By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor With Nigeria’s fast pace in digital transformation, the country’s major organizations face a high rate of cybercrime and threat exposures amid limited local cybersecurity resources. Attacks like ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) are common, especially among underserved sectors.  However, in this chat with the Sales Director for Africa at […]

The organizers of Lagos Startup Week yesterday said that the 2025 edition will power next decade of innovation.

By Juliet Umeh Provider of cloud and IT infrastructure solutions, Olla Systems, has achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCI DSS, certification. PCI DSS is an internationally recognized benchmark for safeguarding cardholder data. Chief Executive Officer of Olla Systems, Mrs. Olusola Adenuga, said the milestone underscores Olla Systems’ commitment to the highest standards […]

Nigeria has achieved an international recognition as the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, secured the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS, prize for its impactful Digital Awareness Programme, DAP.

Banks and telecommunication companies (telcos) have expressed frustration over  disruption to  their services triggered by continuous downtime on the NIN verification portal.

MTN Nigeria yesterday extended its innovative tentacles in the Nigerian tech ecosystem with a double data related investments, unveiling a 120 million data centre and a unique cloud services platform that’s push Nigeria’s digital economy initiative.

The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association, NITRA, in collaboration with the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, is set to host an industry forum to address the concerns about the protection of critical infrastructure.

By Juliet Umeh In an era where automation and artificial intelligence have dominated customer relations, African integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch fears that the unique nuances of physical related customer relation may die if a conscious effort is not made to re-enact it. This was demonstrated with the official launch of its new […]

Despite a new data revealing sharp decline in traditional identity scams in Nigeria, the country is still suffering from an alarming dimension of identity fraud in almost all aspects of her economy.

In a bid to deepen their footprint in Nigeria’s information and communication technology, ICT sector, ICT arm of Coscharis conglomerate, Coscharis Technologies Limited and global networking giant, Tenda, have launched a series of Tenda products in Lagos.

The digital money ecosystem is maturing rapidly. The momentum started building from the adoption of blockchain technologies and digital assets, particularly Stablecoins by many countries in Africa.

Nigeria’s smart city initiative gets a major boost, as Metrospeed Property Development Limited and ExxonMobil Staff Cooperative Society Limited signed an investment agreement to extend the major milestones for the emerging Metro Smart City in Lagos.

In a development for Nigeria’s digital financial services, thirteen commercial banks have fully settled their outstanding debts for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, services owed to Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, paving the way for a new, streamlined billing structure.

In today’s hyper-connected world, technology is not just a convenience, it’s a lifeline.

By Prince Osuagwu Digital payments, Visa, in collaboration with Microsoft, hosted a Microsoft AI Skills Week Hackathon in Lagos, Nigeria as part of their shared commitment to build practical AI capabilities within the financial services sector through compliance and innovation. The programme, which ran from May 26 to 30, brought together over 70 developers, as […]