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Fintech to decide the powerhouse economies of next 10 years—Report

Fintech will determine which countries will become powerhouse economies of the next decade, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations. The observation from Nigel Green, deVere Group’s chief executive and…

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Reverse Unilateral Upward Tariff Adjustment, FG directs telcos

The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to media reports of unilateral implementation of the recently approved 10 per cent upward tariff adjustments for some voice and data services by the service providers, on their networks….

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HP Launches Sure Access Enterprise to Protect High Value Data, Systems

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced enhancements to its HP Wolf Security endpoint protection portfolio, with the launch of Sure Access Enterprise (SAE)[i]. SAE protects users with rights to access sensitive data, systems, and applications. It prevents attackers from hi-jacking…

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MTN Nigeria introduces New Initiative to Support Young people

MTN Nigeria Communications PLC announced the commencement of the MTN Pulse Blow My Hustle initiative at a press launch on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The Blow My Hustle campaign aims to empower young Nigerians with viable businesses through capacity building…

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Data spikes and rising costs of Internet access

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore With a recent increase by about 10 percent of the cost of data on their networks,MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa,both big players in Nigeria have served notice that subscribers should brace up to pay more to access…

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Sophos’ Industry-Leading MDR Service unveils Compatibility with Third-Party Cybersecurity Technologies

Now Integrates Telemetry from Third-Party Endpoint, Firewall, Cloud, Identity, Email, and Other Security Solutions with Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem for Improved Threat Detection and Response ABUJA – Oct. 19, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity…

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HP Wolf Report unveils evasive ransomware campaign targeting individual consumers

The HP Wolf Security Threat Research Team has just released detailed analysis of a highly evasive ransomware campaign targeting individual consumers instead of targeting enterprises via ‘Big Game Hunting’. The campaign hides Magniber ransomware in fake anti-virus or Windows software…

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NCC Disowns “Certificate of Site Ownership for Mass Transmission Antenna”

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, are being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals, and purporting that the letter…

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NITDA, Google to Train MSMEs on Business Improvement, others

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Google Nigeria is announcing the launch of a Google Hustle Academy Bootcamp, 2022. The Bootcamp is aimed at providing free online training for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to…

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Free eSIM Offer: Another Market beater From Smile

Pioneer 4G LTE broadband service provider Smile Nigeria has introduced FREE eSIM into the Nigeria market with offer of 10 FREE off-net local minutes valid for 30 days. The offer yields unlimited FREE on-net voice and SMS and a competitive…