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Microsoft highest value creator of 2021, Alibaba sees most loss in value

GlobalData’s Company Profiles Database reveals that Microsoft gained the most market value in 2021, rising by $843.5 billion to reach $2.5 trillion, while Alibaba saw the biggest loss, with a drop to $322.9 billion after a loss of around $307…

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3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab Pay for Licences

Provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Executive Vice Chairman…

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Take Ownership of Existing Policies for Ecosystem Consolidation, FG tells Startups

Professor Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has challenged startups and innovators in the Nigeria ecosystem to take ownership of existing policies to further consolidate and enhance the success of the ecosystem. Pantami gave the charge when…

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Apple’s Dominance of the US Headphone Market Stands at 50%

According to data recently compiled by tradingplatforms.com, tech giant Apple accounts for the two most popular headphone brands in the US market. 34.4% of headphone users prefer AirPods. Further, I5% of headphone users favor products from Beats by dr. dre,…

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Leo Stan@66: Africa’s technology miracle child comes full circle

Rarely in this part of the world would you find a man like Leonard Nnamdi Stanley Ekeh, better known as Leo Stan Ekeh. For starters, Leo Stan, as he is fondly addressed, is not your regular fellow. He ranks well…

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Forbes hails Konga as beautiful bride of African e-commerce

Konga, Nigeria’s leading omnichannel e-commerce group has been identified as a strong player on the verge of dominating the African e-commerce scene. Forbes, a globally renowned media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle, revealed this in…

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CSR: NITDA, Airtel to provide digital education

In line with the National Data Protection Regulation, NDPR, the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, is going into partnership with AIRTEL Nigeria to provide digital literacy platforms through joint Corporate Social Responsibilities. The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE,…

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Digital Economy sure way to more Revenue for the Country -DG NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that Nigeria is realising its goal of a digital economy, where the country will generate more revenue from Information and Communication Technology (ICT) than crude oil. Director-General of  NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa,…

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Digital Innovation’ll Boost Education Sector -DG NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that continued investment in Digital Innovation will boost the education sector and the economy as a whole. The agency promised to continue it’s effort at supporting and collaborating with all higher…

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FG officially Hands Over 5G Spectrum Allocation to NCC

…As Minister, others applaud transparent auction of spectrum Barely a week  before the deadline set by the NCC for the payment of the spectrum fees by the winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction, the Federal Government has officially handed over…