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Konga Jara: 2 shoppers emerge for exclusive mentorship with Zinox boss

Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, Konga has formally unveiled the first batch of winners for the highly anticipated all-expense paid Knowledge Weekend programme with the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh have emerged. They are Mrs. Molayo Jebutu and Mr….

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(Special Report) Nigeria’s Digital Economy Reliance on Mobile Broadband; The Best?

Since the coming of Dr Isah Pantami as the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, many digital experts have hoped to see the early delivery of Fixed Broadband alongside Mobile Broadband. However, this was not to be seen as both…

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Zulum, Sirika grow IT skills with 12,000 copies of Minister’s Books

The Executive Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, and the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, have supported efforts to boost skills in the country by obtaining 12,000 copies of a recent book on Skills Rather than Just…

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2022: How NITDA Nigeria is growing Digital Literacy in Nigeria

By Rukayya Sadauki It is a brand-new year, and 2022 was all but a memory and those whose lives were transformed and positively by the NITDA, the year will continue to be indelible for their lives. Since he assumed office…

How Access Bank network stood tall when others stagger during yuletide

Even as digital banking normalcy begins to emerge, many Nigerians especially users of several new generation banks digital transactions Apps and other financial channels during the yuletide decried both steady and momentary collapses, hand-ups and all sort failures in using…

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(Special Report) Return of NCC’s InfraCo Licenses Imminent in 2023?

In the strategic wisdom of the lead telecoms regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), it structured what it called Infrastructure Companies (InfrCos) to drive the deployment of broadband infrastructure across the nation about 10 years ago. However, that has…

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(Analysis) How Smile Communications Roared VoIP Segment in 2022

In the beginning, Smile Communications made it clear that it aims to become the broadband provider of choice to everyone in Africa and enable Smile customers to fully benefit from the internet world. Our vision is a connected Africa. Currently,…

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Telcos seek NCC approval to disconnect banks over N80bn USSD Debt

Consortium of Nigerian Telecoms operators have reached out to the Nigerian Communications Commission for approval to phase out the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data offered to banks due to over N80bn. The Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON),…

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Harvest of awards for Digital Encode at BusinessDay Leadership Award 2022

At the Nigerian Business Leadership Awards, organized by BusinessDay Newspaper held in Lagos on December 03, 2022, the co-founders, with many laurels in the bag, received industry-wide accolades for their outstanding contribution to the growth of information security industry and…

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FG moves to transform Nigeria into hub for talent, innovation

The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE has said the Federal Government is prioritising efforts to establish Nigeria as a leading hub for talent and innovation in Africa. Inuwa said this at the closing ceremony…