By Oluwatobi Opusunju The Nigerian government has announced plans to set up a technology and innovation advisory council to foster an enabling environment for
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Matters e-Rising with Olusegun Oruame – Nigeria, ICT and the corruption debacle
In Jos, inside the hall, where the Social Media for Social Good (SMSG) conference is holding, I am pondering on one of the panel
$1 million up for grabs at African Entrepreneurship Award 2018
The African Entrepreneurship Award 2018 is here and is offering USD$1 million for African entrepreneurs in Africa and abroad. Submit Your Idea By April
Nigeria, NigComSat – Beware of China’s Sri Lankan tea
Matters eRising with Olusegun Oruame Some weeks back, the Nigerian government gleefully announced that both China Great Wall Industry Corporation(CGWIC) and Export-Import (EXIM) Bank
Why telecom service gaps still persist, by NCC’s Sunday Dare
By Oluwatobi Opusunju More than 45 million Nigerians across 270 communities still lack access to basic telephony services in the country; and poor telecom
MDAs splurge over $148b on ICT projects in 2017 without RoI, says NITDA
By Oluwatobi Opusunju More than 148 billion US dollars spent on ICT projects in Nigeria in 2017 have been deemed to have been wasted,
Zenith Bank partners Facebook, Mastercard to pioneer QR payments on Facebook Messenger
Zenith Bank has confirmed that it is in a strategic partnership with Facebook and Twitter to launch a Masterpass QR bot for Facebook messenger,
Five women who have changed the Nigerian technology narrative
By Oluwatobi Opusunju and Chinedu James It’s women’s day! The technology sector is male-dominated but it is not entirely masculine. In Nigeria, the
GE, NYSC partners to empower corp members with entrepreneurial skills
GE, the world’s premier digital industrial ocmpany has announced a partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to empower Youth Corps members with
Kwesé, iflix to enhance broadcast services in Nigeria and rest of sub-Saharan Africa
Econet Media’s pan-African media company, Kwese, has acquired a significant stake in iflix Africa, to form part of Kwesé’s diverse broadcast offering across Africa.