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S Mobile Bags ‘MTN Enterprise Business Foundation 2024’ Award

Emerging leaders in enterprise management, S Mobile Group has been recognized by MTN Business as the distinguished recipient of the MTN Enterprise Business Foundation 2024 award. The award is in recognition of S Mobile Group’s strategic initiatives that aligned with…

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Nigeria Seeks Joint West Africa Regional Protection of Undersea Cables

In view of the recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in many countries in the West Afrcan region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity to…

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ITREALMS, Awba-Ofemili Chatroom partner on Meet ADU candidates’24

The international multiple award-winning, ITREALMS Media group, is collaborating with Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom to organise a week-long ‘Meet ADU Candidates 2024’ on social media for the forthcoming Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) general elections aspirants. At press time, Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom boosts of…

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Young EDC Entrepreneurs Visit Anambra State ICT Agency, Codex Africa

Kodex Africa and the Anambra State ICT Agency on Thursday,21st March, 2024, played host to a delegation of budding entrepreneurs from the Enterprise Development Centre (@EDC4SME), fostering innovation and collaboration within the Anambra State’s tech ecosystem. The visit, part of…

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Glo-sponsored African Voices Playmakers features Stonebwoy

This week, the Cable News Network (CNN) magazine program African Voices Playmakers, sponsored by Globacom, honours the exceptional talent of Stonebwoy, an Afropop and reggae musician from Ghana. In an open interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo, the 36-year-old, whose true…

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Senate approves NCC 2024 budget

The Senate, through its Joint Committee on Communications, has approved the N549.6 billion budgetary projection of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for 2024. This followed a thorough defence of the budget by the management of the Commission led by its…

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Konga to shakeup Nigerian Capital market in 2027

Nigeria’s ecommerce giant, Konga Online Shopping Limited, could be preparing its runway for a listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) within the next 3 years, news sources gather. Working with global investment advisory firms, the largest online shopping omnichannel…

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Subsea Cable Cuts: MTN successfully restores Services

Restoration activities on the subsea cable disruptions last Thursday by Bayobab Group, a subsidiary of MTN Group, has paid off as telecoms and related services have been restored seamlessly. The telecom operator disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. MTN…

Just in: Why NIMASA was silent on Subsea cable cuts

Whereas the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the lead telecoms regulator has announced the restoration of cut subsea cables and allied services up to 90 percent across the federation, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has claimed that it…

How Embedded Payment Is Driving Africa’s Growing Gig Economy

In 2023, the unemployment rate in Africa stood at 7.7 percent out of a total population of over 1.4 billion. This means that 112 million Africans are either out of jobs, unemployed, or ineligible to work as far as traditional…