Increased Speed, Reduced Cost of Connectivity Driving Growth—Opeke
The Managing Director of MainOne, An Equinix Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has averred that “The acceleration in digital transformation in Nigeria reinforces the need for businesses to have access to single points to interconnect locally. Increased speed of connectivity, increased…
TikTok Challenge Fueling Information-Stealing Malware – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned about the potential harm of taking part in the Invisible Challenge on short-form video hosting service, TokTok, revealing that it exposes devices to Information-Stealing Malware. An NCC-CSIRT advisory…
How Technology boosts oil and gas trading , by Flagship Energy
Riding on the pedestal of the newly inaugurated Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) local Oil and gas traders/operators have been advised to leverage technology if they truly desire to join the global oil and gas community. This position was canvassed at…
Nigeria one of the countries with least internet censorship—Report
Internet censorship is the restriction of certain aspects of online media, such as social media, political propaganda and torrenting – different countries take different approaches to which parts of the media are restricted to the public. So, with this in…
Instant Payment Transactions to Surpass 376bn Globally by 2027— Juniper Research
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of instant payment transactions will exceed 376 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 97 billion in 2022, a 289% growth. It predicts that an increased roll-out of instant cross-border…
NCC Pledges Support to Nigeria’s Blood Management Agency
Telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is willing and ready to offer any support required by the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) to enable the latter to achieve its mandate of regulating, coordinating, and ensuring “the…
How Inflation, Diesel, Market Forces shut up Cost of Services Globally
With only about few weeks before the end of 2022, it is difficult for the year to be remembered for anything other than the war in Ukraine and the chaotic shock waves that inflation drove into the fabric of the…
Telecom policies driving digital access, media, knowledge productivity – Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that diligent implementation of various telecommunications policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks has continued to enhance the nation’s capacity to deepen citizens’ access to digital resources,…
Digitisation Policy Drive improving Nigeria with speed—NITDA DG
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa CCIE has said that the digitisation policy drive of the Federal Government as contained in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) is impacting positively in…
