Through its Ministry of Information and Culture today, the federal government announced its decision to suspend the operations of social media platform Twitter in the country. The statement, made by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and signed off by his media aide Segun Adeyemi, could see telecoms in […]
Technology
The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) has announced more partnerships for its upcoming event, tagged NITRA TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2021. The event, which will hold on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at CitiHeight Hotel and Virtually on Zoom now has web-based cryptocurrency trading platform, Vintage Confluence LLC, Nigeria’s CWG Plc, Medallion, […]
In furtherance of its commitment of deepening FTTx service all across country, Nigeria’s fastest growing Fiber to the Home (FTTH) broadband provider, FiberOne Broadband, launched its pure fiber optics service in Abuja. A customer experience center was also commissioned in the heart of the city. It has taken this giant […]
Nigeria’s telecoms regulatory body The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has joined the rest of humanity in commemoration of the National Technology Day, 2021. The Commission said its joining the celebration which holds every May 11 of the year. The National Technology Day is marked on May 11th every year is […]
First-of-its-kind audio e-learning platform to offer unlimited access based on the national mobile phone penetration, low-data, and basic feature phone requirements has been launched following the partnership of Data Sciences Nigeria and MasterCard Foundation. The ‘Learn at Home’ project is designed to help children continue remote learning based on their […]
After more than a year of iOS exclusivity, social audio platform Clubhouse is releasing its Android app. It will be available in beta on Google’s mobile OS in the US, allowing users to sign up and participate in its audio-only chat rooms and said it will gradually make the new app […]
…as NITDA, Cloudflex, Rackcenter pledges support NITRA, the umbrella body of IT reporters in Nigeria has continue to attract the support of key industry stakeholders towards the success of hosting the 2021 Forum of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA). Leading the pack is the government IT regulatory body […]
Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Muhammed Rudman, will chair NITRA Technology Forum 2021, which slated to hold on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The event will gather industry stakeholders in the Cloud hosting services and Data Center to discuss issues around the […]
CABSAT 2021, the Middle East and North Africa’s event for the satellite, digital media and filmed entertainment industries, has been postponed. The event will now be held from October 26 to 28 at Dubai World Trade Centre to explore synergies with EXPO 2020. Besides a special focus on the SATEXPO […]
As part of its growth strategy and need to expand, Twitter Inc. has announced that will set up its African Office in Ghana as it is “actively putting a team together in Ghana” This announcement came after Jack Dorsey, the Twitter Inc. CEO disclosed via Twitter app on Monday “Twitter […]