After postings in Dubai, London, Miami, San Francisco, and Singapore, global digital payments giant Visa has built its first innovation studio in Africa and its sixth internationally in Kenya. In order to co-create payment and commerce solutions, the studio will bring together developers, Visa’s internal and external clients, and other […]
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The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has officially launched the Nigerian Data Protection Bureau in order to ensure that information technology remains a vehicle for economic growth and development, as well as a means of establishing a veritable machinery for data management, privacy, and protection in Nigeria. The […]
Eko Innovation Centre in collaboration with GDM Group and EXMAN will be gathering innovators, entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, marketing and media practitioners, Industry thought leaders, policymakers, and marketing and media stakeholders at the Maiden edition of its Media and Marketing Hackathon tagged MarkHack 1.0 on Friday, 8th April, 2022. As one […]
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has appealed for promises to help bridge the digital divide by establishing and maintaining community networks around the country. CITAD made the announcement at a press conference in Lagos, where it detailed efforts to find and cultivate local champions who could influence […]
While giving a keynote talk at the Nigeria ICT Week, Kashifu Inuwa, director general of NITDA, CCIE, critically highlighted the nation’s route to a digital transformation in order to achieve National Social and Economic Development. The event, which was organized by NITDA, NEPC, NASS, and CFA and hosted at the […]
Microsoft Corporation, an American global technology company that makes computer software, personal computers, and related services, will open its first African Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos today. Software engineering solutions are intended to be delivered to Africa from the centre, which is a $100 million investment by the multibillion-dollar corporation. […]
The new line will also stop in Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa, with future extensions to neighboring nations. According to Google, an undersea cable that would increase internet speeds for millions of Africans landed in Togo on Friday, the latest phase in a multi-year project to bring cheaper access to […]
Nigeria’s planned 5G wireless network is predicted to bring speeds up to ten times faster than today’s 4G LTE networks, but 5G could also imply millions of new mobile phone towers. Do you want a cell phone tower or a network base station in your area? Many people respond with […]
The proposed NITDA Bill 2021 is causing a lot of buzz in the business because of its potential for overlapping and overwhelming effects on some functions, which industry analysts fear will cause severe frictions in the sector if not removed or simplified.. Deep-seated concerns about the proposed National Information and […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun the deployment of a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system as part of its vision and strategy to promote promptness, effectiveness, and efficiency in the processing of emergency call services through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC). This increase in emergency response agency capacity comes shortly […]