Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google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Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs.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 […]
Airopay expands fintech space, broadens cashless economy
By Prince Osuagwu The African Fintech space is replete with myriad of digital payment Apps, yet cashless payments are still not as efficient as expected. Customers in different countries, including Nigeria still get frustrated at various pay points. Various industry stakeholders have advocated for more players with strong innovative skills to be able to fill […]
Expired Nigeria satellites to be replaced soon
By Emmanuel Elebeke There is likely going to be urgent replacement of some of the Nigeria satellites in the orbit, which have outlived their usefulness. This is as the National Council on Science, Technology and Innovation (NCSTI) has called for immediate commencement of building and launching of NigeriaSat-3 and NigeriaSat-1 to replace the Nigeriasat-2 and […]
Women in Tech: WITIN inducts 16-advisory board members
By Juliet Umeh Women in technology in Nigeria, WITIN, has announced it’s Advisory Board members to over see the affairs of the association from 2020-2022. Founder of the group, Omoekpen Alade, who made the announcement said the 16-board members who were inducted virtually comprises of 14 women and two men who are passionate about deepening […]
Top CIOs receive awards for deepening tech ecosystem
By Juliet Umeh For encouraging technology innovation in different sectors of the economy, the Chief Information Officer, CIO, Awards recently honoured outstanding men and women working behind the scenes to drive technology in their firms. The winners of the awards, who were said to have distinguished themselves by deepening technology use at their various organisations […]
Samsung may discontinue high-end Galaxy Note smartphones – sources
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that would reflect the sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Galaxy Note, known for its large screen and a stylus for note-taking, is one of two […]
