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 […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has vacated with immediate effect an interim order through which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) froze the bank accounts in two banks of a firm in cryptocurrency trading. The CBN had claimed, among others, that some of such deals contravened its directive […]
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 […]
… Bayero Agabi President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) to give priority to indigenous professionals in the planning, designing and execution of national projects. He said foreign professionals should only be considered where it has been certified that the expertise was not locally available. […]
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 […]
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Youths and Sports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KONGA, a composite eCommerce firm to empower the Nigerian youth through the exploration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) with a view to building their capacity towards self-reliance and employability in its continued […]
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 […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) gets the Federal Executive Council approval on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy. This was revealed in statement signed by the Technical Assistant (on Information Technology) to the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Femi […]
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 […]
