TYPE APPROVAL ENFORCEMENT: Why your phone may stop working soon
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor That fairly cheap smartphone you bought from an unfamiliar dealer, the one that came without much paperwork, may soon have a date with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Not because the Commission is interested in what is inside your phone, but because it wants to know whether the device itself […]
Tesla appears to have plenty of momentum after meteoric 2020
After shares rocketed higher in 2020 on surging auto deliveries, Tesla enters 2021 with plenty of momentum even as its vision of taking electric cars mainstream remains a way off. The auto industry disruptor led by Elon Musk wowed Wall Street yet again over the weekend, reporting annual car deliveries of 499,550, just shy of […]
FG lifts ban on replacement, activation of SIM
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government has lifted the earlier suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. In a statement on Thursday, signed by the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commission said the lifting of the ban was on the condition that the person must […]
Will your phone have WhatsApp from January 1?
By Emmanuel Elebeke Some WhatsApp enthusiasts may have cause to worry as their phones may no longer run the Whatsapp app from January 1st, 2021. Some of the affected phones include iPhones and Android smartphones. According to the company, the move is to withdraw its support for older versions of Operating System (OS) from next […]
Phones that may not run WhatsApp app from January 1, 2021
By Emmanuel Elebeke Some WhatsApp enthusiasts may have cause to worry as their phones may no longer run the Whatsapp app from January 1st, 2021. Some of the affected phones include iPhones and Android smartphones. According to the company, the move is to withdraw its support for older versions of Operating System (OS) from next […]
How Nigeria can leverage $500bn cloud market to push national e-ID card
Nigeria recently kicked off a quest to replace the plastic identity cards it issued to citizens from 2013 with a digital identity. Although the process of obtaining the identity is froth with several inconsistencies and has elicited criticisms, the digital identity is expected to save the country some foreign exchange, address national security, encourage access to financial services as well as build investors’ confidence in Nigeria’s recessive economy.
