Two Nigerian technology start-ups, Paddy Cover and Pricepally.com have won the Dubai World Trade Centre’s $200,000 Lagos talent show, while TruQ emerged the EIC and Lagos State winner. The insuretech firm, Paddy Cover, co-founded by Mayowa Owolabi and Tobi Obasa, and the food sourcing and distribution tech firm, Pricepally, […]
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…10 Teams have been shortlisted to pitch their ideas to 7 Final Jurors for a chance to win prize money, equity investment from Partner VC firms, and acceleration from Eko Innovation Center. Eko Innovation Centre, one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, together with GDM Group, Nigeria’s leading […]
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 […]
Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, will become a hive of activity in a few days, on the 11th and 12th of May, when it hosts world-class business executives and hordes of investors for the state’s maiden investment conference. This event, which has been in the works, is not a fluke, […]
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, […]
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has urged community leaders and residents in Ogun State to take ownership of their telecommunication infrastructure and protect it from vandalism. The NCC also urged them not to be afraid to report any form of infrastructure sabotage they may encounter in their respective areas, emphasizing […]
The first quarter of 2022 saw a fall in YouTube ad revenue, which rose 46 percent for the full year 2021. YouTube advertising sales increased 14% in the first three months of 2022, to $6.87 billion, below Wall Street projections by more than $600 million and signaling a significant slowdown […]
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the umbrella organization for all information technology (IT) professionals in Nigeria, has urged for the creation of IT departments in federal, state, and local government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). During a conversation with news journalists in Lagos, Professor Adesina Sodiya, President of NCS, emphasized […]
In support of Nigeria’s digital transformation program, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have stated their commitment to collaborate in order to achieve the national targets for ubiquitous broadband connectivity. This is in line with NCC’s strategic vision plan, which focuses on strategic partnerships and collaboration […]