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Cars45, Google, Omnibiz Partner to Empower Small Business Owners

In a bid to provide small business owners in the automotive retail industry with the requisite tools to scale, Nigeria’s largest digital automotive trading platform, Cars45; tech heavyweight, Google, Nigeria’s largest local search engine, VConnect, and Nigeria’s first customer experience management platform, Omnibiz have organized a retail masterclass. The two-day Automotive Retail Masterclass which held […]

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MoDiTECH 2019 to focus on Power of Digital Services

Today, it’s just hard to predict exactly the next disruptions in the technology ecosystem and trends that will transform human lives more so as these powerful disruptions are dismantling the entire industries and creating new frontiers. Disruptive Technologies such as Mobile Internet, Automation of Knowledge and Work, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Technology, Advanced Robotics, […]

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Ex-NITDA DG, Pantami Now Minister of Communication

As earlier reported by the TechnologyMirror following his nomination for ministerial post, the former Director-General of Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr. Ali Isa Pantami from Gombe State has been sworn in as the new Communications Minister. Pantami is the second core ICT professional taking over the management of the ICT industry in […]

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Huawei Unveils Harmony Operating System, Says No Plan to Ditch Android

Huawei Technologies unveiled on Friday its proprietary operating system for smartphones and other devices, as U.S. trade restrictions imposed in May threaten to cut the Chinese firm’s access to U.S. technologies such as Android. Huawei said that for now it would stick to using Google’s Android for smartphones, and the new software will be gradually […]

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M2M Connections to Exceed 1.6 billion by 2024, Driven by Embedded SIM Adoption

A 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 […]

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Google Online Safety Curriculum Targets 56 Million Nigerian Students

Google 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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NIMC Expands Enrolment to Saudi Arabia and other African Countries

With the successful deployment of enrolment Centres in South Africa, US and the UK, the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend the National Identification Number (NIN) registration to other countries including Saudi Arabia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Benin Republic, Mal and India. NIMC has also chosen major cities where the enrolment […]

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Innovation Leaders Unpack Intelligent Enterprise Opportunities at Kenya SAP Innovation Day

About 600 East African business, innovation and technology leaders gathered in Nairobi yesterday to discuss innovation opportunities for corporate and public sector organisations in the digital economy. The SAP Kenya Innovation Day featured a line-up of local and global SAP experts who hosted interactive sessions focused on key business and technology trends that are shaping […]

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Insurers to Spend $634m on Robotic Process Automation by 2024

Insurers will spend $634 million on RPA solutions by 2024, rising from $184 million in 2019; a 245% increase over the next 5 years. RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is software designed to reduce operational costs by automating basic repetitive tasks. The new research,from Juniper Research titled: Robotic Process Automation in Telecoms & Insurance: Vendor Positioning, […]

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Digital ID Platforms Use to Increase in 2024, as Emerging Economies go Mobile-First

The number of people using government-issued digital identity credentials will grow by over 150% from an expected 1.7 billion in 2019 to over 5 billion in 2024. A new report from Juniper Research found out that emerging economies in Asia and Africa are some of the biggest markets, as countries leapfrog analogue identities to benefit […]

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