NCC rallies innovators on indigenous solution for Nigeria’s digital divide

By Staff Reporter THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on innovators in the country to come up with indigenous solutions that will help the country bridge her digital divide. This is even as NCC restated its support to empower local innovators in the country. Speaking in Lagos, Tuesday, at third ‘Yearly ICT Innovation... Read More

Nigeria, Niger Republic agree on border frequency management

  NIGERIA and Republic of Niger have signed a bilateral agreement in Abuja for coordination of frequency utilisation along their borders to ensure seamless deployment of services around within the two countries. The agreement signing ceremony was one of the highlights of the two-day Digital Economy Regional Conference, hosted by the Nigerian government and... Read More

CBN, NIBSS unveil AfriGo, Nigeria’s first national payment card

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) have unveiled Nigeria’s first National payment card named AfriGo. At the unveiling virtually yesterday, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the card was designed to cater to local peculiarities that the existing card products have failed to cater to. Emefiele said... Read More

NDPB hosts national privacy week

NIGERIA will on January 28, 2023, join the international community to observe GlobalData Privacy Day 2023. It is a Day that has been set aside to create awareness of fundamental rights and freedoms relating to the privacy of citizens in the data processing ecosystem. In line with the overarching global objective of awareness on... Read More

More Nigerians on national database as NIN issuance hits 95m

  By Staff Reporter MORE Nigerians have been identified and added to the national database as the figure of National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) rose to 95 million as of January 22. According to data obtained from the NIMC, the commission was able to enroll 21.3 million... Read More

Airtel brings eSIM to Nigeria’s telecoms market

TELECOMMUNICATIONS services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the launch of eSIM (embedded SIM) – a digital SIM that enables customers to access same functionality as someone using a physical SIM. The eSIM offers several benefits over the traditional SIM cards as it is quick and simple to set up online, it is planet-friendly (plastic-... Read More

Nigeria hosts regional digital economy conference

By Staff Reporter POLICY makers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the West African sub-region will converge in Abuja from January 31 to February 1, for the Digital Economy Regional Conference to discuss the future of digital economy and intensify regional public private partnerships for the region. The event is being hosted... Read More

BON claims poor power supply, high energy cost killing broadcast industry

  By Staff Reporter THE Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), has identified poor electricity supply, incessant collapse of the national grid as well as high cost of procuring diesels and premium motor spirit (PMS) as factors responsible for stifling the performance of Broadcast stations in the country. Besides, BON said the dwindling advertising budget... Read More

38% of computers suffer attack in Nigeria as META region faces more

FROM January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means in Nigeria and other part of Africa, including Middle East and Turkey (META).    Kaspersky, which revealed this, said in the META region, malicious objects were blocked on 38 per cent of ICS computers in the region... Read More

Weak consumer spending, economic slowdown cut PC shipment to Nigeria

  By Staff Reporter SHIPMENTS of personal computing devices (PCD) to markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) suffered a huge decline in the second quarter of 2022.   The International Data Corporation (IDC), which revealed this in a document, categorised PCD to include desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets. It disclosed that shipment suffered... Read More