By Okoh Aihe Understandably the Nigerian government last week hailed media entrepreneur and emerging movie maker, Mo Abudu, for notching up a deal with global streaming outfit, Netflix, for on-screen adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s ‘Death and The King’s Horseman’ and Lola Shoneyin’s ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’. The partnership described by the Minister […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Facebook’s $19 billion acquired company, WhatsApp, has after a long expectation unveiled its payment feature which will allow users of the messaging app to send and receive money. The new feature was on Monday launched in Brazil, a country with about 120 million users of the app, the second-largest after India which […]

By Juliet Umeh Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Folio Communications Limited, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, has charged Nigerian youths to take bold steps into their future if they hoped to break even. Anosike said his advice, coming on the heels of his resignation from the company’s board, was premised on today’s economic realities. Anosike also […]

Huawei has launched an intelligent collaboration product called IdeaHub, to drive enterprise collaboration in the in Sub Saharan Africa region. The online product launch themed “Huawei IdeaHub-Intelligence at Your Fingertips” was attended by over 300 African business leaders and ICT experts, who exchanged views on digitisation of African enterprises. Distance Economy, people will likely stay […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The Federal Government, Thursday, said it had commenced policy formulation to direct 5G (the 5th generation mobile network) deployment in Nigeria. The technology is a new global wireless standard after 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G networks. 5G enables a new kind of network that is designed to connect virtually everyone […]