Under the auspices of the West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly (WATRA), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other telecoms regulators will develop technical and regulatory modalities aimed at combating the rising wave of electronic frauds and standardizing regional roaming tariffs in the sub-region. This was the focus of a two-day […]
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Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) stated Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that attempts to boost the country’s digital economy and combat corruption should provide investors with “a lot of conveniences.” e-Naira, Treasury Single Account, Bank Verification Number, and National Identification Number are among the proposals highlighted by the president. Buhari […]
REIT Digital Realty, a colocation operator with headquarters in San Francisco, California, has expanded into the African continent with acquisition of Medallion Data Centres with presence in Lagos and Abuja says reports Kenya and Mozambique are set to have the insignia of Digital Realty data centre markets in the world […]
Organisers of Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 has announced Olatomiwa Williams, the Country Manager for Microsoft Nigeria as the Keynote Speaker for Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH2021). She was appointed by Microsoft recently to lead the company’s efforts to accelerate Nigeria’s Digital transformation and cloud adoption across all Microsoft […]
Prospa, a YC-backed Nigerian startup offering software and financial services to entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, has announced it closed a $3.8 million pre-seed investment, which was oversubscribed by 380%. The round was backed by venture funds Global Founders Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures. Leading entrepreneurs also participated in the round including […]
MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications provider and Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company has announced a mobile money partnership. This partnership will allow businesses integrating Flutterwave in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia to receive payments via MTN Mobile Money (MoMo). MTN MoMo is a fintech platform providing consumers […]
Motomedia, an advertising company, has launched an interactive outdoor-LED screen. In a statement, the company said its interactive outdoor-LED screen was the ‘AI Screen.’ The company said the AI Screen was an outdoor advertising display that would provide brands a platform to engage, interact and personalise campaign messages directly to […]
OPay, an Africa-focused digital payment startup founded by a Chinese entrepreneur, announced a $400 million funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, valuing the company at $2 billion. Sequoia Capital China, Source Code Capital, Meituan-backed (3690.HK) fund Long-Z, Redpoint China, and 3W Capital are among the other investors in […]
As a feature of Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB’S) obligation to help local contents and innovations, the organization has banded together with Newwaves Ecosystem, an inventive Digital Company, to adopt online conference platform Konn3ct in the public sector space in accordance with the local content drive of president Buhari’s administration. Konn3ct […]
CECAD World Wide Web Day 2021 held at Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja Lagos.