Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google
By Juliet Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs. Google’s Director for East and West Africa, Olumide Balogun, gave the warning as Nigeria prepare for Black Friday and December festive shopping season. Black Friday falls on […]
Microsoft to take $6.2 bn writeoff for online unit
Microsoft said Monday it would take a $6.2 billion writedown to reflect the slump in value of its online services division.
Microsoft brings office 365 to Nigerian market
The software giant, Microsoft yesterday brought to the Nigerian market Microsoft Office 365 the company’s next-generation cloud productivity service for businesses of all sizes in Nigeria.
Migration to chip, pin card tech reduces fear of fraud in cashless society – Umeano
As CBN’s cashless society initiative continues to generate fears over poor authentication status and porous security system, the CBN, through its Head of Shared Services, Mr Chidi Umeano, in this interview, said that majority of such fears were taken care of when Nigeria made the giant stride in migrating all its card schemes from magstripe card technology to Chip and Pin based technology.
Flame worm and national software strategy (2)
The scope and magnitude of these challenges, opportunities and risks calls for ‘The e-Knowledge Initiative’ (e-KI) are deeply challenging. The ultimate goal is to establish a “Knowledge Commission” (KC) immediately ensuring a proactive drive for ‘IT for all’ by 2015.
MTN Foundation commissions HIV/AIDS centre
As part of efforts to stem HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, MTN Foundation last week commissioned a Youth Friendly Centre at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.
