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23-Oct Africa Blockchain Center raises 7x figure seed investment from Next Chymia Consulting HK Limited (News)
23-Oct Airtel overtakes MTN as iPhone 12 Pro Max leads Nigeria’s phone market (News)
23-Oct 6 facts about Focus: Paradigm Initiative’s short film on digital rights and data privacy violations (News)
23-Oct National Security: NCC’s Emergency Communications Centres process 34 million calls (News)
23-Oct NCC to telecom consumers: Beware of Flubot malware (News)
23-Oct Insight Consulting poised to fast-track more African companies’ data strategies (News)
22-Oct Digital Nigeria 2021 postponed (News)
22-Oct GITEX 2021: Nigerian Country Pavilion excites investors’ attention (News)
22-Oct Cybersecurity demands proactive design thinking (News)
22-Oct MFS Africa expands into Nigeria with agreement to acquire Baxi (News)
22-Oct AfDB, MTN sign $500,000 grant agreement to study women’s access to financial services (News)
20-Oct New report reveals best cities to launch a startup business – None from Africa (News)
20-Oct Small, bit-and-piece cyber attacks increase 233% in 2021, says Nexusguard (News)
20-Oct How FirstBank employees are making a difference in their immediate environments through the SPARK initiative (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Oct Hacking humans: How social engineering exploits business vulnerabilities (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Oct The future of work (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Oct NCC to subscribers: Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM (News)
19-Oct How mobile service cloud can transform customer experience: 6 key steps (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
18-Oct Third-party incidents are most costly enterprise data breaches in 2021, says Kaspersky (News)
18-Oct Adanian Labs partners EMURGO Africa to scale blockchain startups in Africa (News)
18-Oct NCC pledges support for small operators, tasks licensees on compliance with telecoms regulations (News)
18-Oct Zoom retains pandemic gains, doubles half-year revenue to nearly $2B (News)
18-Oct Fintech company opens PaxNaija Educational Centre to boosts financial literacy (News)
15-Oct Global tech community gathers in Dubai as GITEX 2021 begins in 48 hours (News)
15-Oct Paradigm Initiative premieres ‘FOCUS’ – short film on digital rights and inclusion (News)
15-Oct NITDA’s boss stresses value of technology to national security, agency to support digital literacy for IDPs (News)
15-Oct Nigerian telecom regulator says it is 97% ready for 5G deployment (News)
14-Oct Nokia exhibits innovations for a more productive, sustainable world at Expo 2020 Dubai (News)
14-Oct Most damaging cybercrime services cost less than $500 on the dark web (News)
14-Oct Africa is leading the way in mobile money, and it will change banking as we know it (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
14-Oct MysterySnail: Kaspersky finds zero-day exploit for Windows OS (News)
14-Oct Digital Lab Africa honours Africa’s top digital arts innovators (News)
14-Oct Meet Africa Code Week’s Youth Ambassador eager to spark and empower young African minds (News)
13-Oct 5G Service revenue to reach $73B in 2021 (News)
13-Oct Obaseki hails Zinox as Edo partners Nigeria’s tech giant (News)
13-Oct A decade of Ceramic 3D Printing: IDTechEx discusses where it’s going next (News)
13-Oct Kaspersky blocks over 30 000 mobile malware attacks in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa in 6-months (News)
13-Oct Carbon signs Network International to boost digital payment for unbanked Nigerians (News)
13-Oct MDXi Data Center to launch newly expanded Lekki facility Q1, 2022 (News)
12-Oct Eugene Juwah, former NCC’s boss, is dead (News)
12-Oct Trend Micro to demonstrate the Art of cybersecurity at GITEX 2021 (News)
12-Oct NCC to stimulate rapid 5G rollout, address insecurity with new regulatory instruments (News)
12-Oct Liquid Labs launches online courses on legal technology (News)
09-Oct Zinox partners Edo to leverage ICT in transformation of its civil service (News)
09-Oct ADEF sets to hold digital economy webinar October 29 (News)
09-Oct Facebook announces new connectivity technologies to bring one billion people online (News)
09-Oct Cybersecurity: NCC commissions incident response facility (News)
09-Oct Danbatta affirms NCC’s commitment to e-Government, Internet-enabled services (News)
08-Oct AI key to make future roads safer (News)
08-Oct Hack the Planet Competition 2021 finalists offer innovative climate and ocean solutions (News)
08-Oct UoPeople Opinion – Will a University degree get you a job? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
08-Oct NCC counters erroneous reports it has imposed age limit on SIM card ownership (News)
08-Oct Largest line-up of ministers on stage at GITEX GLOBAL Leaders Vision (News)
05-Oct Africa making progress in cybersecurity despite challenges (News)
05-Oct Statista ranks KongaPay as Nigeria’s leading e-wallet platform (News)
05-Oct Facebook announces winners of 2021 Community Accelerator Program in Africa (News)
05-Oct NCC’s outreach programme, Campus Conversation, debuts in Abuja (News)
05-Oct Pacer Ventures launches Pacer Labs to support digital acceleration in Africa (News)
05-Oct Facebook outage strengthens case for businesses to Konn3ct, explore optional platforms (News)
05-Oct FirstBank hosts Fintech Summit 5.0, highlights impact of Open Banking on financial inclusion (News)
05-Oct AfriLabs, Make-IT in Africa partner to boost African innovation enablers at 2021 AfriLabs Annual Gathering (News)
05-Oct Information Security in Africa – The Canon Perspective (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
04-Oct The Fintech Unicorns of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
04-Oct Globacom, BUA, Access Bank lead in new Franco-Nigerian deals for refinery, banking and satellite services (News)
04-Oct Nigeria’s broadband speed growth among world’s fastest but internet affordability is 90% worse (News)
04-Oct Why the biggest challenge start-ups face is not access to funding (News)
03-Oct Fintech 5.0: Evaluating how FirstBank strengthens collaboration (News)
01-Oct NCC reiterates govt’s policy of no NIN, no driver’s licence (News)
01-Oct CBN puts digital currency launch on hold as Court adjourns hearing on eNaira suit (News)
01-Oct Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter but with conditions (News)
30-Sep Afreximbank and AfCFTA announce operational roll-out of Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (News)
30-Sep Don’t click that link to watch that movie: Fraudsters exploit new secret spy film (News)
30-Sep Data protection: Huawei launches OceanProtect solution (News)
30-Sep Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo stocks outperformed Bitcoin in 2021 (News)
30-Sep Mindful Cybersecurity: The future of security (News)
29-Sep Nigeria ranks 82nd in the World in Digital Quality of Life Index 2021 (News)
29-Sep 6ix to host Africa Accelerating 2021 (News)
29-Sep Nigerian government approves 159 new radio, television stations (News)
29-Sep Pantami to security institutions: Take advantage of 5G (News)
29-Sep Minister wants strengthening of guidance and counseling in skills development for students (News)
28-Sep eNaira website: CBN records over 1m hits ahead October 1 launch of digital currency (News)
28-Sep Patch management with robust password policies reduce risk of cyberattacks to businesses by 60% (News)
28-Sep Materials Informatics: Industry activity steps up to accelerate R&D, says IDTechEx (News)
27-Sep World Economic Forum deepens 4IR, adds 21 new sites to its Global Lighthouse Network (News)
27-Sep eNaira: NCS accuses CBN of violating Executive Orders on Local Content (News)
27-Sep Facebook deletes 15 billion fake accounts in two years – Five times more than its active user base (News)
27-Sep SWIRGE SOCIAL: The new cool thing on social media (News)
27-Sep Five customer types in Nigeria and how to sell to them (News)
24-Sep Nigeria chooses January 2022 for 5G rollout (News)
24-Sep Kaspersky: 24% of local SMBs in Nigeria surveyed launched new products during the pandemic (News)
24-Sep P+ Measurement Services hosts 18th edition of EvaluatePR today (News)
24-Sep TECNO launches Security Response Center to strengthen products ecosystem (News)
23-Sep 5,000 new cryptocurrencies launched in the last 12 months (News)
23-Sep Digital entrepreneurship is livewire of digital economy, says NITDA’s boss (News)
23-Sep 25% of global advanced set-top boxes running on Android TV: How far can Google’s platform go? (News)
23-Sep SDIS21 – World Economic Forum: Everything you need to know about intelligent automation (eTerview, News)
23-Sep Bridging the digital divide by 2030 (News)
22-Sep Broadband Commission calls for people-centred solutions to achieve universal connectivity (News)
22-Sep QakBot banking malware rises by 65% in 2021, says Kaspersky (News)
21-Sep Trading robots – how effective are they? (News)
21-Sep Global Big Data and Business Analytics spending to hit $274B in 2022 – 27% jump in a year (News)
21-Sep FG inks pact with Konga to aid Nigerians in diaspora (News)
21-Sep Keysight, Orolia advance 5G location-based services based on GNSS technologies (News)
21-Sep Research confirms gender-based violence in Nigeria’s male-dominated ICT industry (News)
21-Sep Industrial control systems threat medley: Spyware and malicious scripts on the rise in H1 2021 (News)
21-Sep GIIG launches special purpose fund for early-stage tech innovation startups across Africa (News)
21-Sep FirstBank expands its international money transfer network, reinforces commitment to customer service (News)
21-Sep Reventify announces October launch of HR Connect (News)
21-Sep TD Africa, Dell EMC stress benefits of PowerStore solution for 21st century businesses (News)
21-Sep FTX Africa brings cryptocurrency and blockchain awareness to Enugu (News)
20-Sep Kaspersky releases its first Transparency Report (News)
20-Sep NIGCOMSAT: Two new communication satellites coming (News)
20-Sep James Mwangi and Esther Dyson to keynote 9th Angel Fair Africa in Mauritius (News)
18-Sep Facebook new policy targets separatist groups, conspiracy theorists (News)
18-Sep eNaira: CBN to own major stake in Bitt Inc., as Emefiele denies having shares in fintech company (News)
18-Sep Online data reveals the MOST discussed entrepreneurs in the world! (News)
18-Sep IDC: Stay Connected in the New Normal (Business, News)
18-Sep Consumers splashed over $3 billion in social apps in H1 2021, 50% more than 2020 (News)
18-Sep Public cloud services SaaS segment to experience 20% CAGR from 2020-2022 (News)
18-Sep Truecaller crosses 500 customer milestone for its business offering (News)
18-Sep Nairobi is host city for 2nd annual Africa Digital Finance Summit in February 2022 (News)
18-Sep APPLY: African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (News)
18-Sep How to validate start-up ideas with design thinking (Business, News)
17-Sep FG approves N25b for ID Infrastructure upgrade, launches three new solutions for NIN-SIM verification (News)
17-Sep In Focus: Mainone’s laudable role in Africa’s submarine cable market and broadband penetrations (News)
17-Sep Meet Africa’s new generation of health innovators (News)
17-Sep Identity as a human right: G+D stresses provisioning of infrastructures and solutions (News)
17-Sep SHELT Global partners Galaxy Backbone to deliver cybersecurity solutions in Nigeria (News)
16-Sep NITDA to NiRA: Key into our digital transformation agenda (News)
16-Sep SaveApp and HotelOnline ink partnership for your dream holiday in Kenya (News)
16-Sep NITDA, Nigeria Police team up on NDPR enforcement (News)
16-Sep Vivaldi teams up with Neeva for ad-free private search (News)
16-Sep Nokia signs deal with African Telecommunications Union to speed up knowledge economy in Africa (News)
15-Sep How superstores are utilizing superior customer experience to increase retention rates (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
15-Sep Don Obot Etiebet, Nigerian tech industry colossus is 77 today (Featured, News)
15-Sep Etihad signs Amadeus for next-generation travel technology (News)
15-Sep Nigerian government inks MoU with Konga on job creation (News)
15-Sep UN launches first regional online portal to measure progress on sustainable development in Africa (News)
15-Sep Afrinic’s crisis raising red flags for Africa’s internet (News)
15-Sep Kaspersky records over 2m phishing attacks in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in H1 2021 (News)
15-Sep Paradigm Initiative launches tools of impact in the digital space (News)
14-Sep Dubai to host over 25 million visitors as GITEX, World Expo begins in October (News)
14-Sep Ray-Ban and Facebook launch ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ smart glasses (News)
14-Sep Nigeria Youth Futures Fund of N2.5B will equip new cadre of youth leaders (News)
14-Sep Presidency puts award of eNaira project to Caribbean firm by CBN under scrutiny (News)
14-Sep Pantami tasks NCC on speedy implementation of 5G (News)
12-Sep Two Nigerian teachers in race for $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2021 (News)
12-Sep Konga targets one million jobs for Nigerians, other Africans by 2025 (News)
12-Sep TECNO adds MediaTek’s Helio G96 chips to CAMON series in African market (News)
12-Sep Despite pandemic, 43% of SMB leaders in META chose to keep people working at any cost (News)
12-Sep COVID-19 spurs Africa’s mobile broadband subscriptions (News)
12-Sep Pantami’s digital revolution as more than enough requirements for a professorship award (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
11-Sep Prof Muhammad Bello Abubakar: My vision of a Galaxy Backbone that delivers on its mandate (eTerview, News)
10-Sep Over 2000 apply for Code Plateau 3.0 as applications reveal rising interest by female gender (News)
10-Sep NCC set to publish implementation roadmap for 5G deployment (News)
10-Sep Galaxy Backbone speeds up on MDAs’ patronage by over 60% (News)
10-Sep Telecom blackout in President Buhari’s Katsina as military goes after bandits (News)
10-Sep NITDA to Nigerians: Beware! Mobile health apps are stealing your data, infringing on your privacy (News)
10-Sep Rage over SON’s gift of N100m fake phones to security agencies in Kano (News)
10-Sep Cleanbuild Africa launches #cleanbuildvoices (News)
09-Sep Social media threats for payment services jump over 550% in 2021 Q2 (News)
09-Sep Cybercrime: A barrier to Africa’s thriving digital economy (News)
09-Sep ECA cyber security week launched (News)
09-Sep FirstBank launches Lit App, reinforces commitment to put customers first with mobile banking solutions (News)
08-Sep Bitt Inc., CBN’s technical partner for eNaira Project, is a company of three staff, experts claim (News)
08-Sep Nigerian government okays commercial rollout of 5G network (News)
08-Sep CSOs to FIRS: Discard your plans to tax social media activities (News, Uncategorized)
08-Sep EXECUTIVE NOTES: Our mandate for telecom sector and Strategic Vision Plan 2021-2025, Danbatta (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
08-Sep Quality of service, fair competition, digital economy top NCC’s new Strategic Vision Plan (News)
08-Sep Nigeria smartphone market grows in Q2 2021 as vendors focus on affordable devices (News)
08-Sep Global PC shipments hit 141.5m units in H1 of 2021 – 10% jump YoY (News)
08-Sep El Salvador’s Bitcoin rollout and purchase is president’s legacy and start of ‘new world’? (News)
08-Sep ColdHubs, Hello Tractor are winners of inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge (News)
08-Sep Meeting the challenges of disruption with strategic FinOps (News)
08-Sep Facebook, Big Cabal Media, Comic Republic launch #NoFalseNewsZone campaign to tame false news in Nigeria (News)
08-Sep Liquid partners Unitas Global to create Africa’s largest network of interconnected data (News)
07-Sep Mobile operators to pay N200,000 for failing to verify NIN (News)
07-Sep Virtual Private Network (VPN): Privacy and information security concerns (News)
07-Sep IDC: The Smart Future of FTTx In South Africa (News)
07-Sep Crypto ransom payments hit $81.6M in five months of 2021 (News)
07-Sep Kaspersky: Three most common schemes of business email compromise (News)
07-Sep Data center operators to invest massively in digital infrastructure across Africa, say CEOs at ITW 2021 (News)
06-Sep Pantami becomes Professor of Cybersecurity (News)
06-Sep El-Rufai affirms faith in eVoting as Kaduna goes to poll using electronic voting machines (News)
06-Sep 5G, LTE to dominate Africa’s mobile sector by 2026 – Omdia (News)
05-Sep The Fintech City that is Nairobi (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
05-Sep Africa’s mobile phone market recovery continues through Q2 2021 -IDC (News)
05-Sep NCC, telcos silent over ‘Shutdown Order’ in Zamfara (News)
05-Sep Rack Centre, PwC chart way forward in webinar on ‘Africa: The Next Digital Frontier’ (News)
05-Sep LG unveils interactive online showroom: LG HVAC Virtual Experience (News)
05-Sep Newwaves Ecosystem to launch Konn3ct upgraded version 2.1 October 1 (News)
05-Sep Nokia: The time for airports to digitalize is now (News)
05-Sep Mobile phone users worldwide now 5.3B – About 67% of global population (News)
05-Sep Threat of malicious crypto miners remains prevalent in African countries – New Kaspersky’s research (News)
05-Sep Amazon quarterly revenue up 44% YoY – $108B In Q1 2021 (News)
05-Sep Africa Data Centres to invest $500m in continent’s largest-ever data centre expansion plan (News)
03-Sep Impact of Covid-19 on startups and adopting the lessons for sustainability (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Sep World’s coming together at GITEX 2021 – Event is over 96% sold out (News)
03-Sep IPXO launches fully automated platform for IPv4 address leasing and monetization (News)
03-Sep Property technology to disrupt Africa’s real estate sector – Analysts (News)
03-Sep Microsoft Windows 11 debuts early October (News)
03-Sep Could tech ‘lions’ prowling Silicon Savannah hold key to East Africa’s post-pandemic recovery? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
02-Sep Cyberattacks in the education sector are rising: How to stay secure (News)
02-Sep Govt approves new condition of service, over 200% salary increase for NIMC staff (News)
01-Sep Crackdown by regulators aims to protect investors entering a more digital world (News)
01-Sep Blockchain-related job postings surge 118%, software development sector leads at 30% (News)
01-Sep ITU Digital World 2021 to focus on digital transformation in a changing world (News)
01-Sep US$1m Al-Sumait Prize nomination cycle closes for African development in health (News)
01-Sep KONGA partners Edo govt to empower SMES, create jobs (News)
31-Aug CBN selects technical partner for digital currency project (News)
31-Aug CBN limits e-Naira transfer to N50,000 in new guidelines for October 1 launch (News)
31-Aug AIT deepens Africa’s pool of tech-scholars, graduates Eighth Batch of PhDs (News)
30-Aug IT regulatory agency affirms stakeholder engagement in re-enacting NITDA Act, 2007 (News)
30-Aug NCC wants stakeholders’ submissions on draft regulatory instruments (News)
30-Aug FirstBank sponsors Duke of Shomolu Production as Awo and Aremu hits the stage (News)
30-Aug Challenges in the proposed NITDA Act underscores the urgent need for engagement (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
30-Aug APC’s appointment of Kashifu Abdullahi for digitilization signals genuine youth engagement and party entrenchment (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
29-Aug Beware of fraudsters! Online satisfaction survey is fake, Ecobank warns (News)
29-Aug COVID-19: Africa’s transport sector undergoes transformation by local digital payments (News)
28-Aug Cleanbuild.africa partners to host forum on CleanTech and Climate Action (News)
28-Aug APPLY: Attend Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning conference for free (News)
28-Aug Kaspersky uncovers malicious version of popular WhatsApp messenger mod (News)
28-Aug 500,000 new unique Bitcoin addresses created daily in H1 2021 (News)
28-Aug SAP Dual Study Program fast-tracks work readiness for university graduates (News)
27-Aug Planning for the next catastrophe – Disaster Recovery during Covid-19 and beyond (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
27-Aug #Reconnect is coming to Athenian Riviera to change everything we already knew about technology exhibitions! (News)
27-Aug Nigeria wins two slots at highest councils of Universal Postal Union (News)
26-Aug Pantami stresses value of cybersecurity to Nigeria’s digital economy with cyber losses projected to be $10.5t by 2025 (News)
26-Aug SMEs are cornerstones for economic growth says NITDA’s boss at forum on leveraging technology (News)
26-Aug Creating a social media plan for SMEs (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
26-Aug Facebook Marketplace rolls out across 37 African countries (News)
26-Aug Global PC sales rising with over 71.5m units shipped in Q2 2021 (News)
26-Aug Lessons from SA: How the BPO sector is giving African women a platform to grow (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
26-Aug MDXi adds local cloud infrastructure in Ghana (News)
23-Aug MTN Nigeria investing N600b to boost network in 36 months (News)
23-Aug Pantami: Intellect, courage, patriotism – Two years of committed consistency (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
23-Aug TECNO pays tribute to human pursuit with new slogan of Stop At Nothing (News)
23-Aug Over 40% businesses threatened by cyber incidents in 2021 (News)
23-Aug Blockchain Centre partners BSC to reduce entry barrier for new blockchain companies (News)
23-Aug Nigeria restates commitment to launch 5G network this year (News)
23-Aug Major report backs value creation potential of Digital Twins (News)
23-Aug HP kits Utiva with $50, 000 to empower African women with digital skills (News)
23-Aug FirstBank’s sponsored ‘’First Class Material’’ continues to empower and celebrate the Nigerian youth (News)
20-Aug Despite tension, Jos gains traction on digital skill development with Code Plateau (News)
20-Aug APPLY: AfCFTA youth creative competition (News)
20-Aug Organisations with more tech-muscle will survive a post pandemic world, says new Fujitsu global survey (News)
20-Aug Konga bringing Cloud TV to market (News)
20-Aug Airtel’s Segun Ogunsanya is African Business Leader of the Year (News)
19-Aug EXECUTIVE NOTES: My two years journey as Minister of Communications and Digital Economy – Pantami (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Aug Americans set to spend more than $60 billion for 5G smartphones in 2021 (News)
19-Aug Invest Africa partners Google, KPMG, DHL, others to support African entrepreneurs (News)
19-Aug Africa records over 85m malware attacks in six months (News)
19-Aug InnovationHub Africa announces agenda for 2021 Summit (News)
19-Aug Empowering young Africa girls through technology (News)
19-Aug One in 10 cybersecurity incidents in organisations rated as severe – Kaspersky (News)
18-Aug The future of Starcomms (eTerview)
18-Aug Middle East and Africa tech industry cross border venture financing deals total $1.9bn in Q2 2021 (News)
18-Aug Global VPN downloads set to hit 1 billion in 2021 (News)
18-Aug NITDA, Microsoft partners on Quantum Leap to implement Cloud First Strategy in MDAs (News)
18-Aug Rise and rise of TECNO (News)
18-Aug MainOne inducts fourth cohort of graduate trainees (News)
18-Aug Taking down Emotet: New documentary tells how the world’s biggest cybercrime business was taken down (News)
18-Aug Disinfect your phone (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
18-Aug Enjoying banking convenience with FirstBank’s FirstMobile (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
17-Aug NITDA announces application process for Bridge to MassChallenge Nigeria programme (News)
17-Aug NDPR: NITDA imposes N10m fine on Soko Loans for privacy invasion (News)
17-Aug Lagos deploys drones to monitor, support SMEs (News)
17-Aug Does anyone still not believe cryptocurrencies are the future of money? (News)
17-Aug Global VPN downloads surpass 600m in 2021 as Twitter ban soars adoption rate in Nigeria (News)
16-Aug Are Smart Cities in Kenya over-marketed fairy tales or an opportunity? (News)
16-Aug NCC is promoting local investment in digital infrastructure – Danbatta (News)
16-Aug Galaxy Backbone, Newwaves sign deal to deploy Konn3ct solution in public service (News)
16-Aug South-east Nigeria gets new landing as 2Africa Consortium announces new cable branches (News)
16-Aug Pantami, NCC mourn Ahmed Joda’s transition (News)
16-Aug Dissecting the role of NITDA Academy in accelerating digital economy regime (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
16-Aug Danbatta urges Nigerian youths to leverage skills application at digital literacy training (News)
15-Aug Nigeria, Korea inks $13m comprehensive e-governance deal (News)
15-Aug Compliance to government regulatory policies is non-negotiable, says MTN’s Karl Toriola (News)
15-Aug Achieving workplace productivity with innovative technological tools (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
13-Aug AfDB Coding for Employment program marks milestone: 130,000 users across Africa (News)
13-Aug Five things the past 20 years can teach us about our future work lives (News)
13-Aug Tizeti launches NeXTGEN for post-pandemic ‘new normal’, announces $5m venture fund partnership for startup ISPs (News)
13-Aug Young people have more faith in algorithms than politicians – WEF (News)
13-Aug FirstBank sponsors the 5th edition of the Olusegun Obasanjo Golf Tournament (News)
13-Aug Pantami commissions seven more projects to deepen FG’s digital economy (News)
13-Aug Despite CBN ban, Nigerian leads the world in cryptocurrency adoption (News)
12-Aug Nigerian, African farmers not leveraging AgriTech innovations – New Report (News)
12-Aug TD Africa partners Infinix to roll out ultra-light notebooks (News)
12-Aug Tech sectors receive major boost from landmark $3.5trillion infrastructure package (News)
12-Aug Twitter to open Nigeria office as govt agrees to lift suspension (News)
12-Aug Bank of Ghana partners G+D to pilot first retail CBDC in West Africa (News)
11-Aug Titans of Tech 2021: 12 Take-aways (News)
11-Aug Nigeria pitching on ICT as Morocco, Kenya, Ghana are Africa’s fastest-growing economies (News)
11-Aug NCC, NESG to boost telecoms impact on economy through collaboration (News)
11-Aug Kaspersky alerts on GhostEmperor, Chinese-speaking APT targeting high-profile victims using unknown rootkit (News)
10-Aug Cash is king – but digital payments are coming for the throne (Uncategorized)
10-Aug Research: Back to the office will drive demand for IT disposition services (News)
10-Aug Information security on the agenda at Canon’s Africa Frontiers of Innovation (News)
10-Aug 5G: the future, the present and the channel opportunity (News)
09-Aug AfDB approves $500m to support Nigeria’s tech MSMEs, says VP Osinbajo (News)
09-Aug Forbes honors Zinox founder, Leo Stan Ekeh, as Africa’s leading tech icon (News)
09-Aug FirstBank impacts its Firstmonie agents with N100 billion loan (News)
08-Aug Titans of Tech 2021: Improving the Digital Economy through AI and IoT (News)
07-Aug MDXI-Mainone consolidates position in building west African digital ecosystem (News)
06-Aug Come to Greece! Book a place at the #Reconnect Trade Show (News)
06-Aug Fake deliveries and WhatsApp spam: Scammers add new tricks in Q2 2021, Kaspersky (News)
06-Aug CBN issues new guidelines for mobile money operators in Nigeria (News)
05-Aug Koo officially opens operations in Nigeria two months after Twitter ban (News)
05-Aug Will the office make a comeback post-Covid-19? (News)
05-Aug Smart financial software automation fuels professional innovation and growth (News)
05-Aug Top 5 Ethereum mining pools reap $192m in 7 days (Uncategorized)
05-Aug Leo Stan Ekeh commends exiting Konga Chairman, Zinox ED (News)
05-Aug Chip shortage threatens vital economic sectors, G+D warns (News)
04-Aug 14% of corporate users in Nigeria experienced financial malware attacks in first half of 2021 (News)
04-Aug UAE relaxes flights restrictions from Nigeria, India, Uganda, three others (News)
04-Aug Govt to unbundle NIPOST in December says Pantami at launching of N50 denomination revenue stamp (News)
04-Aug Pantami urges IT professionals to focus on cybersecurity at NCS 2021 gathering (News)
03-Aug EXECUTIVE NOTES: E-Governance as a catalyst for digital transformation in the public sector (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Aug From AI to cybersecurity: Popularity of key technologies drives up TMT M&A deals by 169% in 2021, says GlobalData (News)
03-Aug 60% of global population to have 5G access in five years (News)
03-Aug A future-proof data centre environment is key to digital transformation in Africa (News)
03-Aug Five insights on health-tech for greater health equity in Africa and beyond (News)
03-Aug Nigerian banks and the burden of automated decision making ‘rituals’ under the NDPR regime (News)
03-Aug Average data breach cost surpasses $4m in 2021 (News)
03-Aug NCC has not renewed MTN’s Unified Access Service License (News)
03-Aug MTN goes further local, appoints Nigerian CIO, CMO (News)
02-Aug Kaspersky: Less DDoS attacks and small geographic shifts in Q2 2021 (News)
02-Aug NITDA, NEMA talk partnership on disaster management (News)
02-Aug FG begins national e-governance, digital transformation training with Kano pilot programme (News)
02-Aug Fintechs, SMEs and digitization in Africa – Ghana leads the charge (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
02-Aug 2021 Museum Day: Telecom regulator harps on innovative museums for sustainable development (News)
30-Jul Train the hybrid mind (News)
30-Jul Nigeria leveraging GITEX 2021 to promote digital economy as NITDA inaugurates LOC (News)
30-Jul FG committed to driving national strategy on digital economy, says NITDA’s boss at Anambra innovation meet (News)
30-Jul NITDA, AREAI ink collaboration on bringing digital innovations to rural communities (News)
30-Jul Amendments to regulatory instruments will strengthen telecoms market structure, says Danbatta (News)
28-Jul Gebeya promotes top African talent in global tech space (News)
28-Jul Top-5 schemes cybercriminals are running amid the Olympic Games (News)
28-Jul Google Play Protect detects only 31% of Android stalkerware (News)
28-Jul Electronic Transmission of Results: The joke is on NASS, INEC, not NCC (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
28-Jul Expired NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X still functioning in orbit, says NASRDA (News)
28-Jul IP Monetization: IP leasing makes the case for recurring long-term revenue (News)
28-Jul NAPAfrica Internet Exchange leads the way for Internet growth and accessibility in Africa (News)
28-Jul AGRF and Heifer International launch Pitch AgriHack 2021 (News)
28-Jul Link Commerce partners Cellulant to push digital payment for online shoppers across Africa (News)
28-Jul EXECUTIVE NOTES: Exploring PPP for robust digital infrastructure, regulations, investment and policy (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
27-Jul For N100k, Glo unleashes 1TB data plan for heavy internet users (News)
27-Jul No More Ransom initiative celebrates fifth successful year of fighting ransomware (News)
27-Jul FinTech: Why crisis investing will cost you but treading carefully can get you an overseas passport (News)
26-Jul Danbatta assures NCC will strengthen collaboration with judiciary to tackle telecoms service challenges (News)
26-Jul Central Bank of Nigeria to pilot digital currency in October (News)
26-Jul Join FirstBank’s webinar on institutionalizing kindness in the Cyberworld (News)
26-Jul Skilling for the high-stakes, must-win landscape of 4IR (News)
26-Jul Infobip, Konga, Medallion, others shine at 2021 Titans of Tech Hall of Fame Awards (News)
26-Jul Trend Micro named leader in Forrester Wave™ Enterprise Email Security report (News)
26-Jul Konga is most innovative e-commerce company at Titans of Tech 2021 (News)
25-Jul Kaspersky and Coalition Against Stalkerware launch new technical training (News)
25-Jul FG approves another extension of NIN-SIM deadline as enrolment nears 60m (News)
23-Jul We’ve not stopped Nigerians from using Twitter, FG tells court (News)
23-Jul 5 top reasons to attend Titans of Tech 2021 in Lagos today (News)
22-Jul Kaspersky calls for greater focus on protecting space infrastructure from cyber threats (News)
22-Jul US Social media advertising revenue to pass $50B in 2021 – 85% from mobile ads (News)
22-Jul People are most curious about WhatsApp’s legal terms for users – and these other apps (News)
22-Jul Sustainability or extinction: What African enterprises need to know about the next ten years (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
22-Jul Bitcoin will hit all-time highs again this year, crypto is inevitable future, says deVere CEO (News)
22-Jul Ecobank Group, Microsoft upskill Africa’s SMEs to succeed in a digital economy (News)
22-Jul How N10m winner will emerge from FirstBank sponsored The Voice Nigeria 3 (News)
22-Jul Lawyer writes NUC, wants data protection in law studies curriculum to strengthen digital economy (News)
22-Jul Recounting NITDA’S two decades of facilitating sustainable digital economy in Nigeria (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
22-Jul Number of GDPR fines surge by 113% in a year despite strict regulations (News)
22-Jul Cyberattacks in Africa reflects other parts of the globe, says Kaspersky (News)
22-Jul FirstBank celebrates 2021 CR&S Week, calls for all to adopt kindness as a way of life (News)
22-Jul COVID-19: Kaspersky records over 5,000 fraudulent sites worldwide (News)
22-Jul AfriLabs adds 24 innovation hubs into its network (News)
19-Jul Women to lead Corporate Nigeria from 2026 as predicted by Zinox boss (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Jul 69% social media users in META region encountered online scammers in the last year, says Kaspersky (News)
19-Jul Rack Centre expands its carrier neutral Tier III data centre, doubles capacity (News)
19-Jul P/Harcourt beats Lagos; Airtel beats MTN in download speed – New Internet Performance Report by Ookla (News)
19-Jul Airtel’s application for renewal of mobile operating licence awaiting approval, says telecoms regulator (News)
16-Jul PDP planning to use ‘Yahoo boys’ to rig election says Ndume as Tambuwal tackles Senate on NCC’s power to e-transmit results (News)
16-Jul Equatorial Guinea hosts TEG Campus 2021 – Technology at the service of African youth (News)
16-Jul Danbatta, others extol retired deputy director, Jerry Ugwu (News)
16-Jul Nigerian telecom regulator to auction 5G spectrum in Q4 2021 (News)
15-Jul Eight contestants up for votes as The Voice Nigeria Season 3, sponsored by FirstBank, holds Second Live Show (News)
15-Jul Africa needs integrated digital strategies to make AfCFTA work, says Eric Osiakwan (News)
15-Jul EFCC launches financial crimes reporting app – Eagle Eye (News)
15-Jul How 6 finalists will emerge from FirstBank’s sponsored The Voice Nigeria Season 3 Second Live Show (News)
14-Jul TD Africa obtains Huawei EBG 4-Star CSP certification (News)
14-Jul Oracle’s annual revenue hit over $40B in FY2021 – Highest figure to date (News)
14-Jul Love is safety not in the app: 42% globally would only date someone who is vaccinated or has antibodies (News)
14-Jul ASECNA, Thales Alenia Space, NIGCOMSAT partner to push additional SBAS services across Africa (News)
14-Jul How customers’ increased trust in FirstBank’s *894# USSD banking can boost financial inclusion drive (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
14-Jul Nigeria gets first electric vehicle charging station in Lagos (News)
14-Jul YouTube hit 34.6B monthly visits, more than Facebook and Twitter combined (News)
14-Jul 31% of US companies close down after falling victim to ransomware (News)
14-Jul Cisco commends Pantami, seeks collaboration to drive Nigeria’s digital economy (News)
13-Jul RECONNECT is bringing technology and fashion together by the Athenian Riviera blue waters (News)
13-Jul Blockchain technology has the potential to add $29B to Nigeria’s GDP by 2030 (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
13-Jul Phishing in messenger apps – what’s new? (News)
13-Jul Sairtel offers free satellite installation kits in Northern Nigeria to drive broadband access (News)
13-Jul Lagos launches tech device for ‘real-time capture’ of traffic offenders (News)
12-Jul PHANTOM X re-imagines design of smartphone for the future (News)
12-Jul The pandemic’s impact in East Africa demands accelerated digital transformation (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
12-Jul Alternative financing industry to hit $8.9B by 2023 – 20% jump in two years (News)
12-Jul What’s in for Africa’s Konga in global e-commerce as Jeff Bezos, Amazon wealth turns ‘ginormous’? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
12-Jul Phase3 wires up ICICE, Al-Noor Masjid with free fibre broadband (News)
09-Jul ATCON president, IoT Africa boss to headline Titans of Tech Leadership Roundtable (News)
09-Jul EXECUTIVE NOTES – Developing Nigeria’s Digital Economy: The Journey So Far (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
09-Jul Data Science Nigeria launches first private sector driven AI hub in Lagos (News)
08-Jul NCC dismisses report of 3M new lines in Q1, 2021 (News)
08-Jul 8 contestants seek viewers votes as FirstBank-sponsored The Voice Nigeria Season 3 enters live shows (News)
08-Jul How to vote on FirstBank-sponsored The Voice Nigeria Season 3 (News)
08-Jul Ethereum adds over 5m new unique addresses in 30 days (News)
07-Jul Galaxy Backbone, Interra Network rolls out Storm ISP to connect S/East, S/South regions (News)
07-Jul Healthcare, finance and information industry account for one-fifth of all data breaches in 2020 (News)
07-Jul Ganduje commends Danbatta for NCC’s ICT Parks across Nigeria (News)
07-Jul FirstBank holds SMEConnect webinar, enlightens entrepreneurs on accessing finance for their business (News)
07-Jul G+D acquires global IoT specialist Pod to enlarge connectivity business portfolio (News)
07-Jul Ghana leads the charge in CBDC adoption, Nigeria in the wings (News)
07-Jul Pipit Global partners Cellulant to power low-cost remittances in Africa (News)
07-Jul New Kaspersky Password Manager focuses on convenience, enhanced password control (News)
07-Jul NCC releases guidelines on co-location and infrastructure sharing (News)
07-Jul Cybercrime is an existential threat to West Africa’s economic growth (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
06-Jul New report shows IXPs are critical to improving Internet access, lowering connectivity costs in Africa (News)
06-Jul UNESCO seeks partnership with Nigeria to promote digital economy (News)
06-Jul Britain committed to Nigeria’s transition to digital economy, says High Commissioner to Pantami (News)
06-Jul Ecobank adds Whatsapp banking for customers across West Africa (News)
06-Jul Banks must partner with fintech to accelerate digital banking transformation, say panelists (News)
05-Jul Vaccines and digital solutions to ease travel restrictions (News)
05-Jul Telecom regulator records N150bn spectrum fee in 5 months – exceeds revenue projection (News)
05-Jul Konga Health inks partnership with Nigeria’s private medical association (News)
05-Jul UAE to mark Golden Jubilee with GITEX Global Visions highlighting innovation of MEA governments (News)
05-Jul Cloud as a tool to create certainty (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
04-Jul Blockchain hacking, ransomware, phishing on a frightening global increase, says new report (News)
04-Jul Pantami, Danbatta congratulate Bayero as 15th Emir of Kano (News)
02-Jul AfCTA: NITDA wants to explore partnership with Namibia (News)
02-Jul IDC: The Business Case for 5G in Africa (News)
02-Jul TECNO unwraps PHANTOM X as brand-new flagship with elegant design, extraordinary camera (Adventure, News)
02-Jul G+D on why eSIM technology catapults classic SIM cards to the next level (News)
02-Jul Kaspersky: 1.1m web attacks exploited the gaming theme worldwide in April 2021 (Adventure, News)
01-Jul FirstBank’s SMEConnect platform continues to help businesses thrive (News)
01-Jul CR2 Market Insight: African banking and payments trends (News)
01-Jul Are mobile operators the next fintech startups? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
01-Jul IDC launches initiative to promote women’s influential IT role in MEA and Turkey (News)
30-Jun NITDA begins operations of Nigerian National Public Key Infrastructure – NPKI (News)
30-Jun Nigeria committed to promoting digital economy, says Pantami at GSMA gathering (News)
29-Jun Digital transformation should be about the customer, not the technology (News)
29-Jun Pandemic: Microsoft Teams hits over 90% growth in 2020, 145m daily active users in 2021 (News)
29-Jun Best practice for remote working and collaboration (News)
29-Jun Kaspersky: Dating apps technically safer in 2021 but threats of stalking, doxing persist (News)
29-Jun Countries ramp up cybersecurity strategies, says ITU (News)
29-Jun Social media adoption helping SMBs to drive Africa’s economic growth (News)
29-Jun Acceleration of digital payments for businesses promises a more connected Africa (News)
29-Jun NIN-SIM linkage deadline now 26th of July as enrolment systems rise to 5,410, NIN database hits 57m (News)
29-Jun Kaspersky partner ownCloud to protect file collaboration platform for enterprises (News)
29-Jun Facebook, YouTube, Instagram to hit 6.5b users by 2023 – 800m increase in two years (News)
29-Jun Top semiconductor stocks deliver over 100% ROI in 12 months (News)
29-Jun Technology industry leads global billionaires club (News)
28-Jun Nigeria to tax profits earned locally by Big Tech with significant economic presence, says VP Osinbajo (News)
28-Jun NCC readies Nigeria for 5G amidst hoax theories of dangers from mobile base stations (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
28-Jun DOCOMO releases White Paper on 5G Open RAN ecosystem (News)
28-Jun Microsoft unwraps Windows 11 to hasten digital transformation towards hybrid work and learning (News)
28-Jun Ofin tackles behavioural changes with new app to address financial inclusion (News)
26-Jun Realsmart launches blockchain enabled real estate platform (News)
26-Jun Hybrid cloud and multicloud – is there a difference and does it matter? (News)
26-Jun Danbatta urges digitisation of knowledge resources as NCC marks 2021 Library Day (News)
25-Jun AI, Nanotech among 5 top tech growth sectors to quadruple over next few years (News)
25-Jun OPPO unveils new memory expansion technology to allow Nigerians add more RAM to their Smartphones (News)
25-Jun Nokia launches next-generation AirScale 5G portfolio (News)
25-Jun NEC partners MTI to accelerate Open RAN deployments globally (News)
25-Jun TECNO to re-define PHANTOM as a flagship sub-brand (News)
25-Jun Academy of Engineering honours NCC for promoting economic development (News)
24-Jun Nigeria’s 5G race and the things that are about to change (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
24-Jun 5G crucial to 4th industrial revolution, says NITDA’s boss Abdullahi (News)
23-Jun Global industry gears up for GITEX 2021, launch of GITEX Global Visions for Middle East and Africa (News)
23-Jun Inside the mind of a cyber criminal (News)
23-Jun Nigerian ICT regulators optimistic Nigeria will lead Africa in AI, blockchain (News)
23-Jun NCC: Reviewing Nigeria’s licensing structure for an industry in perpetual transition (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
23-Jun Facebook partners Reuters to launch free online course for journalists (News)
23-Jun ECOWAS court rules Nigeria cannot prosecute Twitter users (News)
23-Jun Crypto Crash: Bitcoin bashers and crypto cynics are wrong – here’s why (News)
23-Jun Securing financial institutions’ physical and digital assets with biometrics (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
23-Jun Digital Lab Africa calls on video game creators (News)
22-Jun Konga turns 9 with 900k products, 90k deals (News)
22-Jun Nigerian government to establish emerging technology centres nationwide (News)
22-Jun Nigeria to dialogue with Twitter as Pantami, Malami, Lai Mohammed lead government team (News)
21-Jun MainOne to launch data center in Appolonia City, Accra (News)
21-Jun Global e-learning market to hit $185B between 2021 and 2025 (News)
21-Jun Kaspersky: How small businesses prioritised cybersecurity during the pandemic (News)
21-Jun COVID-19 has spurred innovations and digital disruptions, says NITDA’s boss at IDC meet (News)
21-Jun APPLY for NITDA’s sponsorship to attend GITEX Future Stars, Dubai (News)
21-Jun Future of Nigeria is in strong corporate players – Dangote, Glo, Zenith, BUA, Konga, Flutterwave, others (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
21-Jun Emirates Airlines resumes flights connecting Nigeria, South Africa, India June 23 (News)
21-Jun 5G services underway in Nigeria as Danbatta sets up committee on spectrum auction (News)
19-Jun After contentious report on possible network disruptions, Buhari tasks MTN on quality of service (News)
19-Jun GITEX 2021: NITDA is accepting application for pitch deck from startups and hubs (News)
18-Jun Kaspersky iHub launches new program for companies working in fintech, gaming projects (News)
18-Jun Lagos dethrones Nairobi as Africa’s startup capital; Ibadan takes Nigeria’s No. 2 spot (News)
18-Jun N1m up for grabs: NCC announces 3rd National Essay Competition for undergraduates (News)
18-Jun Konga is leading Africa’s e-commerce resurgence (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
18-Jun MTN refutes reports of possible service disruption in Nigeria over insecurity (News)
18-Jun Truecaller launches Smart SMS feature in Africa (News)
17-Jun COVID-19 accelerates digital technology adaptation, says NITDA’s boss (News,)
17-Jun Athens hosts 2021 Reconnect exhibition from September 28 to October 1 (News)
17-Jun Cyberattacks rose by 78% in businesses globally, remote working main catalyst (News)
17-Jun Nigeria moves to regulate social media, Internet broadcast (News)
17-Jun More than half of millennials happy to opt for digital-only banks (News)
17-Jun MTN says rising insecurity in Nigeria could lead to service disruptions (News)
17-Jun Createc launches Fusion business creation programme for aspiring entrepreneurs (News)
16-Jun NITDA unveils policy to drive digital innovation, entrepreneurship (News)
16-Jun NCC reviewing telecoms license structure to reflect tech dynamics (News)
15-Jun Through the looking glass: an optimist’s view of West Africa’s ten-year prospects (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
15-Jun PwC reworks future, to inject $12b in new strategy: The New Equation (News)
15-Jun APPLY: NITDA invites bids for certification in data protection knowledge (News)
15-Jun Fintech platform partners UBA to transform digital banking across Nigeria (News)
15-Jun Cybersecurity is more than a tech issue – it’s a business problem too (News)
15-Jun Five largest Internet companies hit 1.7m employees – 60% increase in a year (News)
14-Jun Danbatta urges stakeholders to support NCC’s agenda for ICT adoption (News)
14-Jun Abuja Data School tackles unemployment with digital skills in data analysis (News)
14-Jun CYBER ALERT! Kaspersky detects doubling of email spoofing attacks in recent months (News)
14-Jun New ranking by umlaut shows Airtel leads in broadband coverage, speed (News)
14-Jun DeliverASAP.NG records N40m deliveries in pilot phase (News)
13-Jun Kaspersky uncovers malicious apps disguised as bestselling game (News)
13-Jun Digital Agenda: Right tool to consolidating ideal social media gains for national prosperity (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
13-Jun Is Nigeria’s start-up ecosystem the key to the country’s coronavirus recovery? (News)
13-Jun Ayinla: FirstBank’s sponsored movie premieres this Sunday in Lagos (News)
11-Jun Asking social media platforms to apply for NBC licence may be counterproductive – experts (News)
11-Jun FG joins Indian Koo, begins registration process for social media platforms (News)
11-Jun NCC finalises cost-based study on international termination rate determination (News)
10-Jun Twitter reaches out as Nigeria insists social media platforms must be taxable locally (News)
10-Jun Senate passes bill unbundling NIPOST, bars postal agency from tax collection (News)
10-Jun President Buhari clicks Nigeria’s first locally made ITF Mobile Smartphone (News)
10-Jun Pantami seeks Belgium support to grow Nigeria’s virgin digital economy (News)
10-Jun Kaspersky saves industrial business $1.7m, reveals independent study (News)
10-Jun The skills needed to protect a digitally-driven organisation (News)
10-Jun Danbatta tasks Nigerian youths on leveraging Internet access for innovation (News)
09-Jun Konga as e-Commerce global game-changer (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
09-Jun TikTok, Roblox and game videos: What kids were looking for in 2020-2021 (News)
09-Jun Telcos lost 3.7m subscribers in April as broadband shrinks by nearly 1% – NCC (News)
09-Jun Adeduntan leads FirstBank to win Global Banking and Finance’s Retail Banking CEO award (News)
09-Jun Digital banking to hit $2.5T in 2021 – 70% jump in 24 months (News)
08-Jun Digitalization helps consumer companies manage changes in demand, says GlobalData (News)
08-Jun Twitter ban: Compliance withers as governors, clerics, others continue to tweet (News)
08-Jun Innovating Nigeria: The rise of true compatriots (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
07-Jun Nigeria gives condition to lift Twitter ban (News)
07-Jun Paxful launches Paxful Pay strengthen cryptocurrency adoption in e-commerce (News)
07-Jun Kaspersky experts share a guide to staying safe from doxing (News)
07-Jun Nigeria teaches US lesson on taming Big Tech tyranny, says Serbian-American blogger (News)
07-Jun Twitter ban in Nigeria: An Undemocratic and unacceptable action – CITAD (News)
06-Jun Not all that Twitters is gold – Social media and issues of national security (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
06-Jun Pantami is Minister of the Year (News)
05-Jun Makinde: Twitter ban will affect investor confidence (News)
05-Jun ATCON, ISOC seek speedy resolution of Twitter ban in Nigeria (News)
05-Jun Will Nigeria be losing over N2b daily as long as Twitter remains banned? (News)
05-Jun Nigerians turn to VPNs to bypass government Twitter ban (News)
05-Jun FirstBank: Nigeria’s premier eco-friendly financial brand (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
05-Jun Nigerian government orders telcos to unplug Twitter, NBA says suspension is unconstitutional (News)
04-Jun Nigeria triggers social media war, suspends Twitter as Facebook also deletes president’s civil war post (News)
04-Jun Global public IT cloud services revenue rose by 34% in 2020 (News)
04-Jun Minister says NIN/SIM linkage has curtailed criminal activities in Nigeria (News)
04-Jun Broadband penetration records 10% unprecedented leap in 12 months, says Pantami (News)
04-Jun Study shows consumer threats jumped by 83% in 2020 (News)
04-Jun Global IoT market will surpass $1 trillion by 2024, says GlobalData (News)
03-Jun Senate strengthens legal status for National Emergency Number 112 (News)
03-Jun Pantami gives account of stewardship as Digital Economy Minister (News)
03-Jun FirstBank adds global recognition as 2nd Most Admired Financial Services Brand in Africa (News)
03-Jun Nigeria launches official policy for virtual engagements (News)
03-Jun NDPR: NITDA to sanction organisations that fail to meet June 30 compliance deadline (News)
03-Jun Big Tech in African Fintech (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Jun 80 participating schools in Sharks Quiz receive GHS2m eCampus award (News)
03-Jun Can blockchain and crypto help eradicate financial exclusion? The IMF, World Bank, and UN say they think so (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Jun Kaspersky: Cybercriminals go after cryptocurrency (News)
03-Jun FirstBank stays open for business in South East Nigeria (News)
01-Jun Leading crypto insurance company Evertas raises $5.8m in seed funding (News)
01-Jun Americans projected to lose over $5 billion to internet crime in 2021 (News)
01-Jun Moving towards an All-Flash data centre in the Intelligent Age (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
01-Jun WhiteSight partners Spire Tech to research collaborative innovation in Open Banking (News)
31-May Is the banking sector changing forever? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
31-May New Kaspersky Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection predicts breakdown of production processes (News)
31-May Global IT spending to hit over $4B in 2021 (News)
31-May Danbatta shares notes on regulatory model for Nigeria’s digital inclusion (News)
31-May Young Nigerians pitch solutions for change at first Teen Cyberfest – ngTeenCyberFest 2021 (News)
31-May Technology hubs can bring prosperity to rural communities – UTRIE Hub (News)
31-May NITDA alerts Nigerians on new email-based attack from Solarwindhackers (News)
30-May A telecom regulator and Nigeria’s IMEI miasma (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
30-May Africa Cyberlympics 2021 pre-qualifier opens with support from CompTIA (News)
30-May APPLY: Nominations begin for top tech innovators from across Africa (News)
29-May Town and Gown: The NCC is bridging gaps between academia and industry (NCC - Special Advertorials, News)
29-May NITDA to Nigerians: Beware of IGVM ransomware (News)
29-May NCC, BPE, others are Nigeria’s Top 20 MDAs (News)
28-May Nigerian govt, stakeholders affirm faith in country’s future in young people at maiden Teen Cyberfest (News)
28-May Cybersecurity is critical to digital economy – NITDA’s Abdullahi (News)
28-May NITDA commends Rack Centre for investment in huge infrastructural development (News)
28-May Facebook’s latest report shows progress in preventing harmful content (News)
28-May NCC stresses commitment to digitally empower young women, girls (News)
27-May Domineum, NITDA hold NDPR webinar for start-ups (News)
27-May NITDA, NADDC, NigComSat, PICTDA, UNESCO, ADEF celebrate power of youths online at Nigeria’s Teen Cyber Fest (News)
27-May The Monarch and the Regulator: Ooni commends NITDA on push for digital economy (News)
27-May Buhari sees eGovernment as foundation of good governance, says Pantami (News)
25-May FirstBank gets a hat trick of awards at Global Banking and Finance Awards 2021 (News)
25-May Human error still most common cause of cyber-attacks (News)
25-May Regulatory impasse within the web-scraping industry (News)
24-May NCC and internet safety for children (NCC - Special Advertorials, News)
24-May Meet the young speakers at Nigeria’s Teen Cyber Festival – ngTeenCyberFest 2021 (News)
24-May Over 100,000 devices on offer at best prices as Konga Tech Week begins (News)
24-May Makinde gets Oyo moving to set pace for ICT infrastructure rollout, NDPR compliance (News)
24-May NITDA’s Abdullahi wants Venture Garden in ‘Bridge to MassChallenge Nigeria’ initiative (News)
22-May NDPR: Nigerian government engages Facebook over concerns on Whatsapp updated privacy policy (News)
22-May NCC to Nigerians: Your International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) Number not required (News)
21-May TD Africa offers digital skills training for Girls in ICT Day (News)
21-May Africa’s first virtual meeting solution, Konn3ct to power Nigeria’s Teen Cyber Festival – ngTeenCyberFest 2021 (News)
21-May APPLY: Paint the Future with AkzoNobel’s second global startup challenge (News)
21-May Facebook Africa launches ‘Made by Africa, Loved by the World’ to celebrate continent’s growing global cultural impact (News)
21-May Kaspersky alerts: Zero global response to value-chain risks is ‘ticking cyber-bomb’ (News)
20-May New phishing scheme spreading worldwide – Kaspersky warns (News)
20-May NITDA’s boss charges Lagos health ministry on adoption of NDPR (News)
20-May Sanwo-Olu lauds NITDA for transforming IT sector (News)
20-May NITDA boss, Abdullahu shares vision of new Strategic Roadmap with Sanwo-Olu, others in Lagos (News)
20-May Global spending on Blockchain solutions to soar by 188% and hit $19b by 2024 (News)
20-May As some SMEs reopen for business, e-commerce remains key for sustainable growth (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
20-May New report by Kaspersky shows 51% of people in META region link rise in online scams to pandemic (News)
19-May Telecom regulator settles 99.2% of consumer complaints in Q1 2021 (News)
19-May Importance of security culture in zero trust security models (News)
19-May Kaspersky discovers new local banking Trojan is going global (News)
19-May NCC issues pre-enforcement notice to illegal users of GSM boosters (News)
18-May Worried over Whatsapp new privacy policy? Migrate to other platforms, NITDA advises Nigerians (News)
18-May Nigeria among countries most interested in Ether (News)
18-May Next chapter of net neutrality wars in US, rest of the world – Strand Consult (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
18-May Traditional rulers salute Danbatta over role in security, national development (News)
18-May ATPN calls for inclusion in digital transformation across sectors (News)
18-May Zinox boss to offer insights on wealth creation at Konga SME CONNECT (News)
18-May Siemon enables network security with new LockIT patch cords (News)
17-May Eric Osiakwan to offer insights into digital economy at Ghana CEO Summit (News)
17-May 20 years after, NITDA faces future with a new SRAP (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
17-May NIGCOMSAT, NCC, NADDC, NITDA, PICTDA for Nigeria’s first Teen Cyber Festival – ngTeenCyberFest 2021 (News)
15-May FBNH, FirstBank boards’ changes ensured stability, says S&P (News)
15-May NCC mourns loss of Akande’s daughter (News)
14-May No digital economy without data protection – DSPL’s Tunde Balogun (eTerview, News)
14-May Africa Digital Economy Forum announces support for Nigeria’s first Teen Cyber Festival – ngTeenCyberFest 2021 (News)
13-May TD Africa at 22 celebrates partner ecosystem (News)
13-May Top 3 social media billionaires added $70B to their collective wealth in a Year (News)
13-May Smart City startups to earn $110.7B by 2025 – a trifold increase in five years (News)
13-May Kaspersky sheds light on ransomware operators and where to find them (News)
12-May Lagos to bring internet to 100 public schools this May (News)
12-May UNICAF honours UN call for investment in digital education, expands to 17 African countries (News)
12-May 85% of cyberattacks in the US originate internally (News)
12-May Minister assures Shaba, NASRDA new boss of support (News)
12-May DDoS attacks in Q1 2021 down to pre-lockdown numbers despite spike in January – Kaspersky (News)
11-May Digital Transformation Odysseys via TICED Program (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
11-May Will Elon Musk’s SpaceX mark the end of GSM domination in Nigeria? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
11-May Meet GoDo Hub advisory board members, new executive director (News)
11-May Addressing the flaws in “Africa’s” policy development process (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
11-May New study shows digital preparedness helped organizations adapt to COVID-19 (News)
11-May Kaspersky uncovers TunnelSnake malware targeting diplomatic entities in Asia and Africa (News)
10-May EDITORIAL NITDA at 20 is Nigeria’s worthy ‘two decades ICT journey’ (Editorial, News)
10-May The Voice Nigeria: FirstBank imprints in entertainment, youth development (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
09-May Paxful affirms commitment to growing Nigeria’s crypto market (News)
09-May Top 10 lessons from mobile mergers around the world – Strand Consult (News)
08-May New NASRDA DG, Halilu Shaba, stresses value of satellite technology to tackling insecurity (News)
08-May SpaceX in final talks with NCC for licence to rollout Internet across Nigeria (News)
06-May Buhari gets own NIN, unveils policies on Indigenous Content in Telecoms, SIM Registration (News)
06-May Kaspersky appointed cybersecurity partner for UK, Sub-Saharan Africa trade initiative (News)
06-May New report shows value of IP to the tourism sector (News)
05-May Nearly 50% of ransomware-hit organizations globally are US firms (News)
05-May Nigeria close to launching 5G services as NCC signs spectrum deal with NIGCOMSAT (News)
05-May Animation films are stars of 8th NollywoodWeek film festival (News)
05-May As West Africa starts vaccine rollout, what role should technology play? (News)
05-May Teniola leads ADEF, new pan-Africa forum for digital economy (News)
05-May Bybit to launch cloud mining to democratize Ethereum mining (News)
05-May QR code payments to hit $2.7T by 2025 – China to account for 85% of global transactions (Uncategorized)
04-May Speed to Value: Accelerating resilience and business continuity (News)
04-May Ancient is golden: 14% of PCs in Nigeria running end-of-life Windows 7 OS (News)
04-May Nigeria extends NIN/SIM verification to 30th of June (News)
04-May Osinbajo announces Nigeria, Microsoft deal to bring digital benefits to over 5m citizens (News)
04-May Fact vs Fiction: The 10 parameters of OpenRAN (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
04-May Digital innovation vital to African economies, health services -Stakeholders (News)
04-May FirstBank’s Firstmonie agents now 100,000 – Impacting lives and communities across Nigeria. (News)
03-May Mergers and acquisitions in African fintech (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-May Public cloud revenues to jump by 50% and hit over $500b by 2023 (News)
03-May Kaspersky strengthens West African footprint (News)
03-May Danbatta condoles with Emirs of Kano, Bichi over mother’s demise (News)
01-May Knowledge, awareness as antidotes to effects of fake news (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
01-May Ministry rounds up digital job creation training in 12 states (News)
30-Apr Minister tasks NITDA on strengthening NDPR, IT project clearance (News)
30-Apr MTN Nigeria adds Remita for all post-paid transactions (News)
30-Apr Adesola Adeduntan stays as FirstBank MD/CEO in reconstituted board (News)
30-Apr Stakeholders’ co-operation critical to powering 4th industrial revolution in Nigeria – Danbatta (News)
30-Apr Pantami unveils NITDA’s new Road Map as agency’s boss Abdullahi, lists impacts on Nigerians (News)
30-Apr Microsoft launches initiative to bridge the “Disability Divide” (News)
30-Apr Startups ecosystem will drive Nigeria’s future – Osibanjo (News)
29-Apr EXECUTIVE NOTES: ‘Powering the fourth industrial revolution in Nigeria’ (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
29-Apr Short on skills, big on threat. The security challenges (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
29-Apr Banking made simple: FirstBank’s new website is online banking made easy (News)
29-Apr Gbenga Shobo takes over in FirstBank as new MD/CEO (News)
29-Apr Cyberattack: One in every 100 mobile users in Nigeria, Kenya affected by stalkerware (News)
29-Apr NIN-SIM linkage and continuous need to deploy willpower, technology in achieving Nigeria’s digital destiny (News)
28-Apr “There are plans for doctored videos targeting my credential as Islamic scholar”, says minister (News)
28-Apr Data Privacy: Over 5 billion personal records were leaked in Q1 of 2021 (News)
28-Apr Nigeria, UAE call off travel ban – Emirates to resume flights (News)
28-Apr APPLY: ITU Digital World 2021 Awards open to SMEs worldwide (News)
28-Apr 9Mobile selects Tecnotree to replace its billing solution (News)
28-Apr Business email compromise schemes caused $1.8b damage – $100m increase in a year (News)
27-Apr EU countries hit with over €30m in GDPR fines in Q1 2021 (News)
27-Apr NCC to Nigerians: Buy only type-approved mobile devices (News)
27-Apr NBC applies the hammer, fines and suspends Channels TV for interviewing IPOB (News)
27-Apr Osinbajo to keynote Rack Centre/PwC webinar on ‘Africa: The Next Digital Frontier’ (News)
27-Apr Nigeria is Paxful’s biggest market, hits $1.5b in volume with over 1.5m users (News)
27-Apr 8th NollywoodWeek film festival goes global (News)
27-Apr New social media platform for Africans by Africans coming in May (News)
27-Apr Fintech app usage up 61% year-on-year, says deVere (News)
26-Apr SystemSpecs announces judges for 2021 Children’s Day Essay Competition – Deadline now April 30th (News)
26-Apr Contactless payments to double and hit $1.6T by 2024 (News)
26-Apr Nigerians among internet users MOST likely to quit social media (News)
26-Apr Kaspersky cited as a “Vendor to Watch” for Software-Defined Vehicles (News)
26-Apr 5G+: Catalyst for digital transformation (News)
24-Apr Former Acting DG of NITDA, Ashiru Sani Daura, is dead (News)
24-Apr Rising cases of cyber fraud and how NCC is helping to promote security alertness (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
24-Apr Strategic communication as the most critical political tool for now and beyond (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
24-Apr Kaspersky reveals scamming activities behind world’s most popular film awards (News)
24-Apr Minister commissions NCC’s emergency communication centres in Enugu, Ogun (News)
23-Apr Pantami commissions seven digital economy projects (News)
23-Apr Presidency condemns attacks against Pantami, says ICT companies complicit in “cancel campaign” (News)
22-Apr INTERPOL now supporting Coalition Against Stalkerware to fight tech-enabled abuse (News)
22-Apr Five suspects arrested as NCC rids industry of fraudulently-registered SIM cards (News)
22-Apr Global gaming PC shipments to hit 73m units by 2025 – 30% increase in five Years (News)
22-Apr Proposed new measures by ATU and Ericsson set to expand Africa’s ICT space (News)
22-Apr Audiomack, MTN ink partnership bringing music streaming to 76m subscribers at zero cost (News)
22-Apr Nigerian telecom regulator commends NITDA’s 20 years achievements (News)
22-Apr iPad hit 540m units in lifetime sales, revenue jumped by 10% YoY (News)
22-Apr TECNO Mobile topples Samsung in handset sales across Africa in 2020 (News)
22-Apr Innovation is a vital key to the prosperity of any nation – Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi (News)
22-Apr NITDA kits five winning startups with N10m at World Creativity and Innovation Day (News)
21-Apr Calling the shots: TECNO Mobile celebrates power of smartphone in creativity and innovation (News)
21-Apr Every fifth corporate network faced a cryptomining malware attack in 2020 (News)
21-Apr Study shows Nigeria is 8th country most intrigued by cryptocurrency (News)
21-Apr TECNO unwraps the new-gen Spark 7P for Gen Z with cutting-edge innovations (News)
21-Apr Affordable digital banking to revolutionise price-sensitive East African payments market (News)
20-Apr Ongoing campaign of calumny against Pantami – Debunking another lie (News)
20-Apr NITDA at 20: Pantami, Abdullahi list NDPR, IT procurement top on NITDA’s achievements (News)
20-Apr Service robots to hit $30B in sales by 2022 – 30% increase in two years (News)
20-Apr Konga: Eyes on the $10b e-Commerce target by 2026 (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
20-Apr Holberton raises $20m startup funding to accelerate engineering education in Africa (News)
19-Apr FirstBank adds new corporate website, reiterates commitment to service delivery excellence (News)
19-Apr NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi, announces new strategic direction as IT regulatory agency turns 20 (News)
19-Apr EXECUTIVE NOTES: At 20, NITDA has evolved and responded to its mandates’ dynamics – Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Apr Government can digitally identify 230m Nigerians, residents by 2024 – Aladekomo (News)
19-Apr Zoom records $882.5m quarterly revenue – Almost 370% increase YoY (News)
19-Apr Torn between cloud and on-premise file Sharing? Here’s a solution for SMBs that won’t break the bank (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Apr Kwik adds Prestashop plugin to become Africa’s most integrated delivery platform with e-commerce frameworks (News)
19-Apr West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda (News)
19-Apr Kaspersky reveals five game-changing ways ransomware gangs play today (News)
17-Apr Nigeria has wasted $2.5B and 45 years on national identity, says Aladekomo (News)
16-Apr NCC’s unrelenting battle to protect consumers against fake mobile devices (Editorial, News)
16-Apr Edo is emerging model for digital economy in Nigeria, says Zinox boss’s Ekeh (News)
16-Apr Nigerian government lifts ban on registration of new SIMs (News)
16-Apr Malware disguised as meeting apps spiked by 1,067% in 12 months (News)
16-Apr FirstBank hosts webinar for individuals, businesses to stay protected digitally (News)
14-Apr ScholarX, Airtel to launch mobile learning platform (News)
14-Apr Staying ahead of cybercrime is a business imperative (News)
14-Apr Pandemic treaty must evolve into international technology accord (News)
14-Apr SAS speaks out on overcoming bias in AI (News)
13-Apr Government most hit by ransomware attacks in 2020 followed by banking (News)
13-Apr Global investments into fintechs plunged by nearly 40% amid pandemic (News)
13-Apr NCC sensitises telecom consumers at 2021 Enugu International Trade Fair (News)
13-Apr Konga Health to berth in June (News)
13-Apr Technology companies join forces to tackle Africa’s yearly $4B loss to mobile fraud (News)
13-Apr Migration to digital TV: How is the implementation of networks progressing in Africa? (News)
13-Apr How organisations can shape their culture for the new world of work (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
13-Apr In-person GISEC 2021 to spark industry collaboration against cybercrime spike (News)
13-Apr Pantami : A hero’s battle (News)
12-Apr APPLY: NITDA announces Innovation Challenge for World Creativity and Innovation Day 2021 (News)
12-Apr CHAMS founder, Aladekomo, to speak on national identity management (News)
12-Apr Elderly people lost nearly $1 billion to Internet crime in 2020 (News)
12-Apr Partners in Progress: MTN sponsors 50th ICAN gathering on 4IR and accounting profession (News)
12-Apr US data breaches dropped by 30% in 2020, data breach cost jumped to $8.6M (News)
12-Apr Smartphone subscriptions more than doubled in five years – 11% CAGR from 2016-2020 (News)
09-Apr Nigeria is 43rd in the world for cheapest mobile data – ahead of UK, South Africa (News)
09-Apr Ecobank Transnational appoints Tomisin Fashina to head Operations & Technology (News)
09-Apr Driving digital inclusion to promote global equality (News)
09-Apr How can banks participate in fulfilling the needs of Africa’s rising gig economy? (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
09-Apr 1000 students,126 universities chased $10,000 prizes at Africa’s largest inter-university data science hackathon (News)
09-Apr Cring ransomware infects industrial targets through vulnerability in VPN servers, Kaspersky (News)
08-Apr Crypto ATMs to cross 20,000 globally by June (News)
08-Apr Nokia AirFrame enhanced with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon scalable processors (News)
08-Apr Global online marketplaces record stratospheric growth in 2020 (News)
08-Apr Data protection: 65% of META consumers would shun online service providers breached (News)
08-Apr NEC partners Cisco for global deployments of 5G IP transport networks (News)
08-Apr ICAEW: Technology transforming risk assessment in Africa (News)
08-Apr China accounts for 70% of top smartphone vendors globally (News)
07-Apr NDPR: Banks under NITDA’s watch for possible breach of privacy data (News)
07-Apr In META region, IT security is all eggs in one basket – Kaspersky (News)
07-Apr P+ Measurement Services launches ‘Get-Reports’ for PR firms in Nigeria (News)
07-Apr $48.2m growth sector Digital Twins is emerging tech to disrupt multiple industries (News)
07-Apr Microsoft, Zoom most impersonated brands at 80% in 2020 phishing attempts (News)
06-Apr Apps collecting the most data – what you can do about it (News)
06-Apr COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the nature of work – Microsoft (News)
06-Apr Alibaba’s gross merchandise value to hit $1.2T by 2025, 55% more than Amazon (News)
05-Apr In the face of controversies, NCC adopts a progressive approach to 5G deployment in Nigerian (Editorial, News)
05-Apr Facebook, WHO launch campaign across Africa against Covid-19 misinformation (News)
05-Apr USSD: Banks plugs back MTN after government’s intervention (Uncategorized)
05-Apr Transformational benefits of ICT hinge on digital infrastructure, literacy – Danbatta (News, Technology)
04-Apr Netflix’s US OTT market share to drop in 2021 (News)
04-Apr 300 for induction as CPN holds 15th IT Assembly this April (News)
04-Apr NITDA’s initiatives empowering women and youth for digital economy, says Abdullahi (News)
03-Apr Deadline for NIN-SIM linkage now 6th of May as NIN database hits 51m (News)
02-Apr It’s 14 years jail for any transaction without NIN, says Nigerian government (News)
02-Apr Kaspersky: 39% ransomware victims pay the ransom, but fewer see stolen data returned (News)
02-Apr Blockchain market in banks to grow 15x to $22B by 2026 (News)
02-Apr Nine countries offering the best opportunities to startup businesses (News)
02-Apr Laptop sales to hit $150B by 2025, desktop PCs market to drop to $54B (News)
01-Apr US cyber crime surged by 55% in two years, annual loss hit $4.2B in 2020 (News)
01-Apr Zinox to connect entire South East with fibre cable infrastructure (News)
31-Mar Danbatta to Nile Varsity: We welcome collaboration for human capital development (News)
31-Mar The Unicornization of African Fintech (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
31-Mar Sustainability, it’s in the details (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
31-Mar EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Facilitating broadband access in Anambra State through a favourable Right of Way regime (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
31-Mar NITDA joins rest of globe to celebrate World Backup Day (News)
30-Mar Global tablet sales to plunge by $2.4B in 2021 (News)
30-Mar You have been doxed: Targeted email attacks on the rise (News)
30-Mar Continuous engagement with stakeholders critical to achieving broadband targets, says Pantami (News)
30-Mar Lalong firms up Plateau to drive ICT local content with desk office in PICTDA (News)
29-Mar African youth using atingi to future-proof their careers in Covid-impacted job market (News)
29-Mar Residential proxy providers could accelerate spread of e-commerce fraud, IPRoyal warns (News)
29-Mar Microsoft to sponsor ‘International Women’s Day Summit’ to promote diversity and inclusion (News)
29-Mar Immortality, cars, food and health: Future trends that most interest people of today (News)
29-Mar SIM registration suspension: Broadband penetration declines by 3% (News)
29-Mar FBI reports 12x surge in phishing complaints over five years (News)
29-Mar Global Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality market to grow four times and hit $124.4B by 2023 (News)
29-Mar Government could leverage e-commerce to lift 23m unemployed Nigerians (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
29-Mar FirstBank hosts 4th FirstgGem, reinforces leading role in promoting women empowerment (News)
29-Mar Nokia powers East Africa’s first commercial 5G services in Kenya with Safaricom (News)
26-Mar Tesla took 4x less years to reap higher market cap than Samsung (News)
26-Mar The rapid uptake of 5G and its real potential (News)
26-Mar ASIP Accelerator Program is accepting applications for ‘Most Disruptive Startups’ in Africa (News)
25-Mar Court orders 5th extension of NIN registration deadline by two months (News)
25-Mar Report shows 18% online users in META allow apps access to microphones, webcams (News)
25-Mar QuTech: Semiconductor qubits scale in two dimensions (News)
25-Mar Cybercrime worries rising as Africa’s mobile users stick to WhatsApp (News)
24-Mar Senate okays bill for establishment of Nigeria Postal Commission (News)
24-Mar Satellite: NASRDA to launch ‘Edusat-2’ in June (News)
24-Mar How to navigate digital transformation in 2021 (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
24-Mar Does Huawei not believe in Open RAN? Or is just playing poker with the O-RAN Alliance and policymakers? (News)
24-Mar Danger in your device: Malware attacks surge in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria (News)
23-Mar Global consumer electronics revenues to grow by 3.6% and hit $1.06T in 2021 (News)
23-Mar Nigeria pushes for core skills and broadband penetration with new National VSAT Policy (News)
23-Mar NITDA sponsoring five startups at Taipei Smartcity Summit and Expo 2021 (News)
22-Mar My experience with Konga.com (News)
22-Mar US and Germany control 58% of all Ethereum nodes globally (News)
22-Mar FirstBank CEO lists technology, capacity as key for post-pandemic growth (News)
22-Mar NITDA issues new licenses for Data Protection Compliance Organisations (News)
21-Mar 99% of US government employees run outdated Android OSs (News)
21-Mar Data protection rules digital economy, says DSPL’s Balogun (News)
21-Mar HouseAfrica partners Domineum to unlock Nigeria’s $900B real estate sector through blockchain (News)
21-Mar Pandemic effect: Attacks against remote access protocols continued to rise (News)
21-Mar Zinox partners EbonyLife to promote Nigeria’s creative industry (News)
21-Mar Apply: HexGn Startup Ready program launched for African entrepreneurs (News)
21-Mar Pantami: That NITDA paternity leave and other issues (Blogs - Matters eRising)
21-Mar Danbatta lauds NCC director, Babajika on recognition awards (News)
21-Mar OneWeb, SatixFy ink deal for in-flight connectivity compact terminal (News)
20-Mar Facebook adds Instagram Lite for Sub-Saharan Africa, emerging markets (News)
19-Mar More than 16m Covid-related cyber threats detected in 2020 (News)
19-Mar Rage against the machines? Experts reveal hopes and fears for a cyborg future (News)
19-Mar macOS malware development jumped nearly 12 times in 2020 (News)
19-Mar Covid-19 will end but workplace culture will never be the same (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Mar How next generation financial services platforms are driving global financial inclusion (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
19-Mar US$1.2m Innovation Fund launched to unearth emerging technologies (News)
17-Mar Kaspersky ranked Top 3 cybersecurity solution in 81% of benchmarking tests (News)
17-Mar Pantami tasks NITDA on supporting startup that developed sexual abuse reporting app (News)
17-Mar Customers to pay N6.98 for USSD as CBN introduced new charges to end bank, telco war (News)
16-Mar Pantami meets CBN, MNOs, banks to resolve USSD tension (News)
16-Mar NCC and the global vision of a satisfied consumer (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
16-Mar UK based Commonwealth Entrepreneur Club appoints Jega as Ambassador (News)
16-Mar NITDA moves NDPR compliance deadline to June (News)
16-Mar NITDA signals zero tolerance for data protection breaches, fines Electronic Settlement Limited N5M (News)
16-Mar Bitcoin price hits new record high, fuels fresh demands for regulation (News)
15-Mar Cryptocurrency study reveals Nigeria is 8th country most intrigued (News)
15-Mar FirstBank adds First Global Transfer to promote cross border payments in Sub Sahara Africa (News)
15-Mar Top Three US mobile networks bid $78B on 5G airwave licensing (News)
15-Mar Cybersecurity: Creating a secure culture (News)
15-Mar 2021 will demand continued UX and change management focus according to e4 (News)
15-Mar ALTON says no going back as telcos begin phased withdrawal of USSD services today over N42B debt (News)
15-Mar Our AGENDA for constructive engagement and shared industry prosperity – ATCON President, Ike Nnamani (eTerview, News)
14-Mar FG to telcos: Hold off your planned suspension of USSD banking services (News)
14-Mar By consensus, Nigeria to lead WATRA as chairman, executive secretary (News)
12-Mar Security tips for startups from Kaspersky (News)
12-Mar Nigerian government unveils N-Power portal for selection of 500,000 beneficiaries (News)
12-Mar Innovation Support Network hosts govtech community sessions on promoting innovation hubs (News)
12-Mar NIPOST wins stamp duty war as FG unveils Nigeria @ 60 commemorative postage stamp (News)
12-Mar World Consumer Rights Day: Danbatta to speak on tackling e-waste as part of telecoms consumer protection (News)
11-Mar With 29m additional customers, strong 2020 results, MTN announces Ambition 2025 roadmap (News)
11-Mar Companies in META prohibit sharing threat intelligence findings with professional communities (News)
11-Mar Pantami tasks WATRA on seamless telecoms network across West Africa (News)
11-Mar WATRA: Nigeria seeks increased regional cooperation on ICT development among ECOWAS members (News)
11-Mar 5G-ready devices: Huawei leads, Samsung and Apple lag behind (News)
11-Mar Apply: Digital content creators called to participate in fully online Digital Lab Africa – DLA#5 (News)
10-Mar Global spending on mobile devices to hit $705B in 2021 (News)
10-Mar NITDA gets government approval for Employee-Centric Condition and Scheme of Service (News)
10-Mar Over 100m malware infections detected on Windows in 2020 (News)
10-Mar Fujitsu develops AI model to determine concentration during tasks based on facial expression (News)
09-Mar ATCON is rejigging to be more efficient, says Nnamani (News)
09-Mar NITDA begins digital literacy and skills programme for states (News)
09-Mar FirstBank promotes diaspora remittances, customers get N5 reward for every dollar received (News)
09-Mar AfDB offers $1.3m grants for women’s digital access to loans, micro-insurance (News)
09-Mar Pantami, Danbatta to lead talks at 2021 ECOWAS telecoms regulators assembly (News)
09-Mar Canada World Youth partners Africa Skills Hub to launch women’s entrepreneurship initiative (News)
09-Mar 30 years old and behind bars: The story of the internet (News)
09-Mar 8 March scams: Spoil the women, not the scammers (News)
08-Mar Plateau stakes idle internet in MDAs to provide free access in public, innovation spaces (News)
08-Mar FirstBank unveils FirstSME Account, reiterates commitment to continuous growth of SMES (News)
08-Mar Pantami, Abdullahi praise Ugwuanyi as Enugu trains 50 PLWDs on digital skills (News)
05-Mar NITDA anchors Enugu 5-day training for PLWDs on ICT opportunity for disability-inclusive development (News)
05-Mar World Engineering Day: Royal Academy of Engineering reports impact on sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa (News)
05-Mar Remote desktop protocol attacks surged by 241% in 2020 (News)
05-Mar COVID-19 vaccines selling for $1,200 as scammers prowl darknets (News)
04-Mar Facebook unveils ‘LeadHERs – Book spotlights female leaders from across Africa (News)
04-Mar US and Russia account for 54% of global spam volume (News)
04-Mar Desktop PC sales to continue falling, entire market to hit $57.5B value this Year (News)
04-Mar Nigeria gives nod for telcos to establish SIM Swap centres in 774 LGAS (News)
03-Mar Nigerian telecoms regulator, Danbatta, to speak on digital banking and economic development at 2021 Bullion Lecture (Uncategorized)
03-Mar Shopping apps lead in popularity after music apps as millennials account for 73% of online commerce (News)
03-Mar Cryptocurrency theft global value rise 38% with $513m stolen in 2020 (News)
03-Mar Fintech startups hit $121.7b in total funding – $20b increase in a year (News)
03-Mar e-Commerce: Call to rescue SMEs’ data genocide (News)
03-Mar AfDB provides $320k in grant to mainstream gender in ECOWAS digital financial operations (News)
01-Mar Battle over digital monopolies is just getting started, says GlobalData (News)
01-Mar COVID-19 heightens abuses traced to stalkerware in 2020, Kaspersky reports (News)
01-Mar Zinox provides Nigerian schools with e-learning services on AMOS-17 satellite (News)
01-Mar Premium domain BuyShares.com acquired by Finixio (News)
01-Mar African corporate executives turn to tech entrepreneurship: Part 2 (News)
01-Mar 37B data records leaked in 2020, a growth of 140% YOY (News)
01-Mar ATCON President, Ike Nnamani, says association will focus on constructive engagement with government (News)
01-Mar Nigeria leads demand for crypto debit cards, global interest surges 194% in 12 months (News)
01-Mar Siemon stresses value of future proof network infrastructure when deploying IIoT (News)
01-Mar Tunga offers new insights into African software development sector (News)
26-Feb Pantami, telecom stakeholders say 5G poses no health risk as NSA warns technology could undermine national security (News)
26-Feb Kaspersky identifies Lazarus, advanced persistent threat group, targeting defense industry (News)
26-Feb Nigeria draws nearer 5G launch as Pantami reveals plans to submit draft national policy on 5G network at FEC (News)
26-Feb There are now 100,000 Bitcoin addresses holding over $1 million (News)
26-Feb NCC’s Danbatta counseled on why regulations must keep abreast of tech trends at book launch on telecoms law (News)
26-Feb Research from STL Partners, Vertiv reveals why telcos should prioritize efficiency in 5G networks (News)
25-Feb NITDA wants 2007 Act amended to capture agenda for digital economy and 4IR (News)
25-Feb Nigeria has world’s least affordable internet, says new global study (News)
25-Feb Plateau moves to protect tech freelancers, developers against police harassments (News)
25-Feb Microsoft Cloud earns $59.5b in 2020, exceeds Amazon and Google combined (News)
25-Feb Digital and crypto currencies in Nigeria (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
25-Feb Time for digital scale-up in Africa to unlock untapped creative economies, say panelists (News)
25-Feb NAVSA: Creating a viable smart agriculture for Nigerian farmers (News)
24-Feb NITDA’s boss lists space technology as crucial for digital transformation (News)
24-Feb Global 5G subscriptions to triple and hit 2.1B by 2024 (News)
24-Feb Buhari unwraps new national cybersecurity roadmap, wants more focus on digital economy (News)
24-Feb Companies risk NITDA’s sanction as NDPR March 15 compliance deadline looms (News)
24-Feb Boomers, retirees embracing bitcoin and cryptocurrencies (News)
24-Feb Hyperscaler. Neutral Carrier. Cloud Player. The 2021 datacentre trends (News)
24-Feb AfriLabs 2021 holds in Marrakesh to celebrate ten years of empowering, inspiring innovation across Africa (News)
23-Feb MDXi leads in energy efficiency, environmental sustainability (News)
23-Feb By law, technology companies seeking business in Plateau state must register with PICTDA (News)
23-Feb UN affirms commitment to Nigeria’s digital economy (Uncategorized)
23-Feb With a 12.45% GDP boost, telecoms sector takes Nigeria out of recession (News)
22-Feb Kaspersky reveals 48% of Nigerian parents name cyberbullying as main concern (News)
22-Feb Oyo commences NDPR implementation for eight MDAs (News)
22-Feb NITDA, NITT explore collaboration to digitally transform transportation industry (News)
22-Feb NCC: “We didn’t allocate 383m new phone numbers to operators in Q1 2021” (News)
19-Feb Pantami applauds World Bank for bolstering capacity in digital economy (News)
19-Feb Nigeria’s economy unexpectedly exits recession as ICT maintains steady growth (News)
19-Feb Nigerian women critical to bridging digital divide, says Danbatta (News)
18-Feb Global bitcoin ATMs penetration per person surges 15x in five years (News)
18-Feb ITU to advance AI capabilities to tame natural disasters (News)
18-Feb Cryptomining, DDoS attacks on the rise says new Kaspersky report (News)
18-Feb Wallter CEO: Future of banking is in cryptocurrencies, open banking, blockchain (News)
18-Feb Online trading success lies in reputable support from trusted partners (News)
18-Feb Crypto criminals stole $1.9B in 2020, down from $4.5B in 2019 (News)
18-Feb Communications service providers must transform themselves to meet customers’ ever-changing needs (News)
17-Feb Kaspersky’s security experts share their knowledge in the new ‘GReAT Ideas Green Tea Edition’ community talk (News)
17-Feb 140 farmers begin digital skill training as Pantami launches NAVSA in Gombe (News)
17-Feb Chromebook shipments surged by 74% in 2020 driving Windows market share below 80% (News)
16-Feb Global mobile money accounts crosses 1b mark – Kaspersky stresses value of keeping your mobile wallet safe (News)
16-Feb Resilience and continuity: Guiding the CIO strategy in 2021 (News)
16-Feb DON’T APPLY: NCC not recruiting (News)
15-Feb 152 election apps found to be dangerous – recent findings (News)
15-Feb NITDA, NNPC-RTI in talks to promote emerging technologies (News)
15-Feb AURA partners Tracker to build world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot (News)
15-Feb Get a Valentine bonus data, airtime via your Firstmonie Wallet (News)
12-Feb NCC to Nigerians: Beware of fake NCC Facebook account (News)
12-Feb JCB, Keychain create blockchain-based micropayment solution for IoT (News)
12-Feb ATCON lauds Pantami’s support for telecom industry (News)
11-Feb NITDA’s Abdullahi highlights how local content regulation is transforming Nigeria’s economy (News)
11-Feb Nigeria to set up first National ICT Park for N8.9B (News)
11-Feb Security software revenues to hit $45.5B in 2021 – 20% jump in two years (News)
11-Feb Chat commerce drives higher revenue, better CX (News)
11-Feb Avoiding common mistakes while crafting the ultimate customer experience (News)
11-Feb NCC talks safer Internet practice with students (News)
10-Feb More privacy control for all with TinyCheck tool (News)
10-Feb African corporate executives turn to tech entrepreneurship (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
10-Feb Collaborations, economic diversification vital to creating national prosperity – NITDA’s Abdulahhi (News)
10-Feb Bitcoin hits all-time highs driven by Elon Musk – but how to choose an exchange? (News)
10-Feb ATM hacks surged 269% in Europe in 2020 H1, recent findings reveal (News)
09-Feb Beware of fraudsters: Don’t click that fake NIMC site for your NIN (News)
09-Feb NCC supports NFIU with ICT donations (News)
09-Feb Zoom is fastest-growing brand for 2020 with 34% growth in brand recognition (News)
09-Feb Children searched for Minecraft, DIY and Donald Trump during end of year break (News)
09-Feb NEC, Netcracker, DigitalRoute in partnership to accelerate 5G monetization (News)
08-Feb COVID-19 has done more to accelerate digital adoption than 15 years of EU regulation (News)
08-Feb Kwik Delivery plugin for Shopify is released (News)
08-Feb Ericsson report predicts dematerialization is path to profitability, sustainability (News)
08-Feb Cyber equality and heroines: Changing the future for African girls (News)
08-Feb FirstBank offers loans to promote Firstmonie agents (News)
06-Feb NITDA’s boss hinges Nigeria’s future on digital ecosystem as NADDC unveils first electric car (News)
06-Feb After cautioning Nigerians, CBN finally orders banks to close accounts of crypto users (News)
06-Feb Global IPO proceeds hit $268B in 2020, highest since 2010 (News)
05-Feb Finance Act 2020: NCC, sister agencies to strengthen collaboration with FIRS (News)
05-Feb Cyberfraud: Share of account takeover incidents increased by 20% points compared to 2019 (News)
05-Feb FBN Holdings Plc announces new board appointments (News)
05-Feb Konga leverages e-Commerce to boost fortunes of rural farmers (News)
05-Feb Nigeria bets on digital economy as Pantami lays block for new National Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship Centre (News)
05-Feb Netflix sees over 180m viewers by 2024 as Disney+ becomes competition (News)
04-Feb Danbatta highlights how NCC’s Emergency Communication Centers is promoting security (Uncategorized)
04-Feb Future’s here: Kaspersky leverages neural network to answer questions of tomorrow (News)
04-Feb Digital payments to hit $6.6T in 2021 – 40% jump in two years (News)
04-Feb Join experts to discuss impact of industry 4.0 on the labour market (News)
04-Feb Trobexis chooses MDXi to deploy applications in West Africa on Azure Stack (News)
03-Feb Pantami tasks telcos on business ethics, welcomes Toriola as MTN Nigeria MD designate (News)
03-Feb Africa’s Amazon, Jumia’s stock skyrocketed by over 1000% in 2020 (News)
03-Feb ATCON to host virtual stakeholders meet on how Nigeria can achieve 70% broadband penetration (News)
03-Feb Kaspersky notes unprecedented rise in cyberattacks targeting educational sector (News)
02-Feb Nigerian govt extends NIN-SIM linkage deadline to 6th April (News)
02-Feb ALTON, mobile network operators commend Pantami (News)
02-Feb Global notebook shipments to hit 225m 2021, desktop PC sales to continue falling (News)
02-Feb UNESCO supports AU’s launch of continent-wide digital platform to monitor attacks on journalists (News)
02-Feb Security is an art: Kaspersky partners Felipe Pantone to raise awareness on Data Privacy Day (News)
01-Feb Updating iOS and iPadOS to version 14.4: Why it is so important (News)
01-Feb How to tap the 5G potential with Ericsson’s 5G RAN Slicing solution (News)
01-Feb FirstBank supports schools with exciting educational solutions (News)
01-Feb Samsung, TEC offer Nigerians 6 months’ interest-free payment on latest Galaxy S21 devices (News)
01-Feb NCC: MVNO licence framework still in process (News)
01-Feb Education technology offers African entrepreneurs opportunity + profit business model (News)
29-Jan Behavioural analytics, data hoarding and government crackdowns on encryption: Experts share privacy predictions for 2021 (News)
29-Jan NIGCOMSAT, Thales Alenia, ASECNA set to accelerate African aviation through SBAS after flight demos in Togo (News)
29-Jan Privacy Day: Data critical to building digital economy, says NITDA’s boss (News)
29-Jan FG assures Nigerians of data security as country marks global Data Privacy Day (News)
29-Jan NCC tackles data depletion, wrong deductions to protect consumers (News)
28-Jan National Privacy Week: C-C Pro inducts secondary school students on privacy rights (News)
27-Jan Danbatta is MoneyReport’s Man of the Year (News)
27-Jan Ericsson launches 5G RAN slicing to spur 5G business growth (News)
27-Jan Public cloud revenues to hit $338B in 2021 – a 25% jump in a year (News)
27-Jan Privacy Week: NITDA offers tips on data privacy (News)
27-Jan 5 tech giants hold $588B in cash reserves, Apple records highest decline at 6.8% (News)
27-Jan Ethics and integrity are the core foundation of our business (News)
27-Jan Reset. Reboot. Redefine Business 2021 (News)
27-Jan Kaspersky shares IT security recommendations for businesses in 2021 (News)
26-Jan Privacy Week: DSPL begins implementation of NDPR for Oyo state government (News)
26-Jan Lenovo defying odds to dominate global PC market (News)
26-Jan Inclusive design is transforming the customer journey as digital accelerates and expectations skyrocket (News)
25-Jan Companies must file data audit report March 15 or get sanctioned, says NITDA (News, NITDA - Special Advertorials)
25-Jan NITDA, Army Resource Centre to forge strategic alliance on research and development (News)
25-Jan Ericsson: Smart home privacy – How to avoid ‘data paparazzi’ (News)
22-Jan Digitalisation, extortion, vaccine baits to dominate cybersecurity, says Kaspersky in predictions for 2021 (News)
22-Jan Wari, Lycaremit in strategic partnership to facilitate cross-border remittance across Africa (News)
22-Jan FMCDE’s Daudu charges NITDA to develop IT capacities in Nigerians (News)
21-Jan Nigeria now has 53,460 3G, 4G telecom towers – Danbatta (News)
21-Jan NITDA rolls out programme for Data Privacy Week 2021 (News)
21-Jan ALTON commends government for extending deadline for NIN-SIM linkage to 9th February (News)
21-Jan Customers demand greater digital engagement from communication service providers – CSPs (News)
21-Jan Protecting vehicles: Kaspersky launches tailored threat intelligence reporting for automotive industry (News)
20-Jan FirstBank deepens financial inclusion with largest agent banking network, empowers SMES (News)
20-Jan ayoba assures users of full privacy protection, messaging app safe for younger users (News)
20-Jan Africa Medical Supplies Platform opens COVID-19 vaccines pre-orders for 55 AU member states (News)
20-Jan Global IoT revenues to jump by 53% and hit $677B by 2025 (News)
19-Jan 47.8m SIMs linked to NINs by mobile operators as 9th February deadline looms (News)
19-Jan APPLY! Arewa Femtech Fest – A Northern Nigeria virtual hackathon targeting financial inclusion for ‘fentrepreneurs’ (News)
19-Jan PRODUCT TALK: Kids Digital Library – Smart way to learn with videos and books (News)
19-Jan Gov Badaru tasks youths on critical thinking as Pantami commends Jigawa for digital economy drive (News)
19-Jan Scaling Africa’s tech ventures to exit this decade (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
18-Jan Tizeti brings cheap broadband to Edo state, rolls out high-speed 4G LTE (News)
18-Jan Nigeria approves NIN enrollment centre for diplomats (News)
18-Jan Oyo begins data protection compliance journey for civil servants with DSPL (News)
15-Jan CES 2021 makes history as largest digital tech industry event (News)
15-Jan Here’s why bitcoin needs greater regulatory scrutiny – deVere Group’s CEO (News)
15-Jan atingi eLearning platform reaches nearly 1m African youth in 1st year (News)
15-Jan Safeguard yourself from falling victim to online trading scams (News)
15-Jan FirstBank begins 2021 with innovative, convenient virtual payment card (News)
14-Jan NITDA, stakeholders gear up for Data Privacy Week 2021 (News)
14-Jan Blockchain hackers stole $3.8B in 122 attacks in 2020 (News)
13-Jan Global online video revenue soared by 30% as Box Office dipped 71.5% in 2020 (News)
13-Jan 7 tips to make your Telegram app as private and secure as possible – Kaspersky (News)
13-Jan CES 2021 opens with innovation and technologies for a better future (News)
13-Jan Control Risks lists COVID-19 pandemic, emerging digital threats among top 5 risks for business in 2021 (News)
13-Jan New malicious files detected every day in 2020 rose by 5.2% to 360,000 – Kaspersky (News)
13-Jan NITDA sponsors five startups to CES 2021 (News)
13-Jan The slow-motion AI explosion (News)
12-Jan Why embracing Machine Learning in every organisation, every vertical has become crucial (News)
12-Jan Economic uncertainty set to shape 2021 cybercrime agenda in Africa – Kaspersky (News)
11-Jan Ajayi wins 59th FirstBank Lagos Open Golf Championship (News)
11-Jan Raspberry Pi-powered robotics kit makes market entrance at CES (News)
11-Jan Next Einstein Forum unveils 2019-2021 NEF Ambassadors (News)
07-Jan Artificial Intelligence helping African farmers in the fight against locusts (News)
07-Jan 2021 predictions for the mobile telecom industry from Strand Consult (News)
07-Jan Damage limitation: Timely software updates can cut business data breach costs (News)
07-Jan Digital inclusion: What does equal access to education mean in the digital age? (News)
07-Jan NIM-SIM Registration: Telecoms regulator dismisses reports of mass disconnection (News)
07-Jan Kaspersky iHub and G-Core Labs team up to scout and support gaming startups (News)
07-Jan FBI urges netizens to start the New Year with new passwords (News)
07-Jan App Development Security is the most wanted cybersecurity skill in 2021 (News)
07-Jan Blue Prism accelerates intelligent automation for cloud users on Microsoft Azure (News)
06-Jan IoT will redefine how governments function, businesses thrive – ITAN’s Lare Ayoola (News)
06-Jan R&D expenses surge amid 5G take off, Broadcom records 250% revenue growth since 2015, (News)
06-Jan Honesty pays: Enterprises in META reporting breaches proactively experience 38% less financial damage (News)
05-Jan Telecoms in 2020: NCC expands regulatory frontier despite pandemic (1) (News)
05-Jan iPhone 12 shipments forecast to reach 51m in Q1 2021 (News)
05-Jan Kaspersky reveals two APT incidents related to vaccine research (News)
05-Jan Bitcoin’s trading volume higher than that of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon combined (News)
04-Jan Jos SMSGAfrica Fireside Chat harps on new powerbase from social media (News)
04-Jan Pantami’s digital policies are the real deal, our pessimism and interests are the problem – A rejoinder to Shaka Momodu’s Thisday article (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
01-Jan AIT among ECOWAS best tech varsities with triple awards at 2020 UMB Ghana Tertiary Awards (News)
01-Jan Nigerian government launched NIMC mobile app and improved NIN slip (News)
01-Jan Uber’s revenue 50% down as COVID-19 disrupts ride-sharing app (News)

31-Dec Apple MacBook to hit 15.5M shipments in 2020, a 23% jump YoY (News)
31-Dec Vodafone, Ericsson move mobile network drone delivery closer to reality (News)
31-Dec Mondia brings entertainment platform Monsooq to Nigeria (News)
30-Dec 59th FirstBank Lagos amateur golf open championship tees-off (News)
30-Dec Over $13B lost by leverage crypto traders in 2020 (News)
29-Dec Ending digital platform dystopia: New study outlines stopping harmful dominance of ‘big tech’ AI platforms (News)
29-Dec Why we opt out of transaction switching business – 3Line Limited (News)
26-Dec Global cyber insurance market to jump by 21% YoY and hit $9.5B value in 2021 (News)
24-Dec ITU launches open research group on autonomous networks (News)
24-Dec Global tech firms test interoperability of IoT technologies (News)
24-Dec 2021 predictions for the mobile telecommunications industry from Strand Consult (News)
24-Dec COVID-19: FirstBank unmasks ‘Mask Up, Stay Safe” digital campaign (News)
23-Dec Founder Institute Lagos opens application for Cohort IV (News)
23-Dec Global 5G coverage to grow 253% by 2025 and reach 53% of population (News)
22-Dec Nigerian government extends NIN, SIM registration period to 2021 (News)
22-Dec Harnessing the Edge: Why telco providers should consider a horizontal platform approach (News)
21-Dec Oyo State signs DSPL to provide data protection compliance services (News)
20-Dec TDPlus, Samsung offer 50% discount on screen repair (News)
20-Dec Digital economy drives innovation, says Pantami as NITDA ends smart agriculture training for farmers in Ekiti (News)
20-Dec NIN is free, enrolment agents charging citizens for digital identity will be sanctioned, says minister (News)
19-Dec Telecoms driving Nigeria’s economic diversification, says Danbatta (News)
18-Dec 2020 wrapped up: Paxful highlights Nigeria’s thriving crypto market (News)
18-Dec 7?s with LARE AYOOLA, Chairman, IoT Africa Networks Ltd: ‘IoT will drive efficiency and accountability in Nigerian government, businesses’ (eTerview, News)
18-Dec 44 Chinese companies have joined the OpenRAN effort, a strategy to reduce Huawei’s presence in 5G (News)
18-Dec Don’t pay! Pantami orders cancellation of NIN retrieval charge across all networks (News)
17-Dec BAFI Awards: FirstBank’s COVID-19 response sets the pace in CSR for other financial institutions (News)
17-Dec IoT is future of oil & gas companies – helping to save billions of dollars, says Lare Ayoola (News)
17-Dec Global digital population hit 4.8b in 2020, almost 300m increase in a year (News)
17-Dec ALTON commits to implementing new SIM registration rule, National Assembly wants deadline extended (News)
17-Dec Bitcoin hits all-time high, surging past $20,000: deVere Crypto exchange (News)
17-Dec Facebook unveils its 2020 Africa Year in Review (News)
17-Dec The cybersecurity resource problem: Four ways to get proactive (News)
16-Dec Ericsson Mobility Report: Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa to grow by 6.5 times by 2026 (Uncategorized)
16-Dec A trust-defined customer experience journey will dominate 2021 (News)
16-Dec Global gaming PC shipments to jump by 25% and hit 62m in 2024 (News)
16-Dec Global cybersecurity industry faces workforce gap of 3.12m (News)
16-Dec Nigeria battles insecurity, orders blocking of all SIM cards with no National Identity Numbers (News)
15-Dec 2020 IT spending: Cybersecurity remains investment priority despite overall IT budget cuts, Kaspersky found (News)
15-Dec Council makes case for launch of two new communication satellites (News)
15-Dec Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Unique ID as foundational building block (News)
15-Dec Technology drives an inclusive trading market (News)
15-Dec NCC commits to sustain regulatory transparency (News)
15-Dec Vertiv experts foresee utility-like criticality for data centres in 2021 (News)
14-Dec NITDA begins smart agriculture programme for 140 farmers in Ekiti State (News)
14-Dec Ekeh to budding tech entrepreneurs: Beware of blackmail (News)
13-Dec NCC endows N40m professorial chairs in two more varsities (News)
13-Dec NCOY: FirstBank powering next generation of Nigerian innovators and entrepreneurs (News)
12-Dec Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership newspaper, is dead (News)
12-Dec Pantami and a rejuvenated Nigeria’s global digital image (News)
12-Dec Companies need to begin digital transformation now to survive new world, says GlobalData (News)
11-Dec Nigeria to explore partnership with UAE on smartcity (News)
11-Dec Nigeria reduces price of data by 50% (News)
10-Dec Move over Asia, Africa is next big deal for innovation and economic growth – Osiakwan (News)
10-Dec Nigeria working on blockchain adoption strategies for health, other sectors – NITDA’s boss Abdullahi (News)
10-Dec The Internet of Things is not hype and magic, it offers tangible value (News)
10-Dec Operators suspend new SIM card registration as NCC audits subscriber database (News)
10-Dec The changing shape of African cybersecurity (News)
09-Dec Nigeria sees fast adoption of blockchain technologies, says Pantami at GITEX 2020 (News)
09-Dec Microsoft highlights AI innovations at 40th GITEX Technology Week (News)
09-Dec Digital security: One in 10 employees enjoy working from home in the nude (News)
07-Dec Lagos partners FirstBank to promote access to affordable healthcare (News)
07-Dec Pantami leads GITEX 2020 Nigerian delegation, focuses on digital economy and youth entrepreneurship (News)
04-Dec FPG Technologies Bags BOICT Awards Recognition On Continuous Innovation In Tech Solutions (Business, Events, News)
03-Dec Business 2021: Continuity in Uncertainty (News)
03-Dec Global IT spending to shed $300B in 2020 as cloud spending surges 6.3% (News)
03-Dec Financial services brands foster a community spirit to drive innovation (News)
03-Dec Global PC sales to plunge by $31.4b amid COVID-19 outbreak, entire industry to recover for three years (News)
02-Dec Minister wants governance digitised for efficiency, cost reduction (News)
01-Dec Pantami: A man of uncommon faith (News)
01-Dec Webb Fontaine announces investments to open AI R&D centre in Africa (News)
01-Dec Financial threats in 2021: Cryptocurrency transit, web skimmers move to the server side and extortion plague (News)
01-Dec Eric Osiakwan, digital icon, to speak at GITEX 2020 on ‘Unleashing the Power of Innovation’ (News)
01-Dec HACKJOS Conference 2020 goes virtual, focuses on ‘Technology: Now and Beyond’ (News)
01-Dec IX Social app makes trading accessible to everyone (News)
01-Dec Household internet access in urban areas twice as high as in rural areas (News)
01-Dec Kaspersky: Bottom-up innovation is near the bottom of modern corporate values (News)
01-Dec Cybercrime and why security must be by design – IDC (News)
30-Nov GITEX 2020 AIF to highlight key tech trends as Nigeria focuses on startup entrepreneurship and digital economy (News)
30-Nov FRSC to require NIN for vehicle registration, driver’s licence from 2021 (News)
30-Nov ITU validates IMT-2020 technologies, affirms 5G as backbone of global digital economy (News)
29-Nov Danbatta gets honoured in December with Zik Prize (News)
29-Nov COVID-19: FirstBank launches touchless ATM, spearheads innovative e-banking in Nigeria (News)
29-Nov FBNHoldings Group wins big at 2020 ‘Great Place To Work’ awards (News)
27-Nov What is next for digital solutions in Agritech? (News)
27-Nov Covid-19 brutally exposes a lack of customer experience in local businesses (News)
27-Nov The growing demand for data in Africa (News)
27-Nov Ministry says no improperly registered SIM on networks, to sanction erring operators (News)
26-Nov Low-touch economy emphasises a digital-first approach to business (News)
26-Nov Top three PC vendors shipped 121.5m units in 2020, Lenovo leads with 47.1m shipments (News)
26-Nov MTN partners Gameloft on new game platform (News)
26-Nov GELLIFY scouts startups at GITEX 2020 (News)
24-Nov Pacer Ventures announces PV Founders clinic for startups (News)
24-Nov Lux Afrique Group opens Africa’s first luxury e-commerce boutique (News)
24-Nov NITDA pushes for digital technology to boost agriculture (News)
24-Nov One-third of gamers suffered online gaming account hack (News)
24-Nov Our Twitter account is back – NCC (News)
24-Nov Nigerian government begins 2nd phase digital transformation training for public workers (News)
24-Nov Zinox Founder, Leo Stan Ekeh, states case on troubled Nigerian healthcare startup, HealthPlus (News)
24-Nov Would a new president change US security view of Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks? (News)
23-Nov Nigeria leads Africa as global interest in Bitcoin on Google grows by 108% to 12-month high (News)
23-Nov Google reports over 2 million phishing sites in 2020 YTD (News)
23-Nov Kaspersky: New threat angles and attacks are coming (News)
23-Nov Africa is already connected NOT by Facebook and Google (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
23-Nov It’s countdown to GITEX 2020 on ‘Synergising the Mind and Technology Economy’ (News)
23-Nov Nigerians pay heavy price as laptop scarcity bites harder (News)
23-Nov NCC pledges increased collaboration with varsities (News)
20-Nov One continent, many different security priorities: KnowBe4’s security snapshot of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Big 3 (News)
20-Nov Founder Institute Lagos opens application for Cohort IV (News)
20-Nov Pantami pitches Nigeria’s digital economy future on startups (News)
20-Nov Three Nigerian startups are top winners at AfDB’s $120,000 AgriPitch competition (News)
20-Nov Sanwo-Olu urged to establish Cashless Lagos Scheme (News)
19-Nov Over 1000 startups jostle for NITDA’s GITEX sponsorship as final pre-selection begins (News)
19-Nov Black Friday: Konga Yakata 2020 outstripping sales expectations (News)
19-Nov FirstBank promotes kiddies financial inclusion with KidsFirst and MeFirst accounts (News)
19-Nov Accelerex Holdings secures $20m investment from Africa Capital Alliance (News)
18-Nov Online trading becoming more attractive in Africa (News)
18-Nov Smartphone, broadband penetration helping to deepen e-Commerce in Nigeria – NITDA (News)
18-Nov Kaspersky: Be extra vigilant for Black Friday shopping this year (News)
18-Nov NITDA’s boss tasks Nigerian engineers on staying relevant by re-skilling on emerging technologies (News)
18-Nov Blue Prism adds automation lifecycle suite for intelligent automation in enterprises (News)
17-Nov Rebuilding for the Future: CompTIA releases its IT Industry Outlook 2021 (News)
17-Nov Emir of Kano commends Buhari for Danbatta’s reappointment, attributes NCC’s success to quality leadership (News)
17-Nov Skills deficit: Stakeholders task CBN, NCC to conduct fintech talent needs survey (News)
16-Nov GITEX 2020: Crisis creates hidden new opportunities (News)
16-Nov NCC ahead other agencies in Ethics Compliance and Integrity Scorecard by ICPC (News)
16-Nov Pantami charges youth to be creative as Team Astromania wins ActinSpace Innovation Challenge (News)
14-Nov C-C Pro kits teachers, students with cyber awareness (News)
14-Nov What happens when free Google Photos storage is no longer free? (News)
14-Nov Pantami unveils Nigeria’s first centre for AI and robotics (News)
13-Nov Public, private partnership key to building better Nigeria – NITDA’s Abdullahi (News)
13-Nov GITEX is on, let’s do business again – WHY YOU MUST BE AT GITEX 2020 (News)
13-Nov P+ Measurement Services, AMEC to host 2020 AMEC Measurement Month in Nigeria (News)
13-Nov Rise of ransomware 2.0: Cybercriminals shift focus from encrypting data to publishing confidential information online (News)
13-Nov Pacer Ventures partners Founder Institute, launches $3m fund for early-stage African startups (News)
13-Nov Ikechukwu Nnamani replaces Teniola as President of ATCON (News)
13-Nov FirstMobile wins 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award (News)
12-Nov Pantami to commission Nigeria’s first AI and Robotics Centre as country gears up digital economy (News)
12-Nov NTITA 2020: Medallion’s Nnamani gets special recognition as YIN’s Abu Andrew bags ‘Young ICT Advocate’ (News)
12-Nov Ericsson discusses accelerating Africa’s digital future at AfricaCom 2020 (News)
12-Nov Sustaining business continuity (News)
12-Nov Ajala to host webinar on Artificial Intelligence and African enterprises (News)
12-Nov One-year countdown to the ITU 2021 World Telecommunication Development Conference kicks-off (News)
12-Nov NTITA 2020: Airtel gets double awards (News)
11-Nov GITEX 2020 set for over 100 countries with strict Covid-19 safety rules (News)
11-Nov Nigeria’s broadband penetration hits 45.43% to boost economy, moves closer to 75% target (News)
11-Nov Pantami: ‘Digital Leader of the Year’ as an affirmation of visionary leadership (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
11-Nov Brazilian banking malware goes global, hunts smartphone users (News)
11-Nov Corporate Nigeria, educational institutions groan under global computer scarcity (News)
11-Nov 5G consultation ongoing, says NCC (News)
10-Nov Nigeria working to boost confidence in technology before 5G rollout – Pantami (News)
10-Nov Corporate racism: Andile Ngcaba takes on tech giant Dimension Data (News)
10-Nov 25 young African agripreneurs advance to ‘boot camp’ in AfDB’s $120k AgriPitch competition (News)
10-Nov NIGCOMSAT hosts ACTINSPACE Hackathon grand finale this Friday (News)
10-Nov NTITA: Galaxy Backbone is 2020 Public Sector Connectivity Services Provider (News)
10-Nov NTITA: NCC, Danbatta shine at Nigeria’s telecoms industry Oscars for pushing broadband development (News)
09-Nov FirstBank hosts SME webinar, enlightens entrepreneurs on rebuilding their business (News)
09-Nov NTITA 2020: It’s a double for NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi and IT regulatory agency (News)
09-Nov Danbatta holds out economic diversification, ethical leadership as solution to Nigeria’s economic crisis (News)
08-Nov Supporting tech SMEs, the engine of economic recovery in this global crisis (Editorial, News, Technology)
08-Nov NTITA: Pantami bags Digital Leader of the Year Award as Lalong is ICT Governor 2020 (News)
07-Nov PaaS to breed new hyperscale competitors (News)
07-Nov NTITA 2020: Meet the Stars today at Nigeria’s ICT Oscars in Abuja (News)
06-Nov GITEX 2020 gears up bigger for global post pandemic recovery (News)
06-Nov Tomorrow is Nigeria’s ICT Oscars: NTITA 2020 is convergence of political willpower, technology and innovation (News)
06-Nov Over 500 applications received as NITDA begins pre-selection process for GITEX 2020 startup sponsorship (News)
06-Nov New report by International Security Alliance records massive online sexual exploitation of children as COVID-19 bites (News)
06-Nov As malware attacks rise in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Kaspersky emphasises on zero trust mindset from consumers (News)
06-Nov FBNQuest, New Hampshire Capital, Kairos Investments announce plans for national prepaid smart meters finance scheme (News)
06-Nov African Development Bank signs grant agreement to support Rwanda Coding Academy (News)
06-Nov ISO issues latest standards for big data reference architecture (News)
06-Nov Africa’s startups more investible than ever (News)
05-Nov Telecom regulator harps on ‘stakeholder engagements’ as key to broadband implementation (News)
05-Nov Paxful adds Bitsika as payment method (News)
05-Nov Digital inclusion is gateway to achieving Digital Nigeria, says NITDA’s boss (News)
05-Nov Facebook, Creatives Garage add #RealpeopleRealstories to support creative industry (News)
04-Nov Learning institutions must rework their approach to providing knowledge — NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi (News)
04-Nov Pantami to accountants: Your future is in disruptive technology (News)
04-Nov Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft earnings soar as Apple plunges (News)
04-Nov $23M of Angel Fair Africa deals after 7 years (News)
04-Nov COVID-19: Global IT spending to plunge by $210bn in 2020 (News)
04-Nov How communication service providers are bringing inclusion and growth to Africa’s financial landscape (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Nov ITU announces 2020 winners of Global Innovation Forum highlighting entrepreneurship-driven innovation (News)
03-Nov Teraco breaks ground on 38MW hyperscale data centre build (News)
03-Nov #EndSARS: Northern governors want social media regulated (News)
03-Nov MTN, 9Mobile gets NCC’s nod for e-SIM trial (News)
02-Nov Abuja hosts NTITA 2020 focusing on how political willpower is driving innovation, digital economy (News)
02-Nov When a Bank puts SMEs First (News)
01-Nov Average damage by banking fraud is $54 per incident in META region, says Kaspersky (News)
01-Nov Hold your memories in your hands (News)
01-Nov Netflix subscribers grow by 2.2m in Q3 2020 (News)
01-Nov Digital agenda as the ideal political ideology for 2023 and beyond (News)
30-Oct The investors are virtual for 8th AFA (News)
30-Oct Danbatta to National Assembly: NCC has boosted federal purse with N345bn in five years (News)
30-Oct NITDA offers sponsorship opportunities for Nigerian startups to attend GITEX 2020 (News)
29-Oct ATCON announces new date for AGM and council elections (News)
29-Oct APPLY: Unity Board free webinar holds 31st October (News)
29-Oct Coronavirus spurs Buy Now, Pay Later apps downloads (News)
29-Oct Apple steps up effort to build Google search alternative (News)
29-Oct African payments for African development (News)
29-Oct AfricaHacks adds Start to enable African youth build startups (News)
29-Oct At 17, Phase3 reworks business operations (News)
28-Oct Nigeria’s ICT Oscars, NTITA 2020, holds next week to honour 60 years of industry’s resilience (News)
28-Oct Telecom regulator, Danbatta, tasks media on taming fake ICT news (News)
28-Oct Twitter’s co-founder, Jack Dorsey, to keynote at Africa Fintech Summit 2020 (News)
27-Oct Digital economy could contribute 45% to GDP – Pantami (News)
27-Oct Covid-19 sees growth of eLearning in Africa, just in time for atingi.org (News)
27-Oct Karl Toriola takes over from Ferdi Moolman as MTN Nigeria tightens market grip (News)
27-Oct African gaming takes centre stage at Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival (News)
27-Oct Beware! Kaspersky uncovers fraudulent schemes for iPhone pre-order (News)
26-Oct Telecoms regulator grants MTN, 9mobile approval for national roaming service (News)
26-Oct A CSR masterstroke: X-raying FirstBank’s yeoman effort to move one million children to e-learning (News)
25-Oct Nigeria fosters GITEX 2020 participation on startups, digital economy as NITDA inaugurates LOC (News)
25-Oct Stakeholders laud Pantami for premiering Digital Nigeria Day (News)
25-Oct Digital literacy vital to economic transformation says Abdullahi as NITDA trains 442 public officials (News)
25-Oct Pantami leads agencies, stakeholders in reaffirming commitment to digitise Nigerian economy (News)
23-Oct NGMN Alliance continues to push 5G and announces plans to drive 6G (News)
23-Oct Infinix unveils new Note 8 (News)
23-Oct Nigerian telecom regulator makes case for 5G (News)
23-Oct Ajala to host webinar on AI, African enterprises (News)
22-Oct How Facebook is supporting elections across Africa (News)
22-Oct Kaspersky warns of top IT security threats in Africa (News)
22-Oct ALTON blames poor network connectivity on EndSARS curfew in Lagos (News)
22-Oct UK imposed €132.7m of GDPR fines, more than Germany and Italy combined (News)
21-Oct How to prepare IP network infrastructure for 5G era (News)
21-Oct Kaspersky, ICITP partner to close cybersecurity talent gap in Africa (News)
21-Oct Pantami launches NCC, USPF, NITDA projects (News)
20-Oct NCC emerges Outstanding Government Agency of the decade (News)
20-Oct NITDA’s boss cautions on staying safe online as agency holds cyber awareness summit (News)
20-Oct Why Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded for innovation in spectrum auctions – Strand Consult (News)
19-Oct Pantami insists on skills over certificates as govt launches five digital economy projects in Gombe (News)
19-Oct FirstBank CEO, Adeduntan, joins Bretton Woods Committee (News)
19-Oct Nigerian telecom regulator reviewing InfraCo framework, funding options (News)
16-Oct Global spending on blockchain up by 50%, US leads with $1.6bn (News)
16-Oct Abdullahi lists achievements of NDPR in one year as unprecedented (News)
16-Oct Lalong seeks for investors as Plateau focuses on business process outsourcing (News)
16-Oct Nigeria restates commitment to fast-tracking digital economy – Pantami (News)
15-Oct Nigeria okays N1.6bn for e-Government procurement platform to fight graft (News)
15-Oct Smart strategising for getting the most out of Machine Learning (News)
15-Oct Kaspersky reports challenges of digital parenting in Nigeria (News)
15-Oct Losamills Consult brings innovation to landmapping and surveying in West Africa (News)
14-Oct ITU offers new insights on global skills for new risks, jobs and technologies (News)
14-Oct Pantami to NIMC: Target 500% increase in monthly citizens’ digital identity enrolments (News)
14-Oct How artificial intelligence helps Huawei build green data centres (News)
14-Oct Developing entrepreneurship in a digital economy (News)
13-Oct Spacecom, Ignite Power partner to provide e-Health connectivity to remote clinics across Sub-Saharan Africa (News)
13-Oct You Are Not Welcome: Analysis of thousands foreign tech companies blocked by China since 1996 – Strand Consult (News)
13-Oct Heficed launches BGP communities for optimized traffic routing (News)
13-Oct Collective effort vital to enhancing cybersecurity – Pantami (News)
13-Oct Africa-focused data protection conclave holds this week (News)
12-Oct ITU Virtual Digital World 2020 to focus on “Building the digital world. Together.” (News)
12-Oct Pantami, Lalong lead nomination as Nigeria’s most profound digital leaders for NTITA 2020 (News)
12-Oct NCC secures court convictions for seven SIM card registration offenders (News)
09-Oct Pantami commends NITDA on data protection as agency unveils NDPR Performance Report (News)
09-Oct Pantami wants tougher enforcement against data protection defaulters, stricter regulatory focus on DPCOs (Uncategorized)
09-Oct Orange partners Smart Africa, announces new pan-Africa investments and Lagos PoP (News)
09-Oct UNDP selects three Nigerian startups among top 28 ventures making SDGs bankable (News)
09-Oct Danbatta: NCC is committed to Nigeria’s economic reboot through digital innovations (News)
09-Oct Huawei, Sunline launch contactless digital loan one box solution (News)
08-Oct October 14 and 15 are virtual days for Ghana-Nigeria Fintech Summit 2020 (News)
08-Oct e-Commerce resets for growth according to Ocean on 76 (News)
07-Oct FirstBank disburses over N17b FirstAdvance loan, reinforces commitment to to drive financial inclusion (News)
07-Oct Africa’s mobile phone and population growth in the 21st century (News)
07-Oct Mondia, Jumia launch new gaming service on JumiaPay app for customers in Africa (News)
07-Oct COVID-19: Worldwide smartphone sales declined by 20.4% (News)
07-Oct Pantami commends Buhari’s drive to make Nigeria a digital economy giant (News)
07-Oct NIGCOMSAT’s boss, Alale, cautions on cybersecurity as Nigeria marks awareness month (News)
07-Oct Connecting people with finance: Building smarter bank branches (News)
06-Oct Telecom regulator counts gains of MTN listing in capital market (News)
06-Oct Cultivating online data transparency: Why information about IP holders is crucial necessity (News)
06-Oct Focusing on Africa’s challenges and opportunities in digital health (News)
06-Oct Connecting people with finance: New digital core in banks (News)
05-Oct Danbatta tasks Nigerians on online safety as 2020 Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins (News)
05-Oct Osinbajo launches World Education Week with call for leveraging technology to rethink curricula (News)
04-Oct NCC alerts Facebook, public on cloned account (News)
04-Oct New Tech Experience Centre embodies Nigeria’s agenda for digital economy – Pantami (News)
04-Oct Telecoms industry group to host national dialogue on taxation and non-oil sectors (News)
02-Oct Commonwealth countries look to unlock potential of FinTech (News)
02-Oct Managing credible financial projections of a startup (News)
02-Oct ‘Digital chemistry’ breakthrough turns words into molecules (News)
02-Oct NCC lifts suspension on spectrum trading guidelines (News)
01-Oct PANTAMI: A Hero for Nigeria at 60 (News)
01-Oct Surge in demand for money apps amid environmental fears (News)
01-Oct CombatCovid19 Africa gains traction: Reaches over 5300 users, 208 cities in just six months (News)
01-Oct China, Japan, US control 60% of global installations of industrial robots (News)
01-Oct Pantami urges Nigerians to embrace healthy online habits as Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins (News)
01-Oct AU takes bold steps to make African trade easier, help small businesses with tradebarriers.africa platform (News)
30-Sep FG awards N16.5m cash prizes to winners of Nigeria @60 Challenge (News)
30-Sep COVID-19: FirstBank partners LSETF to fund private schools in Lagos at attractive interest rate (News)
30-Sep Danbatta inaugurates 15-member evaluation committee for 2020 telecoms research proposals (News)
30-Sep Data is crucial component of post-COVID-19 oil industry recovery (News)
30-Sep 800 African real estate investors, developers meet online to build post pandemic future (News)
29-Sep Gender parity rules at 8th Angel Fair Africa cohort (News)
29-Sep The New Deal from the Digital Nigeria portal and mobile app (News)
29-Sep Digital Economy: Nigeria refocusing on skills acquisition over certificates – Pantami (News)
28-Sep Federal government unwraps digital Nigeria portal and mobile app (News)
28-Sep National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT sector in Nigeria holds October 15 (News)
28-Sep Global gaming PC sales revenue to hit $39.2bn in 2020, a 60% jump in five years (News)
28-Sep What African nations are looking at central bank digital currencies (News)
28-Sep DSPL boss, Balogun, commends NITDA as NDPR gains global traction (News)
28-Sep NCC committed to promoting robust ICT Infrastructure for economic growth – Danbatta (News)
27-Sep Race for Nigeria ICT Governor begins as NTITA 2020 spotlights political willpower, tech innovation (News)
27-Sep Rack Centre consolidates sub-regional leadership with $100m expansion plan (News)
27-Sep COVID-19: Nigerian govt mulls policy on zero internet charges when accessing educational websites (News)
27-Sep Tech Experience Centre is boost to Nigeria’s digital economy, says Cisco boss (News)
26-Sep Newly founded cybersecurity startups raise over $31 million in 2020 (News)
26-Sep Tech Experience Centre offers window to Nigeria’s tech future, says Microsoft (News)
26-Sep Peace House Charity Foundation seeks NITDA’s support for digital capacity training centres (News)
26-Sep NDPR to safeguard data privacy, enable Nigerian businesses – NITDA’s Abdullahi (News)
26-Sep Digital economy to contribute 45% to Nigeria’s GDP as COVID-19 opens a new normal, says Pantami (News)
26-Sep Blockchain contact tracing app aims to win public trust to tackle COVID-19 (News)
25-Sep Pantami gets briefed as NIMC begins official movement to Ministry Of Communications and Digital Economy (News)
25-Sep UNWTO launches comprehensive Tourism Recovery Tracker (News)
25-Sep Remote Work: Is your business’s IT environment ready for the challenges confronting the new normal? (News)
25-Sep Dell boss lauds TD Africa’s Tech Experience Centre (News)
25-Sep Danbatta, NCC boss, honoured with Zik Prize (News)
25-Sep Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) celebrates Nigeria at 60, moves to Abuja (News)
24-Sep Firstbank announces appointment of Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo as non-executive director (News)
24-Sep Technology and new breed of partner needed to support SMEs’ post-pandemic recovery (News)
24-Sep Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using data to find a balance (News)
24-Sep Video conferencing leads top 11 industries positively affected by COVID-19 (News)
23-Sep Nigerian physician Dr. Tunji Funsho named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world (News)
23-Sep APPLY: NIGCOMSAT to host ACTINSPACE Innovation competition in Nigeria (News)
23-Sep Phase3 moves on multilayer network technology upgrade (News)
23-Sep Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya record over 28m cyber attacks in 2020 – Threats expected to rise (News)
23-Sep Smart Money Woman: FirstBank partners Arese Ugwu, unveils TV series of award-winning book (News)
23-Sep SPECIAL REPORT: LALONG – His vision of Reworking Plateau for the Digital Economy (News)
21-Sep Bloomyo hosts first Made in Nigeria e-Market (News)
21-Sep NCC to determine new international termination rate for voice services (News)
21-Sep Nigerian startups to pitch to investors virtually at ISN Demo Day (News)
21-Sep SPECIAL REPORT: Regulating in times of pandemic – ‘eTerview’ with Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, DG, NITDA (News)
20-Sep The Voice Nigeria Season 3; Refining Crude Music Talents (News)
20-Sep Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola named among IFSEC Global Influencers Security & Fire 2020 (News)
20-Sep Universal broadband access vital to driving global economic recovery – UN (News)
20-Sep NAVSA: How NITDA is changing existing reality in the agricultural sector (News)
20-Sep Facebook opens second African office in Lagos (News)
18-Sep Pandemic has spurred need for digital ID systems to reduce physical contact (News)
18-Sep Pantami, Danbatta to lead talks at 2020 virtual Internet Governance Forum (News)
18-Sep $428b required to connect remaining 3 billion people to Internet by 2030 – New ITU study (News)
18-Sep Nigerian government launches database for tracked stolen assets (News)
18-Sep NITDA, army explore partnership for simulation centre (News)
18-Sep FirstBank’s CEO, Adesola Adeduntan, bags Forbes Best of Africa award (News)
17-Sep Konga leads new normal, to launch ‘Konga Bulk Monday’ (News)
17-Sep Major progress in UNESCO’s development of global normative instrument on ethics of AI (News)
17-Sep Buhari thanks Nigerians for participation in Diamond Jubilee Challenge (News)
17-Sep NCC renews talks on compensation policy at first virtual bi-annual meeting with telcos on complaints management (News)
17-Sep 42m Nigerians now have National ID Number as World Bank’s $430m Digital ID Project gathers steam (News)
17-Sep Paxful adds Tether to platform, expands beyond bitcoin (News)
17-Sep NITDA, NSIA explore partnership to financially kit start-ups (News)
17-Sep Nigerian students unveil robot to protect medics from COVID 19 (News)
16-Sep AI-powered cyber-attacks are inevitable, say experts (News)
16-Sep Pantami to open new Tech Experience Centre by global giants in Lagos October 1st (News)
16-Sep FBN Insurance Brokers hosts webinar for SMEs on risk management, cyber security (News)
16-Sep Local expertise critical to greater cloud uptake (News)
16-Sep Ten private fintech startups hit $20b in funding, Grab accounts for 46% (News)
16-Sep 79% of Nigerian parents cannot track their children’s location (News)
15-Sep Ghana-Nigeria Fintech Summit 2020 holds in October (News)
15-Sep Pantami rallies Nigerians towards International Identity Day 2020 (News)
14-Sep NASAL honours Danbatta with National Service Excellence award (News)
14-Sep Kwik releases WooCommerce plugin, enabling 2-Hour deliveries for Nigerian online merchants (News)
14-Sep ASECNA partners NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia to provide first African early SBAS open service (News)
14-Sep Internet Society launches toolkit to gauge impact of regulation on Internet (News)
14-Sep Work: Reimagined (News)
14-Sep TikTok steps over Microsoft to sell U.S. operations to Oracle (News)
14-Sep And now the EXITS courtesy of the pandemic (News)
14-Sep COVID-19: NCC Emergency Communications Centres process 1,500 calls, says Danbatta (News)
11-Sep Pantami commissions NCC’s Emergency Communications Centre in Imo to enhance security (News)
11-Sep NCC alerts on e-frauds, asks telecom subscribers to protect their accounts (News)
11-Sep FirstBank promotes career development of staff, graduates third set of SMDP participants (News)
10-Sep Movie company asks court to invalidate amendments by NBC to broadcast code (News)
10-Sep Nigeria earns N362 billion from spectrum fees in five years (News)
10-Sep ITU launches Connect2Recover to reinforce digital infrastructure in countries affected by COVID-19 (News)
10-Sep COVID-19 features to further drive smartwatches uptake in APAC, says GlobalData (News)
09-Sep Angel Fair Africa announces all female investors and entrepreneurs panel at 2020 event (News)
09-Sep New report says lower-income countries could soon leapfrog high-income countries with AI-enabled health technologies (News)
09-Sep China counters U.S., pushes new global standards on data security (News)
09-Sep International Literacy Day 2020: FirstBank set pace with innovative e-learning solutions (News)
08-Sep 2020 Worldwide Broadband Speed League: Nigeria takes 183 spot of 221 ranked countries (News)
07-Sep ITU and EIF join forces to reduce digital gender divide in Burundi, Ethiopia, Haiti (News)
07-Sep Top 3 reshaped IT priorities that will retain traction post-COVID-19 (News)
07-Sep 6 most popular tech companies stock ROI soars 352% in 5 years (News)
07-Sep Internet Solutions to rebrand to Dimension Data as company consolidates businesses across Africa (News)
07-Sep Airtel launches ODU smartbox to improve home broadband experience (News)
07-Sep ESCP study reveals new digital risers challenge incumbents, China gains significantly, USA loses (News)
07-Sep ISN hosts annual gathering and demo day this month (News)
07-Sep NCC hints at possible early rollout of 5G, says telecoms FDI on the rise (News)
07-Sep Danbatta says NCC to focus on achieving 70% broadband penetration by 2025 (News)
05-Sep NITDA’s boss tasks varsities on preparing citizens for 4th Industrial Revolution (News)
05-Sep FG invites entries for ‘Brand Nigeria’ challenge as country prepares for Diamond Jubilee celebration (News)
04-Sep Regulators responds to challenges of digital transformation in the wake of global crises (News)
04-Sep African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative (News)
04-Sep Government to use BVN to pay applicants for 774,000 jobs nationwide (News)
04-Sep TD Africa hints at unveiling ‘unprecedented tech project’ in Nigeria (News)
04-Sep Pantami, Danbata call for promotion of indigenous digital solutions (News)
03-Sep COVID-19: Phase3 invests on enterprise cybersecurity solutions to curb risk to businesses (News)
02-Sep NITDA to extend smart agriculture programme to all states – Abdullahi (News)
02-Sep ATCON, ALDAPCON, others applaud transfer of NIMC to Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (News)
02-Sep Active GSM subscriptions in Nigeria now over 199m, says Danbatta (News)
02-Sep CredoLab raises $7m to expand presence in Africa, other new markets (News)
02-Sep Kaduna school in vital role at world’s biggest grassroots online education conference (News)
01-Sep Access Bank denies data breach, says customers information not violated (News)
01-Sep Data Protection in Nigeria: The Virtual Conference (News)
01-Sep Ibukun Awosika, FirstBank’s Chairman stars in Citation – Movie that gives voice to victims of sexual harrassment (News)
01-Sep Future of cloud computing: Moving at the speed of business (News)
31-Aug Buhari approves transfer of NIMC to Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (News)
31-Aug Ekeh to FG: Declare Oct 1 2020 Nigeria’s tech independence anniversary (News)
30-Aug Robust regulatory environment accounts for telecoms rising contribution to Nigeria’s GDP despite shrinking economy (News)
30-Aug “Operators and consumers are partners in Nigeria’s journey into digital economy” – ATCON’s Olude (News)
30-Aug NCC set to award N9m research grants to winners of virtual hackathon on COVID-19 (News)
30-Aug NITDA resolves 790 data protection issues (News)
30-Aug Africa could be epicenter for digital economy – NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi (News)
30-Aug Ranked 81st, Nigeria at bottom of 2020 digital quality of life (News)
28-Aug National Postal Commission coming as government finally unbundles NIPOST into three companies (News)
28-Aug NCC, Danbatta get recognition for keeping Nigerians connected (News)
27-Aug FirstBank partners Un1ty Nigeria, promotes growth of Nigerian music with The Voice Nigeria Season 3 (News)
27-Aug COVID-19: Digital finance could deliver long-term financing of SDGs (News)
27-Aug Operators record 9,077 service outages in Q2 2020, says telecom regulator (News)
26-Aug 5G will fast track Nigeria’s digital economy – CPN (News)
26-Aug Nigerian government seeks your input on Draft Bill on Data Protection (News)
26-Aug COVID-19 heightens Africa’s need for taxation of digital economy, equitable market jurisdictions (News)
25-Aug Nigeria’s pulsating ICT sector now contributes 17.83% to GDP – NBS (News)
25-Aug At 47%, US controls global public cloud hosting revenue in 2020 (News)
25-Aug ME and Africa’s tech industry deals rise by 14.9% in Q2 2020 (News)
25-Aug People not technology secure organisations, says new Global Security Culture Report (News)
25-Aug Ecobank Group announces 2020 Winners of Fintech Challenge (News)
23-Aug Mode launches peer-to-peer capabilities, allow users make instant bitcoin transfers (News)
23-Aug fairtrade launches virtual agrofood and plastprintpack Africa 2020 (News)
23-Aug Covid-19’s brave new world of e-commerce in Africa (News)
23-Aug ‘Nigerian economy needs soft rebooting’, Pantami (Uncategorized)
23-Aug Paxful sees more young women in Africa turn to bitcoin amidst pandemic (News)
23-Aug Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi @ NITDA: One year of stock-taking and thundering feats (News)
22-Aug Again, government rules out selling NigComSat for now (News)
22-Aug Danbatta charges telcos to boost network capacity, lists measures to mitigate COVID-19 impact on QoS (News)
21-Aug Nigerian Digital Economy Minister launches 12 projects, flags off skills development for artisans (News)
21-Aug Level of NDPR compliance by MDAs is encouraging, says Pantami (News)
21-Aug Projects by NCC, other agencies deepen Nigeria’s digital transformation, says Danbatta (News)
20-Aug MTN appoints Ralph Mupita as new Group President and CEO (News)
20-Aug One year at NITDA: Kashifu as a vindication of youth excellence in governance (News)
20-Aug ATCON honours Danbatta with distinguished award (News)
20-Aug Africa’s health sector attracts more investments during the pandemic (News)
19-Aug Experts want security auditing of NIMC’s platform, say new digital identity app threatens data privacy rights (News)
19-Aug NITDA says universities are strategic partners to achieving digital economy (News)
19-Aug COVID-19: Africa records 2m Phishing attacks in Q2 (News)
19-Aug Seed stage investing and why it matters for Africa’s startup and innovation community (News)
19-Aug ITU Digital World Awards 2020 supporting innovative tech SMEs goes online (News)
18-Aug Six agro-startups are finalists for ₦1m grant at FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020 (News)
18-Aug Genesys unveils industry’s first true multicloud architecture for contact centres (News)
17-Aug Pantami unveils NITDA’s new logo (News)
17-Aug 3D electronics: An alternative to PCBs? (News)
17-Aug COVID-19: Nigerian farmers, others get mobile phones to increase production (News)
17-Aug Facebook launches Avatars across Sub-Saharan Africa (News)
17-Aug Lalong seeks UK support for Joseph Gomwalk Innovation Hub (News)
17-Aug Lalong explains focus on ICT in Plateau state (News)
17-Aug Pantami re-brands NITDA’s digital path with newly commissioned projects (News)
17-Aug Despite presented as “Official”, the amended Broadcasting Code “is still invalid” – NBC board member (News)
17-Aug Konga offers shoppers free Samsung TVs (News)
17-Aug Secondary education should prepare young people for work, says new report by Mastercard Foundation (News)
17-Aug NCC affirms commitment to telecom consumer, hosts first virtual ICAF meeting (News)
15-Aug Mondia Pay becoming preferred digital payment solution for African telcos (News)
15-Aug Nigeria, UK strengthen vista for telecoms policy and regulatory reforms (News)
15-Aug Hate speech and fake news are not offences in Nigeria (News)
14-Aug “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data” – Abdullahi (News)
14-Aug Pantami hails NITDA for driving digital economy through local contents promotion (News)
14-Aug NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi, assures DPCOs of support to drive data protection compliance (News)
14-Aug Nigeria discards paper ID for digital identification – to add DNA component (News)
14-Aug NBC board, stakeholders declare amendment of NB Code by Lai Mohammed as unlawful (News)
13-Aug Standard Chartered, Airtel Africa partner drive financial inclusion across Africa (News)
12-Aug Presidency to intervene in NIPOST, FIRS festering war over stamp duty collection (News)
12-Aug University unions insist government must discard IPPIS for own platform – UG3P (News)
11-Aug Despite Covid-19, leading Nigerian telcos post impressive revenue figures (News)
11-Aug SAP Africa Code Week returns and it’s fully online (News)
11-Aug NCC, USPF, others advance government’s agenda for ‘Digital Nigeria’ (Uncategorized)
11-Aug Pantami launches more projects to advance Nigeria’s digital economy (News)
11-Aug Founder Institute Lagos partners ǼLEX to support early-stage startups (News)
11-Aug Defining the Digitally Determined (News)
11-Aug AI and big data can reduce violent crimes by 25% by 2023 – Aura (News)
11-Aug NCC to review InfraCo framework, satellite operators license to meet 2025 broadband target (News)
11-Aug Pantami unveils 11 digital economy projects (News)
10-Aug Code Plateau 2.0 begins today in Jos as PICTDA inks plans for ‘Code for Plateau’ initiative (News)
10-Aug NITDA to Creative Kids training participants: You have our support (News)
10-Aug NITDA says it cannot endorse any money doubling financial investment schemes (News)
10-Aug Over 588 database audit reports filed as Nigeria leads African countries in data protection – NITDA’s boss (News)
09-Aug UK, Nigeria to jointly host virtual conference on effective Right of Way administration (News)
09-Aug Airtel, Avaya partner to enable remote work, learning in Nigeria (News)
09-Aug Chanzo Capital partners Africa.com to ‘virtual-host’ 8th Angel Fair Africa (News)
07-Aug INEC unveils portal to view election results in real time (News)
07-Aug Pantami assures telecom stakeholders of government protection (News)
07-Aug Ecobank announces finalists for 2020 Fintech Challenge (News)
07-Aug USSD: Banks owe telcos N17bn, says Danbatta (Uncategorized)
07-Aug Port Harcourt and the future of IT as Nigeria’s next big export – Rasonad’s David Johnson (eTerview)
06-Aug Executive Order to protect telecommunication infrastructure awaiting presidential assent, says Pantami (News)
06-Aug NCC revises determination on USSD pricing – telcos cannot charge bank customers (News)
06-Aug Agricultural robots and drones: Company and product readiness map (News)
05-Aug Reskilling: the new approach to global skills crisis (News)
05-Aug APPLY: Take advantage of final admissions deadline for Founder Institute Lagos Cohort III (News)
05-Aug Skills rule over certificates in digital economy – Pantami (News)
05-Aug Nigeria inks national policy on virtual meetings, says Pantami (News)
05-Aug Motorola launches new two-way radio for SMBs in Sub Saharan Africa (News)
04-Aug Despite low awareness, Nigeria’s nascent data protection industry is boost for digital economy (News)
04-Aug Microsoft continues discussions to purchase TikTok in the United States (News)
04-Aug Spacecom, Gilat Telecom join forces to improve satellite services in Africa providing (News)
04-Aug Landlord Go lands in Lagos – game app allows players buy and sell real world properties (News)
04-Aug FirstBank hosts FinTech Summit to promote growth and reinvention of banking technology in Nigeria (News)
04-Aug Nigeria and rest of the globe record broadband speeds plummet during COVID-19 lockdown (News)
03-Aug Top 25 global technology companies defy health crisis with MCap rising in Q2 2020, says GlobalData (News)
03-Aug Jos webinar on staying safe online alerts young Nigerians on dangers, benefits of internet (News)
03-Aug Danbatta commends Aragba-Akpore as renowned tech journalist signs out of NCC (News)
03-Aug Konga’s boss says company to list on global stock markets as part of Africa expansion (News)
03-Aug Fintech1000plus honours Sunday Folayan, Sola Fanawopo and Nigeria’s three top telcos (News)
01-Aug Antitrust regulation tip of the iceberg for big tech, says GlobalData (News)
01-Aug FirstBank hosts webinar on how blockchain and AI will disrupt FinTech in Nigeria (News)
01-Aug NITDA to leverage 4th industrial revolution to create new jobs (News)
31-Jul Mobility of African health workers comes under the spotlight post COVID-19 (News)
31-Jul NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi, affirms faith in ICT to become soul of Nigeria’s GDP (News)
31-Jul Morgan Stanley, EY lead as financial advisers by value in global ICT sector in H1 2020 – GlobalData (News)
30-Jul Galaxy Backbone rebuts reports alleging loan deal conceding Nigeria’s sovereignty to China (News)
30-Jul Global technology industry deals total $131.01bn in Q2 2020 (News)
29-Jul Child Cyber Protection hosts webinar on staying safe online (News)
29-Jul How we can build a stronger digital economy, together (Uncategorized)
29-Jul Twitter Hack exposes massive cyber security flaw that affects us all. Is your company safe? (News)
29-Jul VC4A announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase – Seed’ in partnership with AWS Activate, AfriLabs and ABAN (News)
29-Jul Sterling Bank leads on WhatsApp with Clickatell’s chat banking solution (News)
29-Jul Fidarr to launch a new music streaming and video community service in a single app (News)
28-Jul Kaspersky research shows 89% of Nigerian parents use their gadgets to entertain their child when they travel (News)
28-Jul ATCON rallies stakeholders for forum on ICT consumers, digital economy and broadband target (News)
28-Jul Why AI is the next best thing for customer experience management (News)
27-Jul Is this the insurance industry’s new normal? (News)
27-Jul Airtel partners Dynamiss to subsidize online education for Nigerian schools (News)
27-Jul NCC says revision of complaints categories is to strengthen consumer protection (News)
27-Jul Bitcoin price to surge in tandem with gold on US-China tensions (News)
27-Jul Pantami, others to attend Re-ignite Public Affairs National Dialogue Series webinar (News)
27-Jul Analysis shows Covid-19 is deepening Africa’s broadcasters online presence (News)
27-Jul FirstBank offers support to SMEs in education sector through the pandemic (News)
27-Jul Jack Ma’s ANPI selects 50 finalists of “Africa’s Business Heroes” competition for 2020 (News)
26-Jul Participate in research on citizens’ perceptions on privacy and data protection in Nigeria (News)
26-Jul NITDA trains PLWD in Kano as part of initiative for digital inclusion (News)
26-Jul Why Pantami ordered NIPOST to suspend increase in licence fees (News)
24-Jul OPINION: Covid-19, telecommuting and Africa’s digital space (News)
24-Jul Buhari most followed African leader on Twitter – BCW study reveals (News)
24-Jul Viral video of lady harassed by police violates Nigerian Data Protection Regulation, ex NiRA’s boss, Folayan (News)
23-Jul Pantami deepens agenda for Digital Nigeria with virtual launch of multiple projects (News)
23-Jul Pantami commissions multiple projects for a Digital Nigeria (News)
23-Jul NITDA’s boss calls for vigilance online as COVID-19 forces more Nigerians to leverage ICT tools (News)
23-Jul SMEs captured as NIPOST reworks regulations for operations of courier and logistics services in Nigeria (News)
23-Jul Nigerian government approves $18m and N3.25b for procurement of port scanners (News)
23-Jul International Living sees massive surge in Americans searching for info on “How to Move Out of the U.S.” (News)
22-Jul NITDA’s boss identifies technology as key driver of education for development (News)
22-Jul Facebook’s connectivity investments to grow Africa’s economy by $57B in next five years (News)
22-Jul Firstbank convenes SMEconnect webinar to promote growth in education sector (News)
22-Jul NITDA initiates Nigeria’s first ICT consumer protection forum (News)
22-Jul ALTON commends Pantami for driving country’s digital economy (News)
22-Jul NCC begins implementation of accounting separation framework in telecoms industry to deepen competition (News)
22-Jul Senate confirms Danbatta to lead NCC for another five years (News)
22-Jul New Kaspersky threat attribution engine connects new attacks to APT groups in seconds (News)
21-Jul Move towards online exams gathers pace in Africa (News)
21-Jul Bitcoin would rank as 8th largest bank globally with $169 billion in market capitalization (News)
21-Jul Why Rivers State is also a software developers hub, CEO of Sprinthub, Sokari Gillis-Harry (News)
20-Jul Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi: A worthy youth ambassador in governance (News)
20-Jul Danbatta set for Senate confirmation as screening committee lauds 5-year scorecard (News)
20-Jul NITDA to Nigerians: Beware of fake messages on social media pledging FG grants (News)
20-Jul Nigerian banks to limit or stop debit card spending abroad as FOREX squeeze continues (News)
20-Jul FirstBank rewards its Verve card holders with free fuel (News)
20-Jul Mohammed Jega becomes WBAF International partner for Nigeria (News)
20-Jul MANAGING COVID-19 AND DATA PRIVACY: “We transform identified data into pseudonymized then anonymized ones” – GVG’s Raul Vahisalu (News)
17-Jul NITDA, Kaduna ignite process to offer digital literacy to 75,000 persons (News)
17-Jul 21st Century Technologies adds Konet- first wholly indigenous business collaboration tool (News)
17-Jul COVID-19 is forcing organizations to rework their business models to remain in business – Patrick Ede (News)
16-Jul Webinar at Plateau Social Media Awards harps on taming fake news and hate speech (News)
16-Jul Electroneum launches electricity top-ups in Nigeria, other African countries (News)
16-Jul MTN trials eSIM in Nigeria (News)
16-Jul Clickatell launches Chat Desk to shake up the $1.3 trillion call centre industry (News)
16-Jul AI will separate winning banks from losers, says report by The Economist for Temenos (News)
16-Jul Only a secured cyberspace can ensure a robust digital economy, says NITDA’s boss (News)
16-Jul NITDA invites startups to apply for technology innovation and entrepreneurship support scheme (News)
16-Jul CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: UNESCO launches worldwide online public consultation on the ethics of artificial intelligence (News)
16-Jul Factors impacting the Development of Infrastructure in Africa (News)
15-Jul FirstBank: Empowering staff; driving productivity against the odds (News)
15-Jul Scam ads on the rise: Unbidden push notifications plague detected on 100,000 devices monthly in Africa (News)
15-Jul DISCOURSE: The legal perspective to fake news and hate speech in the new media (News)
15-Jul NCC reiterates commitment to consumers, resolves 98% complaints in 15 months (News)
14-Jul Analysis: The UK government tightened the rules on Huawei and sent a strong signal to the rest of the world (News)
14-Jul ATCON hosts virtual forum on COVID-19, digital economy and needs of stakeholders (News)
14-Jul UK exits Huawei from its 5G market (News)
14-Jul Africa’s mergers and acquisitions gain momentum during COVID-19 (News)
14-Jul 12 leaders from Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya make Facebook Community Accelerator Programme (News)
14-Jul SES launches free-to-air satellite channel to fight spread of COVID-19 (News)
14-Jul AWIEF opens applications for enterprise development for African women-owned startup incubators in green energy (News)
14-Jul Govt sees price crash in telecom services as broadband penetration grows over 40%, says Pantami (News)
13-Jul The power of women in the 21st Century: The Zinox Group example (News)
13-Jul Pastor Okotie joins attackers of Bill Gates as COVID-19 conspiracy theories spread (News)
13-Jul SEC, NITDA discuss synergy to ensure data protection at capital market (News)
11-Jul COVID-19: Dana Air adds WhatsApp window for passengers to book and pay for flight (News)
11-Jul NITDA enrols agriculture into digital economy, funds 130 farmers adopted under NAVSA (News)
09-Jul Tunga launches new e-learning platform for software developers in Africa (News)
09-Jul Digital economy: How to leverage opportunities to succeed in post COVID-19 Nigeria, by Nentawe Yilwatda (News)
08-Jul Why we are driving CWG Plc on five strategic pillars – Adewale (News)
08-Jul NCC creates new department to accelerate national digital economy agenda, Digima is pioneer head (News)
08-Jul African Economic Outlook Supplement: Here is how African countries can deal with COVID-19, reopen economies and accelerate recovery – Charles Lufumpa (News)
08-Jul FirstBank upgrades mobile banking app, reinforces its edge at putting customers ahead in e-banking (News)
08-Jul Paxful announces strategic partnership with global cryptocurrency exchange OKEx (News)
07-Jul NITDA builds smart agriculture capacity in farmers, open training window for PLWD (News)
07-Jul APPLY: NCC invites research proposals from academics to replace or enhance foreign technologies in Nigeria (News)
07-Jul NBC’s board at war with management over controversial broadcasting code (News)
07-Jul Konnect offers broadband to isolation centres in Sokoto to fight against Covid-19 (News, Uncategorized)
07-Jul New Digital Festival by the Big 5 to connect thousands of construction professionals across Africa (News)
06-Jul Konga hosts discount party for July live auction today by 12pm (News)
06-Jul APPLY: FCMB partners Passion Incubator to launch the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020 (News)
06-Jul Nigerian govt mulls pay-per-view charging for payTV, orders Multichoice to suspend new tariffs (News)
04-Jul N2.5bn: Nigerian court jails two men for hacking into Union Bank’s database (News)
04-Jul FirstBank’s FMAP graduates inaugral set of management associates (News)
04-Jul Hushpuppi faces 20 years imprisonment in US as trial begins over online scams (News)
04-Jul Pantami to Sahara Reporters: You lied! Minister denies acquiring property in Abuja, anywhere in the world (News)
03-Jul Nigeria to make $1.1bn from digital switch-over (News)
03-Jul Opay to expand fintech services in Nigeria, shuts other operations (News)
03-Jul NITDA firms up plans to retain 100,000 jobs, creates additional 30,000 for post COVID-19 era (News)
03-Jul NITDA, computer makers discuss enhancing value of locally manufactured ICT products (News)
03-Jul NCC ignites campaign to educate parents, children on online safety (News)
02-Jul Global e-waste surging: up 21 per cent in 5 years (News)
02-Jul NITDA’s boss asserts the power of technology to drive education at EdTech Summit 2020 (News)
02-Jul NITDA to support AMAC with ICT training (News)
02-Jul Are businesses prepared for the ‘return to work’ security risks? (News)
02-Jul Entries open for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2020 (News)
01-Jul Plateau state seeks private sector collaboration in ICT at stakeholders meeting (News)
01-Jul MTN launches 5G network (News)
01-Jul New Kaspersky report exposes Nigeria’s rising parenting challenges in the digital age (News)
01-Jul Pantami inaugurates committees to close communication gaps in local languages on ICT projects (News)
01-Jul Building resiliency in times of uncertainty (News)
30-Jun The disconnected continent (News)
30-Jun The NGO using crypto to help hundreds of girls, women, and college workers in Nigeria and India (News)
30-Jun Team RM and UNTAPPED are connecting African start-ups with business angels – APPLY (News)
30-Jun ISN Hubs announces 2020 Northern and Southern Regional Gatherings (News)
30-Jun MainOne celebrates $400m investment and 10 years operating in West Africa (News)
29-Jun PICTDA hosts stakeholders to discuss policy and guidelines on clearance for ICT projects (News)
29-Jun Christ Embassy’s founder dismisses Black Lives Matter protests as ploy to implant microchips in citizens (News)
29-Jun Chinese military owns Huawei, says US government (News)
29-Jun Shoppers to enjoy rock-bottom prices as Konga rolls (News)
29-Jun Task Systems bridges budget constraints gap for businesses with Technology-as-a-Service (News)
29-Jun eTerview: Daser David on Plateau State and Lalong’s agenda for change through technology (News)
27-Jun OTECH leads as HEC Paris announced winners in ‘Hacking Covid-19 Africa’ hackathon targeting African youth (News)
27-Jun Nigerian lawmakers say payTV providers must introduce pay-as-you-go subscription plan (News)
27-Jun FirstBank empowers women through FirstGem online community (News)
26-Jun 6 signs that the future of work is here today (News)
26-Jun COVID-19: NITDA’s boss wants more support for SMEs from financial institutions (News)
26-Jun ITU holds Economic Experts Roundtable on COVID-19 and the digital economy (News)
26-Jun APPLY: HEC Paris launches ‘Hacking Covid-19 Africa’ (News)
25-Jun PICTDA lists Lalong’s technology achievements on the Plateau one year in office (News)
25-Jun NITDA’s boss to Nigerian youths: Acquire new skills to contribute to digital economy (News)
25-Jun Telco B2C innovation unhampered by COVID-19, says GlobalData (News)
25-Jun OneView secures $3.5m to provide virtual imagery for ML model training (News)
24-Jun Pantami hails NCC’s new Strategic Management Plan as impetus for digital economy (News)
24-Jun Socio-economic and political impacts of COVID-19 on telecoms and ICT sector in Nigeria (News)
24-Jun Restrictions on travel easing as Europe leads cautious restart of tourism (News)
24-Jun South Africa begins first COVID-19 vaccine trial (News)
24-Jun ITU 2020 Guidelines on Child Online Protection respond to new challenges, significant shifts in digital landscape (News)
24-Jun COVID-19: Facebook’s Economic Impact Programmes for African SMBs go virtual (News)
24-Jun Internet Society Report highlights opportunity to advance digital economy in Africa (News)
24-Jun Governments and communities mobilize to drive digital skills development among African youth (News)
23-Jun PONDER THIS: 5 largest investment firms control over $18 trillion in assets, 85% of US GDP (News)
23-Jun Cowrie, COINQVEST partner to allow online merchants accept cryptocurrencies into naira accounts (News)
23-Jun Africa’s agriculture value chains must go digital to transform production – webinar (News)
23-Jun How Rwanda is spurring a generation of women in technology (News)
23-Jun COVID-19: Afrilabs annual gathering goes virtual (News)
22-Jun Africa’s COVID-19 platform for the new normal (News)
22-Jun Enrol for free at NITDA Academy for Research and Training (News)
22-Jun Konga sets aside millions to celebrate customers on 8th anniversary (News)
22-Jun Belief in 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theories linked to violence, reveals Northumbria study (News)
22-Jun NADDC is driven by FG economic diversification, job creation agenda, says Jelani Aliyu (News)
22-Jun No end in sight to IT vendor layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs, says GlobalData (News)
22-Jun Award: FBN Holdings wins World Finance Best Corporate Governance in Nigeria (News)
22-Jun Pantami to unveil NCC’s Strategic Management Plan this week (News)
20-Jun ITU to launch 2020 Guidelines on Child Online Protection (COP) with key recommendations to keep children safe online (News)
20-Jun NIGCOMSAT tools ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ in north-eastern Nigeria (News)
19-Jun Nigeria’s telecoms subscriptions now 190.8m (News)
19-Jun Makinde expands CCTv over Oyo to aid security and traffic management (News)
19-Jun NITDA clears 62 IT projects valued at one trillion naira in five months (News)
18-Jun COVID 19: IPA opens applications for $200,000 grants targeting African entrepreneurs, innovators with solutions for remote learning (News)
18-Jun TCG addresses rise in cybersecurity threats with critical new features to TPM 2.0 specification (News)
18-Jun Facebook unwraps Whatsapp digital payment feature (News)
18-Jun The role of augmented analytics in today’s BI process is evolving (News)
18-Jun Top three countries for Electroneum app-to-app transfers are Nigeria, Brazil, and Turkey (News)
17-Jun VC4A announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ in collaboration with AWS Activate (News)
17-Jun NITDA’s boss urges Kano, Jigawa to leverage huge population of young people for technology prosperity (News)
17-Jun Troop Pharmaceuticals marks anniversary with eCommerce, telehealth services (News)
17-Jun Building winning connections for Start-ups in Francophone Africa (News)
16-Jun Facebook launches ‘My Digital World’ to meet digital literacy needs across sub-Saharan Africa (News)
16-Jun NITDA alerts Nigerians on fake websites pledging federal government lockdown funds (News)
16-Jun NCC warns Nigerians on fake employment letters in circulation (News)
16-Jun Overcoming today’s challenges with strategic, collaborative innovation (News)
16-Jun Nigerian electronic engineers to govt: 5G is critical to national development (News)
16-Jun e-Commerce in Nigeria and the battle against fake products (News)
15-Jun Adapting to changing preferences in times of pandemic – Jumia’s boss, Anammah (News)
15-Jun TechSpecs uses augmented deep reality and AI to change the way we shop for electronics (News)
14-Jun FirstBank presents devices to Lagos State towards driving one million students to e-learning (News)
14-Jun Surviving as a private university in COVID-19 era: The AIT experience (News)
12-Jun COVID-19: Bowen varsity holds classes, exams online (Uncategorized)
12-Jun Private universities take the lead in online learning (News)
12-Jun COVID-19 could bring about permanent change to companies’ operations, says GlobalData (News)
12-Jun Why Nigeria is ready for electric vehicles (News)
11-Jun Telecoms haunted by lack of collaboration, digital skills and funds, say speakers at ATCON virtual meet (News)
11-Jun Facebook launches Messenger Kids in Africa allowing parents supervise children online (News)
11-Jun SBTS Group unveils Health Outbreak Manager to help govts, businesses manage COVID-19 (News)
10-Jun Digital transformation needs DRaaS to succeed (News)
10-Jun AfDB announces 100 finalists for IDEATHON #Africavs Virus challenge (News)
09-Jun Nigerian govt inaugurates committee on $115m World Bank funded digital identity for development project (News)
09-Jun Pantami tasks Danbatta on consolidating industry gains as ATCON affirms support for regulator (News)
08-Jun NITDA’s boss assures NDA of support, says ICT reducing COVID-19 impact on economy (News)
08-Jun IXPN’s boss Rudman explains why we must embrace IPv6 (News)
08-Jun COVID-19: Beat Drone deploys drones to disinfect Ondo communities (News)
08-Jun Nigeria to tax Netflix, Facebook, other digital platforms (News)
05-Jun President Buhari reappoints Danbatta to lead NCC for another five years (News)
05-Jun BudgIT Nigeria discovers N278b and N51b payments into personal accounts on Open Treasury Portal (News)
05-Jun Amazon is exploring a US$2 billion investment in Airtel (News)
05-Jun NITDA Academy training 14,000 students via virtual space as COVID-19 persists, says agency’s boss (News)
04-Jun Reducing Right of Way (RoW) fee is good but will not end telecom industry turmoils (News)
04-Jun Global IT spending on enterprise software to witness first drop in 10 years, to reach $426b in 2020 (News)
04-Jun COVID-19 will make 2020 a tough year for application software companies, says GlobalData (News)
03-Jun 25% Nigerian parents find potential dangers in their children’s social media account (News)
03-Jun OPINION: True business resilience demands fresh perspectives and putting best practice top of mind (News)
03-Jun FastPassCorp offers guide on how to beat hackers in global $46b losses from vishing (News)
03-Jun FirstBank leverages technology to promote virtual bank account opening for customers (News)
02-Jun COVID-19: Nigerian scientists announce two potential vaccines as world records over 6m cases (News)
02-Jun Global IoT interoperability takes step forward as oneM2M increases membership (News)
02-Jun Pantami gets Buhari’s nod for nationwide security of telecommunications infrastructure (News)
01-Jun World IPv6 Day: IXPN President, Rudman, to lead talks at ITREALMS Webinar (News)
01-Jun Facebook partners Red Cross and Red Crescent to launch #AfricaTogether campaign for vigilance against Covid-19 (News)
01-Jun African ICT Foundation seeks startups, institutions for partnership on AI (News)
01-Jun Makinde unveils digitized C of Os in Oyo to mark first year in office (News)
01-Jun Techprenuer Ekeh, Zinox boss, offers roadmap on turning Almajiris to digital armies, millionaires (News)
01-Jun African banking sector urged to go digital to build resilience and sustainable growth post Covid-19 (News)
01-Jun CBN revises timelines for dispense errors, refund complaints on electronic channels (News)
31-May Konga set for second live online auction (News)
31-May Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced why Nigeria’s economy must become digital – Pantami (News)
31-May Nigeria records 14.07% GDP lift from ICT in new report by NBS (News)
30-May Nigerian taxman FIRS to charge you N50 stamp duty on WhatsApp messages, ATM printouts (News)
30-May NCC insists exigencies not Pantami responsible for office withdrawal from NiDCOM (News)
29-May BPO key to driving Nigeria’s digital transformation, says NITDA’s boss Abdullahi (News)
29-May VIEWPOINTS FROM ABROAD: Breaking down Trump’s executive order targeting social media companies (News)
29-May Meet the Winners of Africa.com’s Brilliant African Innovations Against COVID-19 Competition (News)
29-May Licensing of law firms as DPCOs reflects dynamics of IT regulation, says NITDA (News)
29-May Coronavirus: ATCON hosts virtual conversation on impact on telecom sector in Nigeria (News)
29-May MainOne partners Burkina Faso, World Bank to deliver connectivity services (Uncategorized)
29-May Drone industry investments grow by 67% to record high at $1.2 billion (News)
28-May NCC suspends Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018 (News)
28-May Jack Ma, Alibaba, UN host 11th Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19 webinar in Africa (News)
28-May COVID-19 is disrupting smartphone sales and supply chains, says GlobalData (News)
27-May NITDA hosts virtual workshop on draft ‘National Outsourcing Strategy for Nigeria 2020-2025’ (News)
27-May Nestlé brand MAGGI to launch unique cooking website in Central and West Africa (News)
27-May Abike Dabiri-Erewa: Season of falsehood, smear campaigns and ridiculous tactics (News)
27-May Infographic on online permit captures anxiety among Plateau State farmers as COVID 19 bites harder (News)
27-May Alibaba records only 9% lower profit than Amazon but trails by 4x in revenue (News)
27-May Dangote and MTN are Africa’s most admired brands (News)
27-May Home of Know Africa, Be Africa (News)
27-May Global technology industry deals total $34.4b in April 2020 (News)
27-May INEC to use electronic voting machines to tame electoral fraud (News)
26-May New research claims investment in VERY YOUNG entrepreneurs unlocks P2P growth (News)
26-May Roducate – the True Champion of E-learning (News)
26-May Achieving business resiliency in the new reality of work (News)
25-May COVID-19: Octasis promotes nationwide public safety with BioSecurity Disinfectant Booths (News)
25-May How to make your own backup application – a guide from the market leader (News)
25-May Six questions for future telecom regulation as COVID-19 changes how we look at telecom infrastructure, by Strand Consult (News)
24-May We did not send Diaspora Commission packing from Digital Economy Complex, says NCC (News)
24-May NCC answers your 29 questions on why your data may be running out fast (News)
24-May Jeff Bezos trillionaire tale and Nigeria e-commerce (News)
24-May FirstBank provides free e-learning subscriptions, targets one million students (News)
22-May ATCON thanks governors for implementing harmonized and reduced RoW price (News)
22-May Weeping Gov Ayade cancels tax on low income earners and small businesses in Cross River (News)
22-May Trefoil Networks unwraps OurTV on NigComSat 1R (News)
22-May The value of risk and business agility and how it impacts cloud costs (News)
22-May Konga, Coca Cola ink deal to get products to more Nigerians online (News)
22-May Pantami commends Kaduna, Imo, Katsina and Plateau for implementing RoW resolution (News)
21-May Government orders investigation into NIPOST fire (News)
21-May Companies will abandon IT projects to cut costs, says GlobalData (News)
21-May Tech and ESG are ‘investment megatrends of the decade, says deVere CEO (News)
21-May Made in Nigeria goods: Senior Govt officials flout Mr. President’s directives (News)
20-May Buhari Queries Perm Sec Umar Bello over N48.42bn Contractual Liability (News)
20-May Why declining prices for telecoms services not impacting on Internet penetration rates – ITU (News)
20-May Facebook adds ‘Shops’ to drive ecommerce across its platforms (News)
20-May Innovate Now accelerator programme seeks mobile solutions to assist persons with disabilities (News)
19-May NASRDA partners NDPHC to host 2020 National Conference on Space Science and Technology (News)
19-May UK regulator sanctions Oyakhilome’s LoveWorld TV for falsely linking COVID-19 to 5G (News)
19-May Plateau seeks local solution for COVID 19 as Lalong inaugurates research team on infectious diseases (News)
19-May Why I am resolute in my afro-optimism despite the continent’s challenges (News)
19-May ‘Digital Nigeria’ and the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development Project (News)
19-May NITDA issues guidelines to protect citizens’ data against abuse in government organisations (News)
18-May Pantami commends Fayemi for advancing national broadband agenda as Ekiti slashes RoW to N145 from N4,500 (News)
18-May At 21, TD Africa revs distribution engine with new logo (News)
16-May TD Africa celebrates 21 years of leadership in Nigeria’s distribution ecosystem (News)
16-May 9mobile, Mobihealth extend telemedicine to Kano (News)
15-May Cheap internet coming to Africa as MTN, China Mobile, Facebook partner to launch 2Africa sea cable (News)
15-May Cybercriminals preying on lack of security culture in Africa (News)
15-May ITU leads global efforts to commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day amid COVID-19 pandemic (News)
15-May Africa’s four MEGA TRENDS that are overcoming COVID19 (News)
14-May Buhari presides over e-FEC meeting as Gambari becomes new chief of staff (News)
14-May FirstBank Cardholders records N1.18trn in transactions value during lockdown (News)
13-May WOWBii Interactive readies Nigeria’s state governors for immersive virtual interactions (News)
13-May COVID 19: Plateau State launches digital movement permits (News)
13-May COVID-19: Octasis unveils BioSecurity disinfectant booths for public safety (News)
13-May Over 1500 startups applied for Nigeria COVID-19 Innovation Challenge, says NITDA’s boss (News)
13-May Abdullahi, NITDA’s boss, urges tech community to innovate for Post COVID-19 era (News)
13-May Pan-African leaders share critical perspectives on COVID-19 pandemic (News)
12-May COVID-19: Buhari to meet ministers online as FEC goes virtual (News)
12-May Telecoms regulator says 5G licences not issued yet in Nigeria (News)
11-May COVID-19: NJC approves virtual court sittings in new guidelines for use of technology (News)
11-May This is Jerry Isaac Mallo: Maker of Nigeria’s first luxury sports car and now, ventilator (News)
11-May ATCON alerts Nigerians on fake news linking 5G to coronavirus (News)
10-May Founder Institute partner AWEP Nigeria to support early-stage female-founded companies (News)
10-May Over 9.5m Nigerians use FirstBank’s *894# USSD banking service (News)
09-May COVID 19: Nigeria, Ghana lead spike in ECOWAS as Plateau hits 14 cases (News)
09-May Vodacom switches on Africa’s first 5G network as conspiracy theories dog Nigeria’s launch (News)
09-May COVID-19: Ecobank partners Google to keep children learning during lockdown (News)
08-May ATCON’s Olusola Teniola: What govt should do to save telecom industry from collapse (News)
08-May Honoris United Universities partner Le Wagon to offer free online coding course across Africa (News)
08-May NITDA announces Algorizmi winner of Nigeria COVID-19 Innovative Challenge (News)
07-May COVID 19: Andela sacks 135 staff in Nigeria, three other African countries (News)
07-May Subscribers across Africa attack DStv over ‘Ancient Content’ repeats (News)
07-May Roducate platform deepens online learning across Africa (News)
07-May COVID-19: Experts fear increasing surveillance restricting people’s digital rights is new normal (News)
07-May FirstBank to hold virtual SME clinic (News)
07-May Okra secures $1 Million pre-seed funding to lead next innovation in Nigeria, Africa (News)
06-May Digital solutions offer hope for Nigeria as it begins phased easing of Covid-19 lockdown (News)
06-May Data has gravity (News)
06-May New Report highlights information gaps on COVID-19 in Africa (News)
06-May ATCON assures on safety of 5G as Senate probes status of fifth generation network in Nigeria (News)
05-May ITU launches Innovation Challenges 2020: Rethinking the digital economy’s value chains during COVID-19 (News)
05-May FirstBank sustains positive impact, welcomes back customers (News)
05-May Plateau State rewards winners of #COVID-19 Developers Challenge (News)
05-May Nigeria and the conspiracy theory against Bill Gates (News)
01-May COVID-19: Let Us Think Digital First -NITDA Boss (News)
01-May Konga pioneers online product auction in Africa (News)
01-May Oronsaye Report: NITDA, Galaxy remain, NIGCOMSAT goes as govt begins abolition, merger of agencies (News)
30-Apr NITDA Calls For Applications Into The Nigeria COVID-19 Innovative Challenge (News)
30-Apr Pantami commissions NITDA Training and Research Academy (News)
30-Apr COVID-19: Plateau State makes history, unveils Nigerian first home-made ventilator (News)
30-Apr DSPL unrolls data protection compliance services nationwide (News)
29-Apr Plateau pushes for media learning system as WOWBii Interactive makes COVID-19 donation (News)
29-Apr NITDA assures on securing one million ICT jobs despite COVID 19 (News)
29-Apr Netcom Africa partners Lagos State, others to tame COVID-19 (News)
29-Apr Covid 19: The 2020 Economic World Wars and Lessons for Nigeria (News)
29-Apr This is how COVID-19 will change us forever (News)
28-Apr Nigeria government eases lockdown as hunger bites and COVID-19 spikes (News)
28-Apr Konga inks partnership with Unilever, offers household products with free delivery nationwide (News)
28-Apr Postponement of ITU Digital World 2020 to 2021 (News)
28-Apr Plateau State announces Yen Express as winner of #COVID-19 Developers Challenge (News)
27-Apr Tech community to get full support for innovation to hack COVID-19 out of Nigeria – NITDA’s boss (News)
25-Apr Smart automation is silver lining in post Covid-19 crisis, says Abdullahi (News)
24-Apr Plateau State firms up strategies as NCDC confirms first COVID-19 index case (News)
24-Apr Three World Wars in 2020 – Silicon Valleys (USA) and Shenzhen (China) (PART 4) (News)
23-Apr Girls in ICT Day: NITDA Emphasises the Need to Promote Career in Information Technology for Girls and Women in Nigeria (News)
23-Apr Current fintech surge to further disrupt traditional bank sector (News)
23-Apr COVID-19: FirstBank’s Firstmonie leads the pace in agent banking (News)
23-Apr COVID-19 is SPEEDING up the digital economy in Africa (News)
23-Apr Thriving in the time of transformational chaos, by IDC (News)
22-Apr NITDA celebrates World Creativity and Innovation Day, wants solutions for COVID-19 (News)
22-Apr NITDA to Nigerians: Beware of fake COVID-19 relief disbursement data collection form (News)
22-Apr Dangote Group and SAP collaborate to achieve digital transformation in record time (News)
22-Apr Plateau State leverages IT, deploys CCTV to monitor borders and halt spread of COVID-19 (News)
20-Apr Plateau State to announce winners of #COVID-19 Developers Challenge as lockdown begins (News)
20-Apr Coronavirus – Africa: Data for a resilient Africa (News)
18-Apr Nigeria now fertile ground for startups to thrive, says NITDA boss (News)
18-Apr Coronavirus: Implementation of new case strategy leads in Nigeria to increase in cases, says Ehanire (News)
18-Apr Kyari is Nigeria’s highest profile death as COVID-19 cases set to tip over 500 (News)
18-Apr Experts want massive human capacity investment to tackle post COVID-19 recession in Nigeria (News)
18-Apr Kaspersky reveals more banking malware attacks targeting corporate users in Nigeria, other countries (News)
18-Apr Govt will adhere to privacy regulations in use of data against COVID-19, says Pantami (News)
17-Apr Atedo Peterside to Nigerian billionaires on COVID – 19: Use Zinox/Konga strategy to feed the poor (News)
17-Apr ITU launches ‘G5 Benchmark’ – ‘gold standard’ for collaboration among regulators and policy-makers (News)
17-Apr FirstBank enhances palliative measures, promotes e-learning for Nigerians (News)
17-Apr The Three World Wars in 2020 (PART 3) (News)
17-Apr The Three 2020 World Wars (PART 2) (News)
17-Apr The Three 2020 World Wars (PART 1) (News)
15-Apr Plateau records no case of COVID-19 as fumigation with lockdown ends (News)
15-Apr Turning COVID-19 tragedy into opportunity for New Nigeria (News)
15-Apr COVID-19 pandemic bolsters case for technology-based economic resilience (News)
14-Apr Worldwide 5G Connections to Grow 20x to 2.7bn by 2025 (News)
14-Apr No scientific evidence supporting connection between COVID-19 and 5G, by ALTON (News)
11-Apr African Development Bank and partners want your ideas to beat COVID-19 pandemic (News)
11-Apr COVID 19: NITDA’s boss, Abdullahi affirms faith in Nigerian startups and advises on adjusting to new challenges (News)
11-Apr COVID-19: FirstBank reinforces e-banking offerings, says customer is king (News)
11-Apr The World will not be destroyed by fire or virus (but by fake news) (News)
10-Apr Is Jumia sinking as founders quit? (News)
10-Apr Facebook launches Tools to keep faith-based communities connected during COVID-19 (News)
10-Apr Pantami calls for extra vigilance as cybercriminals exploit COVID-19 (News)
10-Apr Facebook launches Coronavirus Information Center in Nigeria, Kenya and 15 other African countries (News)
10-Apr FirstBank rocks customers with new messages against online fraudsters (News)
10-Apr COVID-19 Lockdown: FirstBank assures customers of seamless services (News)
09-Apr World IoT Day: NITDA advises on potentials of IoT in managing COVID-19 pandemic (News)
09-Apr Worldwide interest in Netflix grows by 142% amid coronavirus pandemic (News)
08-Apr Federal Government, Plateau State go local on production of ventilators (News)
08-Apr Covid-19: How tech is helping nurses (News)
08-Apr Keep your smartphone Corona-free: Kaspersky shares top tips (News)
07-Apr Scaling the digital enterprise (News)
07-Apr Lalong locks down Plateau State for state-wide fumigation as coronavirus national cases rise (News)
06-Apr Working from home due to COVID-19? These are tips on staying productive (News)
06-Apr NCC, ATCON, ALTON condemn conspiracy theories relating 5G to COVID-19 (News)
04-Apr WARIF tackles gender-based violence in Nigeria with mobile SMS platform (News)
04-Apr FirstBank salutes medical professionals tackling COVID-19 (News)
04-Apr 5G and COVID-19: The technology, conspiracy and ignorance (News)
04-Apr No licence yet for 5G in Nigeria, says Pantami (News)
03-Apr How can digital solutions aid Nigeria’s Covid-19 fight? (News)
03-Apr COVID-19: Nigerian IT expert to launch IoT based Remote Patient Monitoring System (News)
03-Apr Work goes on for Nigerian workers as Galaxy Backbone deploys telepresence at 123 locations (News)
02-Apr Plateau State engages local innovators to roll out ventilators (News)
02-Apr NITDA inaugurates Advisory Committee to cushion COVID-19 impact on tech and innovation industry (News)
02-Apr COVID-19: Ministry offers remote skill development through Digital Nigeria programme (News)
01-Apr Plateau State announces ‘Developers Challenge’ for solutions on COVID-19 (News)
01-Apr Lalong raises stakes for managing COVID-19 and sustaining peace in Plateau State (News)
01-Apr Police offer security tips against rising COVID-19 online crimes (News)
01-Apr COVID 19: FirstBank donates N1b, reiterates commitment to safety of Nigerians (News)
01-Apr Alewa House moves all activities online as governments battle COVID-19 (News)
31-Mar Opinion: Young Jamaican’s invention could help tackle spread of viruses like COVID-19 (News)
31-Mar Coronavirus – Africa: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases (News)
31-Mar Coronavirus: Africa CDC, CcHub partner to use smart ways to sensitize continent on COVID-19 (News)
30-Mar “We didn’t give N300m subventions to NITDA,” says NCC (News)
30-Mar Nigeria anchors COVID-19 response on restricted movements, more test labs (News)
30-Mar COVID-19 data collection complies with NDPR, says NITDA (News)
28-Mar RE: Pantami And Ministerial Arrogance (News)
28-Mar COVID 19: FirstBank chooses to solve education challenges facing parents (News)
28-Mar Pantami: The Gang-up Against Saviour of Nigeria’s Digital Economy (News)
28-Mar Working Remotely? Take Care of your business online safety! (News)
28-Mar NITDA condemns Sahara Reporters for fake news on N1b project fund from NCC (News)
25-Mar Commonwealth develops tracker to help countries monitor coronavirus (News)
25-Mar Stuck at home? Make money from your recipes! (News)
25-Mar ROAM Africa announces remote work policy for employees due to COVID-19 (News)
25-Mar Government to Nigerians: Beware of Coronavirus Ransomware* (News)
25-Mar NITDA alerts Nigerians on fake websites pledging federal government grants (News)
24-Mar COVID-19: Govt asks MDAs to leverage video conferencing, IP phones for essential meetings (News)
24-Mar ATCON to Govt: Allow free movement for telco technical staff during lockdown over COVID-19 (Uncategorized)
24-Mar COVID-19: ITU launches global platform to protect telecommunication networks as citizens work from home (News)
24-Mar ATU issues guidelines to help African countries combat Coronavirus (News)
24-Mar Konga to support 10,000 customers with N10m COVID-19 palliative (News)
23-Mar Atiku tweets son is positive with COVID-19 as WHO says Nigeria is only moderately prepared (News)
22-Mar COVID-19: Apple falls from No. 4 to No. 14 in GlobalData’s consumer electronics scorecard (News)
22-Mar Coronavirus will negatively impact all tech sectors but IT services will be hit hardest, says GlobalData (News)
22-Mar “We cannot be distracted by corrupt people,” says ministry over trending video against Pantami (News)
20-Mar Wilval founder, Pam-Dagah, stresses the power of persistence at 16th Startup Grind Jos (News)
20-Mar ITU launches new guidelines to assist countries develop national emergency telecommunication plans (News)
20-Mar Founder Institute Lagos partners Benchmac & Ince to support early-stage startups (News)
20-Mar Buhari orders implementation of broadband plan, protection of critical national infrastructure (News)
20-Mar Coronavirus: Zinox unveils school-out-of school solution to ease shut-down (News)
20-Mar Global coronavirus crisis could alter data privacy, says GlobalData (News)
19-Mar Buhari approves National Broadband Plan, assures on a new Nigeria and new economy (News)
19-Mar Code Plateau adds 36 new software developers to Nigeria’s economy (News)
19-Mar Internet infrastructure demand rises during COVID-19 pandemic by 30% (News)
19-Mar Presidency, legislators move to make DSTV introduce Pay As You Go tariff (News)
19-Mar Plateau deepens financial transparency as Lalong introduces IT projects guidelines for all MDAs (News)
19-Mar CCB adopts online asset declaration system for public servants (News)
16-Mar Owerri hosts Nigerian innovation community (News)
16-Mar Collaboration is key to growth of digital economy, says NITDA’s boss (News)
16-Mar MusicTime® gets a facelift as it expands footprint in Africa (News)
16-Mar Pantami woos Swedish government for broadband infrastructure (News)
16-Mar Buhari to unveil Nigeria’s new broadband plan, other digital economy projects (News)
16-Mar Coronavirus-triggered recession will change how we live, do business and invest (News)
16-Mar FirstBank: Empowering women through financial inclusion (News)
12-Mar Market price for IP address to rise by 100% (News)
12-Mar Pantami: Pathfinder for Nigeria’s Digital Economy (News)
11-Mar Facebook invites community leaders across Sub-Saharan Africa to apply for Community Accelerator programme (News)
11-Mar Can smartphones rival human eyes in the era of high definition? (News)
11-Mar Airtel crashes data tariff, offers more value on data bundles (News)
11-Mar Youths are stakeholders in digital economy, says NITDA’s boss (News)
10-Mar NCC deactivates all improperly-registered SIMs (News, Uncategorized)
10-Mar Airtel grabs Intercellular spectrum for $94m to expand home broadband services in Nigeria (News)
10-Mar ITU reschedules two key conferences to September 2020 over COVID-19 fears (News)
10-Mar MyOffice has started a Partner Network in Nigeria, other African countries (News)
09-Mar Global technology industry deals total $42.98bn in January 2020 (News)
09-Mar Signal Alliance 2020 Customer Week begins today (News)
09-Mar 8 Secret Techniques to Improve University Grades (News)
09-Mar African leaders call for a connected continent at 8th African Leadership Persons of the Year event (News)
09-Mar SAFCOIN expands to Nigeria, Uganda (News)
05-Mar Microsoft launches Global Social Entrepreneurship programme for greater use of technology (News)
05-Mar Former NITDA’s boss arraigned for N50m ‘contract scam’ (News)
05-Mar NITDA may sponsor youths in Nigerian universities (News)
05-Mar FirstBank’s Adeduntan joins global industry leaders at Fintech & Insuretech Summit (News)
05-Mar NITDA’s boss wants digital technological skills in schools as agency wins award for Unity Board (News)
02-Mar World Bank approves $650m to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty, targets expanding digital economy (News)
02-Mar Sponsors, Stakeholders line up for ATCON’s National Dialogue on Telecoms and ICT (News)
02-Mar WACC 2020 gathers momentum as NCC supports technology convergence gathering (News)
02-Mar Facebook cancels annual F8 Conference over coronavirus (Uncategorized)
02-Mar Nigerian eCommerce company Patricia launches Africa’s first bitcoin card (News)
28-Feb Nigeria to support agritech startups, other entrepreneurs with $268m soft loans (News)
28-Feb Smart plants talk growth – How sensors will help feed growing world population (News)
28-Feb Airtel asks Nigerian government to make telecoms Critical National Assets (News)
27-Feb New report tackles gaping digital divide in the Commonwealth (News)
26-Feb Taiwo Fajolu, CFA to launch book on tech disruption (News)
26-Feb If you build it, they will come: cloud demand increases (News)
26-Feb Konga targets $10m daily turnover by 2024, says Kongo’s Imudia (News)
26-Feb Tech, media and telecoms predictions for 2020, by GlobalData (News)
25-Feb NITDA’s boss seeks collaboration with eCommerce companies to deepen digital economy policy (News)
25-Feb Nigeria firms up on digital economy as Pantami inaugurates committee to review NDEPS (News)
25-Feb 71% of data centres unprepared for market dynamics, says new report by Forbes Insights and Vertiv (News)
25-Feb Twelve African EdTech firms are First Fellows at Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT (News)
25-Feb Startup Arewa promotes mAcademy for affordable learning contents (News)
24-Feb WACC 2020 – Lagos Tech Convergence gathering to focus on ‘Engaging Emerging Opportunities & Challenges’ (News)
23-Feb “Our IT Ministry will drive the agenda for digital economy in Kebbi State” – Abdul Magoro (News)
23-Feb Building the capacity of youths key to economic growth, says NITDA’s boss Abdullahi (News)
23-Feb Nigerian communications minister commends MainOne, wants more private sector investment in data centres (News)
23-Feb Plans by Nigerian government to begin monitoring social media is fake news, says Pantami (News)
21-Feb FirstBank takes its SMEs business clinic to Port-Harcourt and Abuja (News)
21-Feb Pantami to NCC: Link SIM cards to National ID and BVN to checkmate criminals (News)
21-Feb ATCON, ALTON warn on possible price hike from vandalisation of telecoms infrastructure (News)
21-Feb NCC partners NIPOST to verify addresses of SIM owners, deepen digital economy (News)
21-Feb Founder Institute berths in Abuja (News)
20-Feb Ciudad Brings Respite to Nigerian Estates with Super-Fast Broadband Service (Editorial, News)
20-Feb NITDA’s boss to MAN: Adopt IT in your operational processes (News)
20-Feb MDXi partners Microsoft, HPE to unveil first locally available Microsoft Stack Cloud at Nerds Unite 2020 (News)
20-Feb Don’t tell students about Fourth Industrial Revolution. Inspire them (News)
20-Feb Kebbi eyes 4th industrial revolution, targets capacity building in IT (News)
20-Feb Mobile cellular or PMR? Seven reasons why organisations need both (News)
19-Feb Pantami receives draft blueprint for five-year national broadband penetration from Opeke’s C’tee (News)
19-Feb TRENDING: Pantami’s panacea to end the Boko Haram menace in Nigeria (News)
19-Feb Gombe readies own IT agency as NITDA kits state with ICT Policy (News)
19-Feb Head’s up Africa. You’ve been phished (News)
19-Feb Morocco hosts AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2020 on ‘Building a Sustainable and Innovative Africa’ (Uncategorized)
19-Feb National Assembly worry over discrepancies in NIGCOMSAT’s audited accounts (News)
18-Feb Founder of Pinnacle Communications, Lucky Omoluwa, is dead (News)
18-Feb Abdullahi assures Nigerians of NITDA’s commitment to ‘Ease of Doing Business’ (News)
18-Feb Why Kebbi State established a full ministry for IT – Abdullah Magoro (News)
18-Feb NG_Hub showcases 18 startups at ISW2020 (News)
17-Feb Hubs Dot Ng unveils password-less account (News)
17-Feb Reducing the global healthcare shortfall using AI (News)
14-Feb President Buhari approves suspension of NBC DG – Modibbo Kawu (News)
13-Feb Nigerian start-up is one sip closer to share of $1m Chivas Venture Fund (News)
13-Feb GE Hosts Women in STEM roundtable to advance mentorship and leadership for women in technology (News)
13-Feb It’s a match! More than 7,700 attacks by threats disguised as dating apps in Africa (News)
12-Feb NCC educate students on risk of unguided exposure to internet (News)
12-Feb Visa Restriction: Pantami chairs committee on data interoperability, harmonization (News)
12-Feb Nigerian military needs Big Data to fight terrorism, says Pantami (News)
12-Feb World Safer Internet Day: 10 safety tip for better protection (News)
12-Feb Safer Internet Day: Facebook and nine partners across Africa work together for a better Internet (News)
11-Feb Dynamic Spectrum Alliance to lead worldwide dynamic spectrum sharing collaboration at 2020 Global Summit (News)
11-Feb Global technology industry private equity deals total $11.79bn (News)
11-Feb NITDA, NOA ink MoU for national awareness on digital economy (News)
10-Feb NCC educates parents on child online protection (News)
10-Feb Nigeria’s Aella fintech gets $10m raise to boost financial inclusion in West Africa (News)
10-Feb Why Nigerian universities will remain local (Part 1) (News)
08-Feb OIIE opens application for the 4th & 5th FutureHack Challenge on Cybersecurity and Digital Inclusion (News)
07-Feb Telcos in MEA partnering global hyperscalers to accelerate cloud adoption, says GlobalData (Adventure, News, Technology)
07-Feb STEM: Experts rally female youngsters for increased participation in Nigeria (Adventure, News, Talent, Technology)
07-Feb Coronavirus outbreak can drastically impact the technology road map for 2020, says GlobalData (Health, News, Technology)
07-Feb Achieving digital ecosystems in rural Africa remains a challenge (News)
07-Feb Nigerian government warns on the continuous use of Windows 7 (News)
07-Feb Now your own blood can save you with Hemafuse autotransfusion device (News)
05-Feb NIN now required for SIM card registration and usage as NCC revises policy (News)
05-Feb Plateau, Kebbi explore collaboration on ICT strategic plans (News)
05-Feb Government needs more stakeholders’ consultations for digital tax to be effective – Naro Omo-Osagie (News)
05-Feb Transitioning Old-School Economies & Corporations (News)
04-Feb Provide young people with new skills for 21st century labor market, AfDB report urges (News)
04-Feb Criminals use coronavirus fears to launch theft malware, says GlobalData (News)
04-Feb Spacecom, PanAccess’ Nigerian broadcast bouquet now on Amos-17 Ku-band (News)
04-Feb Biggest and worst digital privacy breaches of 2019 (News)
03-Feb Pantami stresses value of global tech standards to drive digital economy at ITU Forum (News)
03-Feb Pantami ties Nigeria’s economic prosperity and security to data utilisation (News)
03-Feb PICTDA, CC-Pro talk measures for cyber safety in rural, urban communities (News)
03-Feb FirstBank hosts SME Clinic, reiterates its commitment to building capacity of SMEs (News)
03-Feb Up goes the price of talk and data as Nigerian government applies new 7.5% VAT (News)
03-Feb ATCON to host National Dialogue on ‘harnessing digital resources for building Nigeria’s economy’ (News)
31-Jan Zimbabwean entrepreneur invents open-sourced technology to improve access to education in Africa (News)
31-Jan African Economic Outlook 2020 reveals Africa’s urgent need to improve education, build ICT skills (News)
31-Jan Plateau State firms up on ICT goals with value-adding strategic plan (News)
31-Jan How Konga restored confidence in Nigeria’s e-commerce sector in 2019 (News)
30-Jan NITDA seeks collaboration with US trade agency, national lottery commission (News)
30-Jan Nigeria assures Google of support as tech giant launches first African Developers Space in Lagos (News)
30-Jan Nigeria strengthens investors’ confidence as Buhari announces plans for Executive Order on Critical National Infrastructure (News)
30-Jan NCC to rework consumer outreach programmes, online complaints management for enhanced value (News)
29-Jan UK restriction of Huawei as high risk vendor, banning of ZTE could affect presence in Africa (News)
28-Jan ‘We need national conversations to outline a future National Digital Data Policy and Legislation’ (News)
28-Jan Pantami, Abdullahi stress benefits of data privacy to digital economy as NITDA holds World Privacy Day (News)
28-Jan Nominations open for Startups in East and West Africa to be in Global Resource Guide (News)
27-Jan Senate C’tee doubts N20T collected as Stamp Duty since 2019, believes N41B more accurate (News)
27-Jan Nigeria’s economic growth hinges on security and broadband – Patrick Ede (News)
27-Jan Leading technology trends in virtual reality, revealed by GlobalData (News)
27-Jan Nigeria: 2020 tech trends and leaders (News)
24-Jan Improving digital access is best private-sector investment opportunity to achieve SDGs in Africa, says Standard Chartered (News)
24-Jan Plateau peace agency, C-C Pro to explore internet resource for development (News)
24-Jan NCC, Facebook explore collaboration for infrastructure rollout to deepen digital culture (News)
23-Jan NITDA kicks off National Data Privacy Awareness Week today (News)
23-Jan State governors keen to adopt N145.00 RoW charges after meeting with Pantami (News)
23-Jan Telecoms need ceaseless stakeholders’ dialogue not hike in right of way charges (News)
22-Jan Internet making young Nigerians more insecure, says roundtable on cyber protection (News)
22-Jan Pantami unveils NITDA’s new ICT skills centre in Jigawa (News)
21-Jan Triumph of the idiots (News)
20-Jan Tshimologong opens applications for cultural and creative startups at 4th edition of Digital Lab Africa (News)
20-Jan Janngo pledges €60m at Davos to back African startups leveraging technology to achieve SDGs (News)
20-Jan Tomruk announces date for 2020 #SMSGAfrica Conference in Jos (News)
20-Jan Proliferation of hybrid computing models among 2020 data center trends identified by Vertiv experts (News)
20-Jan 17 Nigerians leave for Turkey as NITDA resumes overseas sponsorship of postgraduate students (News)
17-Jan Pantami meets Fayemi to engage Governors Forum on addressing hike in RoW charges (News)
17-Jan NITDA holds ICT training for 100 women from central Nigeria in Lafia (News)
17-Jan Nigeria, IBM inks MoU for digital skills development (News)
15-Jan Recent hike in cost of right of way is counterproductive, says ATCON (News)
15-Jan Moscow will host most prestigious programmer’s event (News)
15-Jan 5 ways programmers can celebrate National Nothing Day (News)
14-Jan FG condemns over 1200% hike in right of way charges by states (News)
14-Jan Lawmakers to probe telcos over non-remittance of N200b to NITDA (News)
14-Jan Becoming digitally empowered (News)
14-Jan Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 today (News)
13-Jan Nigerian banks, financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa face imminent attacks by Russian hackers (News)
13-Jan NCC drafts guidelines for use of TV white spaces (News)
13-Jan SheProfitsAfrica partners Founder Institute to support early-stage female-founded companies (News)
13-Jan NITDA deepens NDPR implementation with workshop for data protection officers (News)
10-Jan NCC considers adopting Swedish programme for ICT capacity development (News)
10-Jan Gold vs. Bitcoin: Which is better to protect investors from financial crises? (News)
10-Jan Boon for African SMEs as African Guarantee Fund receives $33m capital increase (News)
09-Jan NITDA in CES as emerging technologies, quantum computing, AI dominate global tech gathering (News)
09-Jan KPMG SME Report: FirstBank named biggest mover in 2019 (News)
09-Jan 6 tips for developers on how to say No in 2020 (News)
09-Jan CES 2020: IBM inks deal with over 100 organisations to advance Quantum Computing (News)
08-Jan Muhammed Abubakar takes charge at Galaxy Backbone as new CEO (News)
08-Jan New Year, New You, New Business in 5 Easy Steps (News)
08-Jan PICTDA kicks off digital skill learning in rural Plateau (News)
08-Jan IoT revenue to more than double in Middle East and Africa by 2023, says GlobalData (News)
06-Jan Njalo.ng free online marketplace launches in Nigeria (News)
06-Jan Pantami stakes Nigeria’s future on digital economy (News)
04-Jan Web infrastructure industry predictions for 2020 (News)
04-Jan “It is selfish interest for FIRS to deny NIPOST right to stamp duty collection,’’ says Pantami (News)
02-Jan ‘Nigeria needs right frameworks on challenges, opportunities in digital economy and tax’ – Pirfa Jingfa Tyem (News)
02-Jan NCC issues 55 Landing Permits to Space Stations (News)
02-Jan FirstBank Corporate Statement on attempted robbery at its Abuja branch (News)
02-Jan The Copyright Law Day (News)

28-Dec Nigeria’s e-payment nightmare and customers’ trapped money (News)
28-Dec Lagos internal revenue agency under NITDA’s surveillance for data breach (News)
26-Dec Pantami lauds CBN for downward review of electronic transfer fees – Financial and competition regulators declare N50 charges on PoS transactions illegal (News)
26-Dec Win a trip to Dubai; get cash back for transactions with your FirstBank cards (News)
26-Dec WHEN ARTS AND CULTURE MEET TECHNOLOGY, result is Alewa House with how digital economy could spur Nigeria’s creative industry (News)
24-Dec 2020: Telcos will go green and online privacy regulation will deepen, says Strand Consult (News)
24-Dec Kazaure is chairman at NigComSat as Buhari appoints new heads for NIPOST, NITDA, NCC, others (News)
23-Dec No going back on IPPIS as ASUU develops own software, UTAS, to tackle corruption in varsities (News)
23-Dec FirstBank ‘vybes’ Nigerians all through December (News)
20-Dec Wande Adalemo is Lead Director for Founder Institute Lagos (News)
20-Dec How to write code like Ernest Hemingway would (News)
19-Dec AfriLabs launches capacity building programme (News)
19-Dec Nigerian government targets 70% broadband penetration with new 5-year National Broadband Plan (News)
19-Dec NCC hosts stakeholders as its prepares spectrum guidelines for use of drones (News)
18-Dec ‘No future for local governments lacking capacity to curate data’ – PICDTA’s boss David Daser (News)
18-Dec NITDA unveils IT Innovation and Incubation Park in University of Port Harcourt (News)
18-Dec How 5G can favour your small business in 2020 (News)
18-Dec Internet Society Foundation offers $300,000 as grants for projects promoting benefits of internet (News)
17-Dec NIMC staff to shut down operations by December 31over poor wages (News)
17-Dec FirstBank appoints Wanka as non-executive director (News)
17-Dec Nigeria gears up for digital economy as Pantami inaugurates c’tee to deepen broadband penetration by 2025 (News)
16-Dec Beware! Free WIFI could make cybercriminals access your bank accounts, NCC tells consumers (News)
16-Dec Qua’an Pan makes history, launches first innovation hub by any local government in Nigeria (News)
15-Dec Malware variety grows by 13.7% in 2019 due to web skimmers (News)
15-Dec Facebook celebrates key milestones for sub Saharan Africa in 2019 (News)
15-Dec NITDA commences ICT training, empowerment for women in south west Nigeria (News)
15-Dec Pantami, Teniola’s ATCON and the necessity for constructive engagement (News)
15-Dec “We are all stakeholders to building a robust telecommunications sector,” Pantami tells ATCON (News)
12-Dec Frequency Council to audit all spectrum licenses as Pantami asserts body’s autonomy (Editorial, News, Technology, Uncategorized)
12-Dec FirstBank sponsored 2019 NCOY winners bag four Africa Company of the Year awards (News)
12-Dec Hostinger boosts hosting services with newest version of PHP (News)
12-Dec SpaceX founder Elon Musk to keynote SATELLITE 2020 (News)
11-Dec NIPOST, FIRS and Stamp Duty Collection (News)
11-Dec David Daser: 365 days of leading PICTDA and the challenge of Plateau’s evolving tech industry (News)
10-Dec International Organization for Migration partners Google to train Nigerian returnees in digital skills (News)
09-Dec Nami in, Fowler out as Buhari appoints new FIRS boss (News)
09-Dec Now, Nigerians can monitor public spending as government launches Open Treasury Portal (News)
09-Dec Pantami: An unstoppable game changer (News)
09-Dec China inks deal for pan-African open blockchain business ecosystem – The African Chain (News)
09-Dec NITDA creates digital platform to connect Nigeria’s agric ecosystem (News)
09-Dec Nigeria digital economy diagnostic: A plan for building Nigeria’s inclusive digital future (News)
06-Dec Industry prepares list of challenges as ATCON hosts Pantami in Abuja (News)
05-Dec South Africa orders MTN to end ‘anti-poor’ data prices as Nigeria insists on reduced cost of data (News)
05-Dec Fostering jobs, entrepreneurship and capacity development for African youth: Time for disruption is now! (Uncategorized)
05-Dec Not all developers like Agile, and here are 5 reasons why (News)
03-Dec New Next Einstein Forum Ambassadors to drive perceptions shift about science and tech in Africa (News)
03-Dec PICTDA eyes cooperation with World Bank on Code Plateau to expand window for youth development (News)
03-Dec MainOne begins submarine cable service in Cote d’Ivoire (News)
03-Dec Cultural differences account for global gap in online regulation – study (News)
03-Dec NITDA begins enforcement action against defaulting MDAs on IT project clearance and local content (News)
03-Dec Pantami asks NCC to implement executive orders in award of telecoms contracts (News)
02-Dec Girls Code Initiative, Microsoft to debate transformative power of AI at Jos forum (News)
02-Dec Startup Grind Jos celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week with themes on learning curves (News)
02-Dec While Nigeria dithers over Critical Infrastructure Bill, South Africa signs Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (News)
01-Dec How FirstBank Fintech Summit is contributing to bridge Nigeria’s financial inclusion (News)
29-Nov IBB, Kukah condemn Hate Speech bill (News)
29-Nov Kwik Delivery, Winpart partner to deliver spare parts in less than 2 hours to customers in Nigeria (News)
29-Nov Pantami calls for more synergy in ICT sector as MainOne’s Opeke wants carrots for local entrepreneurs (News)
29-Nov Buhari unveils roadmap for Nigeria’s digital future at eNigeria 2019 (News)
28-Nov “We have saved N16.8b through enhanced ICT procurement process” – Buhari at eNigeria 2019 (News)
28-Nov eNigeria: Buhari honours Nigerian startup lights at GITEX 2019, affirms faith in young people (News)
28-Nov Buhari to speak on country’s digital future as eNigeria begins today in Abuja (News)
28-Nov Social Media Bill: Short walk to tatalitarianism? (News)
28-Nov Local partner role is critical to cloud success in Africa (News)
28-Nov Top 11 tips for developers on how to get new clients in 2020 (News)
27-Nov MultiChoice to begin full stand-alone streaming with ‘dishless DStv’ in 2020 (News)
27-Nov NGOs raise awareness on cyber child trafficking (News)
26-Nov Ministry alleges plots to blackmail Pantami (News)
26-Nov Velocity by Lagos Founder Institute records success, opens application for second cohort (News)
26-Nov Nigeria inches closer to broadband goals as MTN trials West Africa’s first 5G network in Abuja (News)
25-Nov Buhari to open eNigeria this Thursday as event focuses on national digital economy (News)
25-Nov Pantami and the theme of value-based leadership to foster change (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
23-Nov Africa’s startup ecosystem on the brink of massive growth (News)
23-Nov ‘Facebook iD8 Nairobi’ celebrates Africa’s tech ecosystem (News)
23-Nov Allen Onyema, founder of Air Peace, to face charges in US for bank fraud, money laundering (News)
22-Nov FG to state governors: Telecom facilities are critical national infrastructure requiring your protection not attacks (News)
21-Nov ITU adopts new regulatory procedures for non-geostationary satellites (News)
21-Nov Abuse of personal information, more sophisticated attacks coming in 2020 – Kaspersky (News)
20-Nov You can write code, that’s a fact. But can you do it on time? (News)
20-Nov AMOS-17 communication satellite launches Africa’s most advanced digital payload (News)
20-Nov Why Africa must tax the digital economy (News)
18-Nov Nigerian startup leads others to grab $250k in first Jack Ma’s $1M African Netpreneurs prize (News)
18-Nov Court stops Mastercard from issuing national ID card as Chams, CCL seek N114b damages (News)
15-Nov Buhari is special guest at 2019 e-Nigeria conference on digital economy (News)
15-Nov Chinese billionaire Jack Ma says mission in Nigeria is to explore digital opportunities – Four E’s (News)
15-Nov “We believe the minister was misquoted” says ALTON as it counters government on voicemail operation (News, Uncategorized)
15-Nov GCSC unveils final report on advancing Cyberstability (News)
14-Nov NCC raises awareness on e-frauds at Lagos International Trade Fair (News)
14-Nov Again, Pantami goes after telcos for extorting subscribers – Orders deactivation of automatic voicemails (News)
12-Nov War On Cancer app launches on iOS and Android (News)
12-Nov Okonjo-Iweala, Twitter CEO ask young Nigerians to focus on technology to create jobs (News)
11-Nov WOWBii Interactive to showcase EdTech solutions at Computer Village Expo 2019 (News)
11-Nov Buhari to open eNigeria as NITDA announces new event date for November 28 (News)
09-Nov NCC restrategises to implement FG’s directive on data pricing (News)
09-Nov IWEC Foundation appoints FirstBank’s Ibukun Awosika as new president of board of directors (News)
09-Nov Pantami tasks stakeholders on Local Content Policy, leveraging opportunities in AfCFTA (News)
08-Nov Experts to government at HACKJOS 2019: Absence of child cyber protection could create ‘digital idiots’ (News)
08-Nov Wefarm secures $13m in funding to connect more farmers in Africa (News)
08-Nov Free internet access should be a basic human right – study (News)
07-Nov Phase3 turns 16 years, celebrates milestones (News)
07-Nov FirstBank rewards top performing agents with over N15m at maiden Firstmonie agents’ awards (News)
07-Nov Pantami begins clean up of NIPOST, orders termination of cash payments for all services (News)
06-Nov Layer3 charts course for data localization and cloud adoption in Nigeria (News)
06-Nov ATCON, ALTON to FG: Let market not politics determine data price (News)
06-Nov NADDC excites young Nigerians with first Automotive Design Challenge (News)
06-Nov Routed achieves Africa’s first VMware cloud verified status (News)
06-Nov Russia and Nigeria: Will startups deliver progress in bilateral relations? (News)
05-Nov New ITU data reveal growing internet uptake but a widening digital gender divide (News)
05-Nov Lalong, ITF boss, others laud Buhari’s support for innovation and entrepreneurship at HackJos (News)
05-Nov Leadership is commitment to vision, youth and technology, says Qua’an Pan LG boss, Kwallu (News)
05-Nov NITDA empowers over 20 varsities with virtual libraries, assures legal studies agency of support (News)
01-Nov Army begins Operation Positive Identification today, decries social media protests (News)
01-Nov 41 African startups heads to Lisbon next week in search of money, market and partners (News)
01-Nov Building gender parity in the technology and telecoms industry (News)
01-Nov HACKJOS Conference 2019 holds today on the Plateau (News)
31-Oct Funding and growth opportunities open for startups in Nigeria (Uncategorized)
31-Oct Mastercard Foundation opens investment window for EdTech Entrepreneurs (News)
30-Oct ITU World Radiocommunication Conference forges pathways for future digital communications (News)
30-Oct Kigali to host 4th Africa Shared Value Leadership in 2020 (News)
30-Oct NITDA postpones eNigeria 2019, new date to be announced (News)
28-Oct Plateau affirms commitment to human development as PICTDA spotlights female developers (News)
28-Oct Broadband penetration now 35% as Danbatta insists only pervasive internet can drive eGovernment (News)
28-Oct With i5 Innovation Hub, Africa University seeks to develop, protect African intellectual property (News)
28-Oct AfriLabs Admits 20 New Hubs into Its Network (News)
28-Oct From Ministry of Communications to Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy – What is in the Nomenclature? (News)
26-Oct FirstBank celebrates top performing Firstmonie agents nationwide (Uncategorized)
24-Oct Minister orders NCC to sanction telcos that impose fees on USSD (News)
24-Oct Blame tech advancement not ‘illegal deductions’ for fast data depletion, says NCC’s boss, Danbatta (News)
24-Oct Applications for ARM DAAYTA 2020 programme now open (News)
24-Oct Nigeria government adds ‘Digital Economy’ portfolio to Communications Ministry (News)
23-Oct Asking end-users to pay for USSD access fees exposes customers to double billing, says ALTON (News)
23-Oct FirstBank wins best private, best retail bank in Nigeria awards (News)
22-Oct HACKJOS Conference 2019 to focus on private, public sectors partnership to create new economy, jobs (News)
22-Oct Airtel Africa, Ecobank Group in partnership to expand mobile financial services (News)
22-Oct Nigeria Data Protection Regulation not in conflict with NCC’s role, says NITDA (News)
22-Oct Commonwealth finance ministers urge progress on taxing digital commerce to tackle debt (News)
21-Oct Minister orders operators to cancel USSD charges, earns Nigerians’ approval (News)
20-Oct Global merger of GiGAWire Alliance, HomeGrid Forum strengthens broadband access technology (News)
20-Oct Pantami demands lower data prices, charges Galaxy on operational efficiencies (News)
20-Oct FirstBank: Towards reviving Nigeria’s textile industry (News)
18-Oct Telecoms regulator, Danbatta, reveals plans to launch national campaign for child protection online (News)
18-Oct FirstBank hosts Fintech Summit 3.0 (News)
18-Oct Velocity Conference by Founder Institute Lagos to hold in November (News)
17-Oct NITDA, ISACA explore partnership to deepen capacity building (News)
17-Oct IoT under fire as Kaspersky detects over 100m attacks on smart devices in H1 2019 (News)
16-Oct Abuja SMSGAfrica fireside harps on nation building, using social media to foster patriotism (News)
16-Oct Access Bank now offers customers more than N1 billion daily in digital lending (News)
16-Oct NIMC under attack for failing to explain difference between NIN and national ID card (News)
15-Oct New Eseye solutions reduces IoT device development time by more than 75% (News)
15-Oct FirstBank Georgian Cup hits the centenary mark, a possible world record in sports sponsorship (News)
15-Oct Bitcoin economy boosting entrepreneurship in Africa (News)
15-Oct Truecaller to NITDA: We will adhere to Nigeria’s data protection laws (News)
10-Oct Nigerian start-up, Chiniki Guard, grabs $10,000 winning prize for AI at GITEX 2019 (News)
08-Oct NITDA enters partnership with European Data Protection Office (News)
08-Oct FirstBank partners NESG, host 25th Nigerian Economic Summit (News)
08-Oct Pantami directs parastatals to accept corps members and train them on entrepreneurship (News)
08-Oct Pantami affirms Nigeria’s readiness for 5G, alerts on need to address security concerns (News)
08-Oct Nigeria’s Chiniki Guard, 247Medic startups are GITEX 2019 Supernova Finalists (News)
07-Oct Pantami and Nigeria’s e-Possibilities (Editorial, News, Report)
07-Oct GITEX 2019: Pantami harps on mentoring young innovators, domestication of technology (News)
05-Oct Jos tech kids are changing the world with programming, says PICTDA’s boss Daser (News)
05-Oct Nigeria’s Chiniki Guard, 247Medic startups are GITEX 2019 Supernova Semi-Finalists (News)
05-Oct Pantami leads Nigeria’s delegation to global tech gathering – GITEX 2019 (News)
04-Oct Facebook partners Teleperformance to open Lagos centre for SMBs in Sub-Saharan Africa (News)
04-Oct VKM unwraps ‘Reporta Health’ app to drive quality healthcare with technology (News)
04-Oct ATCON deplores Senate’s bill to impose 9% tax on GSM, cable TV subscription (News)
04-Oct FirstBank targets 500,000 agents to boost financial inclusion (News)
04-Oct MainOne lands submarine cable in Cote D’Ivoire (News)
04-Oct DWTC, Nigeria tone up Africa Investment Forum as GITEX nears D-Day (News)
30-Sep Telecoms operators block 2.2 million unregistered SIM cards (News)
30-Sep Communications Minister, Pantami, is IT Man of the Year (News)
30-Sep Nigeria takes global stage at GITEX 2019 (News)
27-Sep United Nations General Assembly proposes incentives for ‘startup culture’ in Africa (News)
26-Sep MainOne expands data center footprint in Ghana (News)
26-Sep Facebook Accelerator London opens to African companies for the first time (News)
26-Sep Tech meets renewable energy hackathon (News)
26-Sep Techne Summit is Back in Alexandria with $1 Million in Prizes for Startups (Events, News, Technology)
25-Sep Nigeria sends strong message on investment potential in ICT sector at GITEX 2019 (News)
25-Sep ATCON to evaluate 5 years of telecommunications in Nigeria 2015 – 2019 (News)
24-Sep Nairobi’s 7th Pan African Conference on IFFS opens debate on taxing online transactions (News)
24-Sep NITDA investigates Truecaller’s service over possible breach of privacy rights of Nigerians (News)
24-Sep New senior fintech advisor joins Ecobank (News)
24-Sep Growth in fintech drives growth in cyberattacks (News)
23-Sep Global internet growth stalls (News)
23-Sep Pantami asserts Nigeria goal to be global IT powerhouse at pre-GITEX meeting (News)
20-Sep NITDA parleys stakeholders on cybercrimes (News)
20-Sep Cutting-edge tech helps curb epidemics in West Africa (News)
20-Sep SAP hosts executive roundtable in Lagos to showcase Intelligent Enterprise Benefits (News)
20-Sep PICTDA thickens grassroots technology presence as Kanke keys into Code Plateau (News)
20-Sep New mobile app helping to checkmate Ebola (News)
19-Sep Communications Minister tasks agencies on ISO certification as NITDA secures global IT security standard (News)
19-Sep GK8 unveils technology for sending transactions to blockchain without internet connection (News)
19-Sep FirstBank supports educational institutions with FirstEdu (News)
19-Sep Code Plateau gathers steam as training enters 7th week of digital skill sessions (News)
16-Sep Digital banking startup FairMoney raises 10M Euros to reshape mobile banking in Nigeria (News)
16-Sep Phase3 commences network technology upgrade across enterprise segment (News)
16-Sep Nigerian University of Glasgow student helping to empower Africa’s young scientists (News)
16-Sep FBNQuest Trustees marks 40th anniversary of preserving legacies in Nigeria (News)
16-Sep Viewmedia to establish digital broadcast platform to West Africa on Spacecom’s Amos-17 (News)
16-Sep Lagos to host first annual gathering of Innovation Support Network Hubs (News)
16-Sep A vision and a need for flyers to fly with it: A case study of Mallam’s Isa Ali Pantami and Kashifu Inuwa (News)
13-Sep Plateau IT agency launches grassroots campaign on leveraging technology for development (News)
13-Sep Communications Minister, Pantami, directs NCC to block 9.2m improperly registered SIM cards (News)
13-Sep PICTDA inks IT framework implementation with heads of Plateau State tertiary institutions (News)
13-Sep Uwa Suleiman, NITDA’s voice, now spokesperson for Communications Minister (News)
13-Sep TECNO unleashes Dot-in Display smartphone revolution with CAMON 12 Air targeting youth (News)
13-Sep ITU, Cisco launch digital transformation initiative (News)
12-Sep Nigeria raises VAT to 7%, to tax online transactions from January 2020 (News)
12-Sep DHL expands Africa eShop across 34 Sub Saharan African countries (News)
10-Sep Tanta Secure brings corporate and individual plans to Nigerian smartphone users (Business, News, Technology)
08-Sep Global transactions get easier with FirstBank’s card offerings (News)
08-Sep Nigeria’s biggest consumer tech festival, Ikeja Computer Village Expo 2019, holds December (News)
08-Sep Minister of Communications, Pantami, extols power of tech-economy as ICT contributes 13.85% to GDP (News)
08-Sep ABAN, AfriLabs partner to launch Catalyst, new investment solution for African startups (News)
04-Sep Fanning Africa’s glowing embers of angel investment opportunities (News)
04-Sep Wehub, FCMB scout for the next Agritech Superstar (News)
03-Sep FirstBank’s Adesola Adeduntan bags ‘Best Chief Executive Officer’ award (News)
03-Sep Africa Proptech Forum to disrupt Africa’s real estate sector (News)
03-Sep CISOs believe capabilities of attackers outpacing ability to defend organisations – Forbes Report (News)
02-Sep NITDA denounces purported partnership in youth empowerment training on software development for North East (News)
02-Sep DHL adds new mobile app to further enhance customer experience (News)
01-Sep Pinnacle, Gates Air sign pact on expanded digital TV switch over (News)
01-Sep nHub launches angel network in Jos – first tech investors association in north of Nigeria (News)
01-Sep Tanta Secure brings first extended protection for smartphone users in Nigeria (News)
01-Sep Our IoT solution is helping companies make 15% savings on fuel – Bizsoft boss, Sanni (eTerview, News)
30-Aug FirstBank spotlighting opportunities in the agriculture value chain (News)
30-Aug Cloudenly set to launch as Nigeria’s first and most extensive unified commerce platform (News)
30-Aug TICAD7 focuses on digital agriculture as next frontier for economic development in Africa (News)
30-Aug NITDA calls for synergy among stakeholders in curtailing online crimes (News)
27-Aug The Platform – Tomorrows’ new economic sector (News)
27-Aug Siemens launches report on ‘Dawn of Digitalization and its Impact on Africa (News)
26-Aug NCC to consumers: Treat telecom Infrastructure as collectively-owned (News)
26-Aug NITDA’s new boss, Inuwa, says vision is to make agency a smart regulator (News)
23-Aug Culture and tech meet at Cultural Economies Conference – Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival (News)
22-Aug Beware! More apps now preloaded with malware, Kaspersky cautions on dark side of apps (News)
22-Aug Pantami as a boss and a believer in a greater Nigeria (News)
22-Aug Pantami in the eyes of the public: Villain or Hero (Part 1) (News)
21-Aug Transact without borders with the FirstBank Verve Global Card (News)
21-Aug CFA invited to speak at German Bundestag congress on Digitization in Africa (News)
21-Aug Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa is Director General of NITDA as Buhari appoints new heads of MDAs (News)
19-Aug NETCOM Africa Is Helping Businesses To Be More Efficient And Profitable – YEN CHOI (eTerview, News, Technology)
19-Aug Funding Nigeria’s digital gap (News)
15-Aug Generation Hashtag is reshaping the world, says GlobalData (News)
15-Aug Going cashless this summer with FirstBank travel kits (News)
15-Aug Facebook, Africa Check expand local language coverage for third-party fact-checking programme (News)
14-Aug NITDA tackles ALTON, assures stakeholders on cooperation among sector regulators (News)
14-Aug Preparing Nigeria for the Future of Work (News)
14-Aug NACCIMA seeks collaboration with NCC to drive digital inclusion (News)
14-Aug Reinventing FirstBank through creativity and innovation (News)
09-Aug NITDA inaugurates e-Nigeria, GITEX 2019 committees (News)
08-Aug Bitcoin to hit $15,000 as consensus grows on safe-haven status (News)
08-Aug AMOS-17 communication satellite targeting Africa successfully launched (News)
07-Aug FirstBank convenes SME Week, reinforces its support to the engine of the economy (News)
07-Aug AfriLabs partners AU to host 2019 AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Addis Ababa (News)
07-Aug MTN board appointments: Time to stop these shenanigans (News)
06-Aug Affordable spectrum sharing technologies crucial for rural connectivity” says DSA President Martha Suárez (News)
06-Aug NCC fines Airtel, 9mobile N136m for undermining consumers (News)
05-Aug NCC reassures telecoms consumers of protection as MTN/Glo ‘war-war’ over interconnect debt (News)
05-Aug Airtel deepens internet connectivity with new home broadband package (News)
05-Aug FirstBank convenes digital lab open house, reinforces digital reinvention in banking (News)
02-Aug No place for cybercrime, hate speech, and fake news in the Internet we want, says NCC’s Danbatta (News)
02-Aug First Code Plateau Orientation program begins today in Jos (News)
02-Aug Africa’s youth see a future for Bitcoin beyond speculation (News)
02-Aug Technology innovation can solve Nigeria’s educational challenges – Verraki (News)
02-Aug IoT spending in MEA to see double-digit growth over coming years says IDC (News)
30-Jul Newly listed MTN Nigeria posts strong results, adds 3.3 million customers to maintain market lead (News)
30-Jul NITDA extends time for filing of initial data audit report by data controllers and processors (News)
30-Jul Spacecom to launch AMOS-17 communication satellite in August for Africa-wide coverage (News)
29-Jul Ministerial nominees Pantami, Keyamo, Dare envision a better Nigeria (News)
29-Jul Scientists use phone movement to predict personality types (News)
29-Jul Nigeria and the race to fast speed internet (News)
23-Jul NITDA’s boss, Pantami among 43 ministerial nominees – joins Fashola, Akpabio, Amaechi, Sirika, others (News)
22-Jul FirstBank partners eventful to support SMEs in the fashion industry (News)
22-Jul NITDA’s boss, Pantami, wins Titan Tech award as outstanding promoter of local content (News)
22-Jul VC4A, African Business Angel Network announce 6th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (News)
22-Jul Regulation, innovation and looking beyond the OTT threats (News)
19-Jul Candide-Johnson becomes chairwoman of French start-up, kwik (News)
19-Jul Lagos hosts first CoinCola meet-up (News)
19-Jul Beware of fake NYSC, other government websites, DSS warns (News)
17-Jul Nigeria’s IDS Africa to broadcast services on AMOS-17 communications satellite (News)
17-Jul Truecaller launches user verification solution for mobile web (News)
17-Jul AI and humans in customer experience not an either/or situation (News)
15-Jul Tata, Smart Africa Alliance set to bridge Africa’s skills gap in next-gen technologies (News)
12-Jul FirstBank restates commitment to children with special needs (News)
12-Jul AI, IoT, data centers now key drivers of M&A deals, says GlobalData (News)
12-Jul NITDA assures on data privacy rights, investigates immigration, banks, telcos over breach of NDPR (News)
10-Jul Innovating Together: Connectivity That Matters (Editorial, Events, News, Technology)
08-Jul NITDA’s boss, Pantami, gets double recognitions for advancing IT development (News)
08-Jul Lagos to build tech innovation centres (News)
05-Jul FirstBank CEO, Adeduntan, sensitizes children on acts of kindness (News)
05-Jul NITDA honours six global finalists of Huawei ICT 2018/19 competition (News)
04-Jul French Start-up Kwik is taking the market by storm in Nigeria (News)
03-Jul Danbatta, NCC and search for Nigeria’s Zuckerbergs (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
03-Jul ITU, Stanford University to launch new partnership supporting pilots of Digital Fiat Currency (News)
03-Jul BVN linked with banks now 38m as CBN targets 100m in 5 years (News)
03-Jul FirstBank promotes career development for staff (News)
02-Jul Apply for AppsAfrica Awards 2019 (News)
02-Jul Investment in fibre infrastructure key to enabling growth of Africa’s digital economy, say experts (News)
01-Jul NITDA’s boss, Pantami, bags prestigious Public Personality of the Year award (News)
01-Jul Nigeria begins implementation of e-Yellow Card from today (News)
30-Jun HackJos 2019 focuses on ‘creating opportunities for shared prosperity among Nigerian youths’ through PPP (News)
30-Jun Dynamic Spectrum Alliance unites industry leaders to explore spectrum sharing technologies (News)
30-Jun Standard Chartered accelerates its digital strategy across Africa (News)
30-Jun New consumer telescope, eVscope, will help astronomers probe exoplanets (News)
28-Jun Court invites Lai Mohammed as ICPC intensifies prosecution of NBC’s boss over alleged N2.5b fraud (News)
28-Jun NeuroBlade raises over $27 million to develop a new type of AI chip (News)
28-Jun A pragmatic approach to Cloud in the age of hyperscale (News)
28-Jun How Nigeria and rest of Africa can fill global IT skill gaps, Tunga (News)
28-Jun SAP and BMZ join forces to create more digital jobs in Nigeria, rest of Africa (News)
28-Jun FirstBank: Inspiring kindness, empathy with SPARK (News)
27-Jun Has President Buhari signed a law allowing foreign governments to spy on, intercept communication of Nigerians? (News)
27-Jun Nigeria’s digital future hinges on govt, citizens’ collaboration, say speakers at Jos fireside chat (News)
27-Jun NITDA to MDAs: Comply with the law on use of social media for public institutions or be sanctioned (News)
26-Jun Airtel Africa PLC announces Initial Public Offer (News)
26-Jun GlobalData’s 5G RAN competitive analysis reveals Huawei leadership (News)
26-Jun Osinbajo expresses faith in Nigeria’s ability to leverage technology to overcome economic challenges (News)
25-Jun Multichoice Nigeria records N133.2bn profit, 24.8% market growth despite daunting economy (News)
25-Jun NCC licenses Avanti for satellite space segment, affirms commitment to 8-Point agenda (News)
25-Jun AfriQloud launches in Uganda, eyes Nigeria, 14 African countries (News)
24-Jun Code Plateau recruitment kicks off in Jos with more than 550 applicants (News)
24-Jun Vodacom reworks operations of enterprise businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire (News)
24-Jun No National Identification Number, no inter’l passport as Nigeria begins data harmonisation (News)
22-Jun Henry Nkemadu is new brand builder for NCC as Director, Public Affairs (News)
21-Jun VDT COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTS THE INTERNET MARKET WITH THE PRE LAUNCH OF ADVANCED 4G LTE (Editorial, News)
21-Jun House Speaker, Gbajabiamila, assures Ajisebutu, 21CTL boss, of support for ICT sector (News)
21-Jun Jobberman.com Nigeria appoints Hilda Kragha as new CEO (News)
20-Jun Collaboration and connectivity at ITU Telecom World 2019 (Editorial,, News,)
20-Jun NITDA calls for strict compliance with the guidelines on hosting government data (News)
20-Jun Enugu 2019 Workshop for Judges discusses bringing law to speed with technology, ending multiple taxation (News, Uncategorized)
20-Jun Osibanjo, Sanwo-Olu, Ovia affirm faith in smart technology as PwC opens Experience Centre to reflect govt’s new thinking (News)
20-Jun Globalstar successfully completes MSS, terrestrial authorizations across Africa (News)
19-Jun Showmax, DStv now out-performing Netflix in Africa -Reports (News)
19-Jun NCAA moves to demolish 8,805 telecom masts as 30-day ultimatum expires (News)
19-Jun ZTE, Orange demo 5G power in advanced automotive, robotics, entertainment apps (News)
18-Jun NITDA announces applications for FutureHack challenge (News)
18-Jun HID Global expands commitment to helping end Africa’s identity gap (News)
18-Jun Dangote Group deploys Freshworks to unify service management across 19 subsidiaries (News)
17-Jun NCC to launch Emergency Communications Centres (News)
17-Jun VACANCY: Apply to become the next Director General, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) (News)
14-Jun Kaspersky unveils new branding and visual identity on building a safer world (News)
14-Jun Building a Continental Neural Network: Spreading ideas, innovation across Africa at the speed of thought (News)
13-Jun WorldRemit launches new product for business payments to Nigeria (News)
13-Jun Economic challenges cause decline in Africa’s smartphone market (News)
13-Jun Africa, Middle East handset subscriptions to hit 1.4b by 2023, says GlobalData (News)
13-Jun AfriLabs expands into 45 African countries (News)
12-Jun NCC presents 2018 Research Grants to Nigerian scholars (News)
11-Jun 87% of Magento e-commerce websites at ‘high risk’ from cyber criminals says new report (News)
11-Jun Galaxy Backbone provides infrastructure to implement Nigerian e-Government blueprint (News)
10-Jun NBC, DAAR and navigating the social media challenge (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
10-Jun FirstBank: Redefining the ‘Heritage of First’ with smart digital banking (News)
07-Jun FirstBank joins other internal auditors across Africa to promote risk management efficiency (News)
07-Jun DHL rolls out e-commerce platform to more African markets following initial success (News)
07-Jun The Shittu years and why it is important President Buhari gets it right in 2019 (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
06-Jun Why Nigerian government is interested in GridCodes technology – Vice President Osibanjo (Uncategorized)
06-Jun Eko Innovation Hub joins Lagos ecosystem to drive new jobs (News)
06-Jun Radiflow launches MSSP partner program (News)
05-Jun Medallion, Etix Everywhere, Ngoya, AIG to deliver West Africa’s first Tier IV data centre in Accra (News)
05-Jun CMC Networks solve African cross-border cloud connectivity issues (News)
05-Jun Signal Alliance launches CloudGo, a managed productivity suite for SMEs (News)
05-Jun Global E-waste Statistics Partnership launches globalewaste.org to tame global e-waste (News)
03-Jun Landmark Supreme Court judgment over elections in Zamfara is most downloaded court documents (News)
03-Jun Caliphate Tech Community launches in Sokoto as NCS goes to Gombe (News)
03-Jun NCC gathers stakeholders to set roadmap on ICT innovation and telecoms R&D (News)
03-Jun MTN clears N330b fine with final N55b payment to NCC (News)
31-May GE Healthcare, Medhold bring CARESCAPE™ ONE Patient Transport Monitor to market (News)
31-May Econet, Yara launch Generation Africa to inspire young Africans to become agri-food entrepreneurs (News)
30-May FirstBank demystifying financial inclusion with XploreFirst (News)
30-May Nollywood gets global exposure through Netflix (News)
30-May NIGCOMSAT, Nigus, China’s CGWIC launch NextTv to break DStv monopoly (News)
30-May How new technologies can transform healthcare and make us healthier (News)
28-May FirstBank convenes fireside chat, promotes awareness on cyber security (News)
28-May New ITU Focus Group to optimize environmental efficiency with artificial intelligence (News)
28-May AMOS-17 completing final pre-launch preparations (News)
28-May GTBank improves access to education for children in rural communities with #BeatTheDistance initiative (News)
28-May Founder Institute extends admission deadline to June 2 (News)
27-May We are not under criminal watch, says MTN as EFCC probes listing on NSE (News)
27-May Customers are primary inspiration for business innovation around the world, says new YPO Global Pulse Survey (News)
27-May Danbatta, Patami to keynote ATCON’s 5th Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (News)
24-May Investment in Nigeria’s telecom industry is now $70bn says NCC (News)
24-May Nigerian active subscribers now 173.7m as NCC aligns teledensity to new population figure of 190m (News)
24-May CoinCola – Person-to-Person (P2P) Bitcoin platform now in Nigeria (News)
23-May Freshworks acquires Natero, leader in customer success cloud software (News, Uncategorized)
23-May Facebook celebrates one year of NG_Hub (News)
23-May Strategising successful IaaS deployment in the enterprise (News)
23-May MainOne to commit N25billion to digitisation of Lagos (News)
22-May US, China, Huawei and the raging war over who leads 5G race (News)
22-May Lalong’s tech vision, Plateau’s new economy and PICTDA’s stakeholders’ engagement (Blogs - Matters eRising, Uncategorized)
21-May New access to premium local TV channels enabled via satellite (News)
21-May So, what’s left after the machines take over? (News)
21-May SaaS implementation key to business survival (News)
20-May ICPC: Corrupting the N2.5bn news (Featured, News)
20-May At 25, Precise Financial Systems (PFS) epitomizes Nigeria’s stubborn hope in a greater tomorrow (Blogs - Matters eRising, News)
17-May UNESCO proffers ways to improve gender equality in digital professions and eliminate stereotypes in AI applications (News)
17-May Nigeria’s House of Representatives unveils website on Public Accounts (News)
17-May allegro.ai to showcase deep learning perception platform at Intel partner booth inside Embedded Vision Summit (News)
17-May Nordic-Nigeria Connect holds in Lagos, focuses on ‘Innovating for Change’ (News)
17-May Teraco’s Cloud Exchange offers direct connection to multiple leading global cloud services in Africa (News)
15-May NITDA begins implementation of Data Protection Regulation, offenders risk hefty fines (News)
14-May Uyo hosts #StartupSouth (News)
14-May Microsoft sets up $100m development centres in Kenya and Nigeria (News)
14-May Landmark conference using data science to plan for Africa’s future labor market (News)
14-May MTN Group publishes Q1:2019 Financials ahead of listing at Nigerian Stock Exchange (News)
14-May Zoi Meet launches real-time subtitling software for international business professionals (News)
14-May Making access to credit and loan repayment through Pocket Money (News)
14-May NCC organises maiden Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit (NTLS 2019) (News)
13-May Ringier Digital Marketing gains grounds in Africa with frontline digital solutions (News)
13-May Why space science with technology requires continuous investment – Onu (News)
13-May NITDA launches roadmap to Nigeria’s smart economy (News)
13-May NCC begins second phase of SIM registration verification and compliance audit (News)
10-May Founder Institute announces fellowship candidates in Lagos (News)
09-May MTN Nigeria records high yields in unaudited results for Q1, 2019 (News)
09-May FirstBank hits N1 trillion transactions with Firstmonie (News)
09-May UNESCO conference to take stock of blockchain technology and explore its societal potential (News)
09-May SpaceBridge debuts SatCloud, cloud-based managed services at Satellite 2019 (News)
09-May TECNO Mobile announced plans at Google IO 2019 for upgrade to Android™ Q Beta on SPARK 3 Pro (News)
07-May Zoi Meet launches real-time subtitling software for international business professionals (News)
07-May Manufacturers not adopting Industry 4.0 risk falling behind the curve, says GlobalData (News)
07-May MTN finally goes to SEC with 20 billion registered shares (News)
07-May NADDC unveils plan for buy Nigerian-made vehicle with 6% interest loans (News)
07-May NITDA releases list of successful 49 candidates for the 2018/2019 NITDEF scholarship (News)
07-May SATELLITE 2019: Airbus to build multimission satellite for MEASAT (News)
07-May Shareholders commend FBN Holdings, believe future is bright (News)
06-May GVF launches new website, association re-branding as SATELLITE 2019 opens today in Washington DC (News)
06-May SIM swap fraud tops new wave of attacks targeting financial services, online services in Africa (News)
04-May NITDA warns MDAs on use of generic third level domains in new policy review to incentivize dot ng (News)
03-May Cortex Group launches Africa’s first AI only focused venture capital company (News)
03-May Fintech technology a potential driver of African economies, over traditional sectors (News)
03-May Abbott receives WHO prequalification approval for breakthrough HIV point-of-care test (News)
03-May ChamsConsortium writes presidency, accuses MasterCard of unwholesome business practice over Nigeria’s national ID project (News)
02-May In Silicon Valley, UN Broadband Commission advocates for new innovative partnerships to drive digital transformation (News)
02-May Muhammed Rudman is new president of NIRA (News)
02-May 10 Reasons why Buhari was right on Digital Rights Bill (News)
30-Apr Nigerians worry over slow progress in implementing data harmonisation (News)
30-Apr NCC denies media report on non-validity of 95.7m subscribers’ SIM registration data (News)
30-Apr 2019 Geneva’s AI summit focuses on accelerating progress towards the SDGs (News)
29-Apr Nicademia launches Nigeria’s first hub for ‘creatives’ (News)
29-Apr Satellite 2019: Satcube to demonstrate award-winning Satcube Ku portable satellite terminal (News)
26-Apr At 15, BCN remains committed to creating values and pioneering real growth – Dikko (eTerview, News)
25-Apr Plateau State begins ‘Code Plateau’ programme to create digital workforce (News)
25-Apr Nigeria, other 170 countries celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’ to promote tech studies among women (News)
24-Apr GSM operators to NCAA: Your N100, 000 per mast AHC fee is ‘offensively predatory’ (News)
24-Apr Application opens for fellowship – 2019 [email protected] (News)
24-Apr Freshworks integrates with WhatsApp to support 1.5 billion messaging users (News)
24-Apr TECNO lights up your mobile experience, adds new SPARK 3 Series with AI cameras (News)
23-Apr UniJos thanks NITDA for Virtual Library Project (News)
23-Apr NOUN seeks collaboration with NITDA, NCC (News)
18-Apr Media Marathon Expo 2019 celebrates positive impact of telecom industry on media (News)
18-Apr Huawei expects 5G bounceback (News)
18-Apr New cryptocurrency from Facebook could alter future of money, global transactions (News)
18-Apr What will 5G really mean for you? (Featured, News)
18-Apr WeSabi wins ARM’s ₦12m startup support fund at DAAYTA 2019 (News)
17-Apr Reflections on the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 (Featured, News)
17-Apr Microsoft, Oracle, IBM to become witnesses at Nigeria’s election tribunal as PDP wants servers scrutinized (News)
17-Apr NITDA goes fishing for innovators in south-east as Startup Friday births in Enugu (News)
17-Apr Cisco Systems, Swarm Technologies, UTStarcom join Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (News)
16-Apr WSIS stresses leveraging digital tools to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (Events, News)
15-Apr SIM registration is mandatory, use of pre-registered SIM is criminal offence, NCC warns again (News)
15-Apr NITDA raises stake for Nigerian young innovators in Startup Friday, Kano (News)
15-Apr DHL adds new platform with over 200 global online stores for African consumers (News)
15-Apr 5th China-Africa Enterprises Convention holds 8 – 12 June 2019 (News)
12-Apr NEPAD honours Nigeria’s tech-entrepreneur Silas Adekunle, others, as African Youth Champions (News)
12-Apr Jay FM, Jos, goes to court over NBC’s shut down of station (News)
12-Apr DSA emphasizes need for dynamic spectrum access to connect millions of Africans (News)
11-Apr Stakeholders harp on effective regulations, convergence in IT sector (News)
11-Apr New disruptors can significantly play in microservices network and app management, says GlobalData (News)
10-Apr Heficed launches world’s first global self-service IP address management platform (News)
10-Apr Advancing ICT accessibility at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum (News)
10-Apr Facebook AI researchers create world’s most detailed population density maps of Africa (News)
09-Apr Cyber fraud climbs over N25B in five years in Nigeria, says CIFIAN (News)
09-Apr NIGCOMSAT seeks resellers, partners to push broadband agenda (News)
09-Apr AfDB’s Adesina to African governments: “New global powers will be built on data, coding” (News)
08-Apr MDAs that default on IT procurement risk criminal prosecution, says NITDA’s boss Pantami (News)
08-Apr NCC ready for 70% broadband penetration, says Danbatta (News)
08-Apr FirstBank empowers over 7000 students on financial literacy, commemorates Global Money Week (News)
08-Apr Government and industry leaders to discuss future of spectrum management at DSA’s Global Summit 2019 (News)
08-Apr Fmr Nigerian ComTech Minister, Omobola Johnson, on Hype, Reality of Africa’s digital era (News)
05-Apr In the future, Risk will be embraced as a positive. Is your business ready? (News)
03-Apr Innovation Support Network (ISN) Hubs berths to support entrepreneurship (News)
03-Apr VibrantMe launches training to checkmate Type 2 Diabetes (News)
03-Apr Why convergence, effective regulations will drive national competitiveness, by NCC’s Danbatta, other stakeholders (News)
02-Apr Regulation, Connectivity, Broadband, BroadPLANS & Convergence – by EVC of NCC, Danbatta (Featured, News)
02-Apr NITDA to ignite Kano this April with Startup Friday (News)
02-Apr Canon partners Yaba College of Technology to push careers in printing industry (News)
29-Mar Plateau State Govt. plans to create ‘Silicon Plateau’ to reduce youth unemployability (News)
26-Mar SIM Boxing – A threat that telecommunication companies and government should jointly fight (News)
26-Mar NIGCOMSAT announces presence at WACC 2019 as event records huge industry subscriptions (News)
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22-Mar GTBank Builds Nigeria’s First Digital Play Centre for Children (News)
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