Interswitch has received $110 million in joint investment from LeapFrog investments and Tiana Africa Capital, according to a statement released by the two private investment companies to help it expand its digital payment services across Africa. Interswitch, with a market capitalization of $1 billion, Africa’s second unicorn. Among the fintech’s most […]
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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be leading other stakeholders as eBusiness Life Communication Limited hosts young girls in the 2022 edition of the International Girls in ICT Day campaign. The hybrid event, which will hold at the Lagos Oriental Hotel on May 12, 2022, is part […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has verified the issuing of final letters of award of Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences to MTN and Mafab Communications, the winners of the Commission’s 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction on Monday, December 13, 2021. The Commission’s Management, chaired by EVC Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, […]
A crypto exchange company headquartered in London, Luno, said it has now onboarded 10 million crypto users onto its platform. This milestone, means the company acquired 3 million users between last April—when it reached 7 million users—and now. This new number validates the increase of global adoption of crypto in […]
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 NCC licensed Mafab Communications as an International Data Access (IDA) in July 2020, managed by Alhaji Musibau Bashiru. It emerged as a strong competitor for the 3.5GHz spectrum auction for 5G network licenses, winning a place after 11 rounds of bidding. The first six rounds of auctions each lasted […]
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced on Monday that Abba Kyari, a suspended top police officer, is a member of an international drug cartel. Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police and former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has also been proclaimed wanted by the NDLEA for […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has directed me to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the lifting of Twitter’s suspension in Nigeria, which will take effect at 12 a.m. on January 13, 2022. Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, […]
ON JANUARY 1, 2022, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI MADE A STATEMENT TO THE NATION. We are grateful to the Almighty God for another year as a country, united by a common destiny and firm in our commitment to face the numerous challenges that lie ahead on our journey to become […]
To commemorate Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day, the Federal Government has proclaimed Monday, December 27th, Tuesday, December 28th, and Monday, January 3rd, 2022 as public holidays. Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, who made the announcement on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates Christians and all Nigerians at […]