Technology

Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google

Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google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Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs.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 […]
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CBNCash-lite: Operators in deal with NIBSS

CBNCash-lite: Operators in deal with NIBSS

One of the major concerns against a successful cash-lite economy which the Central Bank of Nigeria is propagating to drive usage of alternative electronic products and channels for financial transactions in the country, was the reliability of the platforms that the initiative would run on.

Why Nigcomsat board escaped FG dissolution

Why Nigcomsat board escaped FG dissolution

As the federal government carried out its ritual of dissolving its Boards and Parastatals every four years, it was surprising why the board of Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited NIGCOMSAT escaped the exercise.

NCC inaugurates working group on multiple taxation

NCC inaugurates working group on multiple taxation

The Nigerian telecommunication regulatory authority (NCC), Thursday in Lagos inaugurated an industry working group, (IWG) on multiple taxation in the telecoms industry by various agencies of the government

Strike: Nigerians recount ordeal over network failure, shortage of cash at ATMs

Strike: Nigerians recount ordeal over network failure, shortage of cash at ATMs

Just as temporary normalcy returned Monday afternoon after suspension of the nationwide strike by labour and civil society groups across the nation, Nigerians are still counting their losses due to network failure and shortage of cash at automated teller machines, especially in commercial centres where the technology has been fully deployed.

IT and e-government in NIgeria: The fuel subsidy crisis and related issues (1)

IT and e-government in NIgeria: The fuel subsidy crisis and related issues (1)

By Chris Uwaje & Dan Molina The central message of the national fuel subsidy removal and related economic crisis is: “The Industrial Era has ended and the Information Society Era has commenced”.  All these noise about oil and gas, oil and gas – yes, removing the subsidy has created hardships, but focusing on this and […]