Organisations are losing hundreds of millions of money due to fraud, error and negligence in software procurement and licence renewals. This is according to Leon Steyn, CEO of boutique IT sourcing and procurement firm Dante Deo, which recently commercialised its IT Renewals Service. Dante Deo’s team of legal, project management, IT asset management and procurement […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT), has warned of the ravaging effects of Microsoft OneNote attachments in phishing emails that infect victims with remote access malware, which may allow hackers to remotely access vital information on victims’ devices. The warning is one of advisories in the first few weeks of the […]
Read MorePoppin App developed by Pop Central has been ranked among the most creative apps developed in Nigeria that is hosted in the Apple Store. Apple in putting the spotlight on their top picks of creative,entertaining apps and games on their app store that was developed in Nigeria, ranked,‘Poppin by Popcentral’, the app to the TV […]
Read MoreGhanaian property development and maintenance company Peponi Gruppe has successfully morphed into a tech company by developing an on-demand mobile application for maintenance services that is seeing strong monthly growth. Founded in 2017, Peponi Gruppe began life providing infrastructure and property management services, but has diversified with the launch of PEPs. An Android and iOS […]
Read MoreLocal businesses have had to make their operations digital, and remote, at a much faster pace than they ordinarily would have thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Working from home has quickly become the de facto way of operating for many of us, prompting businesses to take a hard look at whether their software solutions are […]
Read MoreAndela, the software outsourcing hub hailed as one of the most successful products to emerge from the Nigerian tech ecosystem has briefed staff that 135 of its members will be laid off across four locations. The cut will affect 10% of its overall staff strength. According to Tech Cabal, the news was relayed via a […]
Read MoreA new solution that enables rapid capture of suspects’ biometric data-and accurate matching against central database and watchlists has been deployed in Uganda. The Electronic LiveScan technology will be deployed in police stations and courts across the country and the Police will also be using it to trial Mobile ID for ‘anytime, anywhere’ biometric identification. […]
Read MoreGoogle has boosted its investment in Wikipedia by donating $3.1 million to the free encyclopedia summing up its total donations to an excess of $7.5 million. While making the announcement at the World Economic Forum, Google noted that part of the funding will be used to run the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation as well as sustain […]
Read MoreSeedstars has partnered the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a call to identify innovative solutions to vaccine delivery and malaria supply chain challenges across low-resource settings in Africa. Seedstars has already picked African winners in Egypt, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Ghana, Rwanda, Libya, Uganda, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Mozambique, Guinea […]
Read MoreA Kaduna based computer firm, North West Nigeria, Hephzibah Integrated Technologies Limited, has developed an application that will help in checkmate rigging and other irregularities during the 2019 general elections and beyond. Managing Director/CEO of Hephzibah Integrated Technologies Ltd, Clement O. Obomighe, disclosed this when unveiling the application at a press briefing in Kaduna. He […]
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