If there is anything the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC should worry about, it is how to improve the quality of service by the telecommunication operators in the country.

Apparently piqued by myriads of problems emanating from emerging markets of Africa and the Middle East, telecommunications giant, MTN has thrown open a competition to challenge application developers around the world to come forward with innovative apps that can solve problems of Africa and the Middle East.

As the second Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) in Sub-Saharan Africa, achieved almost a decade ago, former Consulting Manager with Schlumberger Omnes overseeing Consulting Practice in Nigeria Geomarket, Network Consultant with Citigroup and Barclays Capital both in UK carrying out network consulting works in Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for years, Ademola Adesakin Osindero, cut his networking teeth sharper than most of his contemporaries.

E.ON Chief Executive Johannes Teyssen brushed off concern that Germany’s biggest utility could become a takeover target after the value of its shares dropped sharply this year, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

The Chairman, Lagos State chapter, National association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB), Mr. Olufemi Babajide, has described knowledgeable manpower as key to profitable microfinance sector that would deliver smooth, efficient and effective services to the underbanked.

The ongoing review in the banking industry and ways of stabilising the financial sector in Nigeria will take the front burner at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Financial Services Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday, 8th of September.

Former Minister of Industry, Mrs Nike Akande has called for the support of banks and other key stakeholders in the Nigerian economy in helping the country achieve its goal of becoming a major player in the global financial landscape.

Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has secured the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to operate mobile payment services in Nigeria.

I remember with irony when just before the last general elections a ranking Senator in the immediate past Senate organized a constituency outreach for the purpose of giving out some handouts to his constituents. Among the conspicuous gifts on offer at that occasion were about 200 of the popular generators we have now come to label “I big pass my neighbor.”

Leading global mobile advertising network, InMobi has released its second quarter mobile insights report for Africa which shows that the Nigerian on-line advertising market has grown by 60% over the past quarter making the country the fastest grower on the continent with 2.3 billion mobile advertising Impressions in the second quarter Q2.