carbon. “Cutting carbon emissions to […]

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Business

Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops to 21.34% in Dec 2022, First in Eleven Months

Nigeria’s inflation rate eased to 21.34% in December 2022 from 21.47% in November 2022, first drop in about 11 months. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its latest inflation report showed a decline of 0.13% between November and December. “In December 2022, the headline inflation rate eased to 21.34% compared to November 2022 headline […]

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News

Nigeria’s Apex Bank Governor, Emiefele Still At Large, Says Lagos Lawyer

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele has not returned to the country following allegations of terrorism financing levelled against him by the Department of State Services (DSS). “I can say without any fear of contradiction that Mr […]

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How to Handle Annoying-Ads Interfering with your Browsing Activities

Targeted ads may be a convenient way for marketers to advertise to consumers in a way that speaks to their specific interests, but they can be annoying-and they are putting people’s personal data at risk. This is according to NordVPN experts, who say that web cookies, location information, and mined data collect information about users’ […]

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FinTech

‘Bulls are ready to Run’ as Bitcoin Hits $21k

The Bitcoin price rally demonstrates that cryptocurrency investors are pricing in more favourable market conditions in 2023 as inflation looks set to peak, affirms the CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations. Nigel Green of deVere Group, a high-profile crypto entrepreneur, is commenting after Bitcoin […]

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