Technology

Data Hosting Company, Rack Center Makes Final List for UK Award

Rack Centre, a data centre, has made the final list for the third year in a row in the United Kingdom(UK) Data Centre Solutions Award. Rack Centre is shortlisted in three categories for Excellence in Data Centre Services Award; Data Centre Hosting/Colocation Supplier of the Year and Sunday Opadijo, Rack Centre Senior Manager as the […]

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E-Commerce

Nigeria’s e-Payment Firm Upperlink to Provide TSA Solutions

The Upperlink Limited, an electronic payment service provider, has reiterated its readiness to provide state governments with an improved Treasury Single Account (TSA) solutions. This is just as the company recently won the 2019 edition of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards. A statement signed by the Managing Director/CEO […]

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Technology

Rapid Urbanisation Cost Put at $300b, as Vehicle Population Climbs to 1.3b

Rapid urbanisation, vehicle density, aging infrastructure, and transportation related emissions are increasingly stressing the urban mobility ecosystem. One in twelve people in the world lives in the cities, and they account for nearly 15 percent of the total global vehicle population of 1.3 billion. This results in a cost burden of more than $300 billion […]

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Technology

AfricaOnline Ghana Launches Ka-Band Broadband Satellite

AfricaOnline, one of Ghana’s oldest ISPs and a Gondwana International Networks (GIN) subsidiary, has launched its new JOLA service, a high-speed broadband satellite service powered by Avanti’s HYLAS4 satellite that offers 100% coverage of Ghana through multiple spot beams. Making the announcement to business leaders and media at a launch event in Accra on 9 […]

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Technology

Remittance of Naira for Daispora made Easy, an Firm unveils m-naira app

With the growing level of acceptance and also teething challenges of mobile payment and digital remittance Nigerians face on daily basis, BeepTool, an indigenous tech start-up based in Lagos, South West Nigeria has unveiled m-naira App, designed to bridge the gap in financial inclusion, mobile payment and remittance space. m-naira mobile app has been described […]

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E-Commerce

Uber Drivers Now to Observe Compulsory Rest Period

Uber said it has introduced a number of measures aimed at enhancing the safety of its driver-partners and their passengers. Some of the measures are compulsory rest period for driver-partners registered on the Uber app, insurance policy and holding regular safety workshops. The General Manager, West Africa at Uber, Lola Kassim, gave the indication in […]

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Technology

Plateau State Plans Silicon Valley, Targets 5,000 Startups by 2021

The State Government in North Central Nigeria is taking advantage of the myriad potentials of its youth population using ICT skills to create a silicon valley that will incubate about 5000 start-ups from across the 17 local governments in the state. The Silicon Valley, which is intended to reduce youth unemployment in the state, would […]

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Technology

GTBank Builds Digital Play Centre for children

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has completed and opened the first digital playground for children in Nigeria. Located in Lekki, Lagos State, the GTBank Play Centre is equipped with a wide range of interactive games that will give kids a fun and immersive digital experience whilst aiding their mental and intellectual development. Open from 10am to […]

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Technology

UK, UAE Base Nigerians get Opportunity for NIN Enrolment

Following the success of Diaspora enrolment which kicked off in South Africa, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has extended the programme to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK). “The extension is in line with NIMC’s mandate to ensure that all Nigerian citizens in Nigeria and the diaspora and Legal Residents […]

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StartUps

Ghana Solar Company, PEG Picks Final $50m Funding

Ghana base pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company PEG Africa has raised $25 million in Series C funding, taking its total secured investment to $50 million. PEG Africa uses a PAYG financing model to provide credit for solar home systems to underserved households in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal, and serves over 60,000 households. The company has […]

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