A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others. The cuts occurred somewhere in Cote de’Ivoire and Senegal, with an […]
Read MoreThe Visa-backed Nigerian payments company Interswitch will enter Nigeria’s telecommunications sector after acquiring a Tier 5 MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) license. Interswitch acquired the Tier 5 MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) licence for ₦500 million ($1.08 million) from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in May 2023. Interswitch’s Tier 5 (unified virtual operator) license allows it to negotiate with one of Nigeria’s four telcos […]
Read MoreThe Swedish Government have hold talks with the Nigerian Communications Commission on areas of mutual benefit to both the NCC and the Swedish people. The talks took place when the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida played host to the Swedish Ambassador, H. E. Annika Hahn-Englund who was on a courtesy visit […]
Read MoreAirtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra by Airtel is set to be one of the largest networks of data centres in Africa, with high-capacity data centres in major cities located […]
Read MoreAMA PRESS RELEASE UXLINK, a Web3 social platform and infrastructure, has closed a new round of funding, accumulating over $9 million total investment. This round’s investors include OKX Ventures, Web3Port Foundation, Manifold, UOB Venture, Comma3 Ventures, Cypher Capital, Kucoin Ventures, Gate Labs, Forgame (0484.HK), ECV, Signum Capital, 7UPDAO, and industry leaders. According to Singapore Corporate […]
Read MoreChief executive officers, Top Government Executives as well as influential industry leaders from the ICT, Telecommunications and various sectors of the Nigerian economy are meeting this Friday, in Lagos Southwest Nigeria to brainstorm on ideas needed to leapfrog the nation’s digital economy. Meeting under the auspices of IDEA DINNER WITH THE CEOs, a brainchild of […]
Read MoreIs SMS a dying service? With messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram becoming increasingly popular, SMS (or short message service) was predicted to be on the decline, but the opposite is true. A 2023 study found that businesses that text are 217% more successful, which is why Stefan van Jaarsveld, Cellfind’s product manager for messaging, believes SMS […]
Read MoreAirtel Africa is set to host a ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the construction of its first NXtra Data Center. The event, scheduled to hold at Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island, Lagos is expected to have in attendance distinguished guests, including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Ogun State counterpart, Prince Dapo Abiodun; and […]
Read MoreMTN Group senior executives joined other prominent Nigerian business leaders yesterday to pay respect to Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Nigeria’s biggest banking institution Access Bank, his wife Chizoba, and son Chizi. The Nigerian business community paid tribute to Wigwes at a memorial event yesterday, who died in a helicopter crash alongside five others in California, […]
Read MoreDISC Forum 2024, a breakfast programme from the staple of CyberAfrica holding in Lagos, is expected to spotlight key elements, such as data centres, digital and core infrastructure, investments, cybersecurity, cloud computing, content, satellite technology and Big Data A statement from the organisers disclosed that the DISC Forum 2024 has become a pivotal platform for […]
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