MOBILE financial services are still high priority for many mobile operators, financial institutions, technology firms, and governments in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria. However, the growing fear of identity theft has stalled the otherwise progress that should have been recorded in that genre of financial transaction.

NIGERIAN internet service provider, Spectranet 4G LTE, has launched a partnership with internet television provider, iROKOtv.com, to retain the loyalty of its customers. The internet service provider recently announced a 30- day free iROKOtv.com to its existing customers who renew their Spectranet account.

IROKOtv and StarTimes have signed an exclusive deal for two new linear television channels, IROKO Play and IROKO Plus, on the Startimes pay television platform. In a statement, IROKOtv said, the deal will enable subscribers have unfettered access to the two Nollywood channels.

Stakeholders in the e-commerce sector have called for sustainability in the policies of the outgoing government on Information Technology.

Committed to rolling out innovative products in the smart phone ecosystem, Microsoft devices on Monday announced the availability of the Lumia 640 XL in Nigeria.

Ericsson’s Media Vision 2020 research has predicted that by 2020, there will be 50 billion connected devices, and of these, more than 15 billion are expected to be video enabled.

Although online retail business is thriving in Nigeria, lack of clear defined regulatory policy is still affecting its growth. In this interview with Emeka Aginam, the Chief Executive Officer of phonekings.com.ng, one of the leading online retail stores in Nigeria, Tayo Olusanya said that passage of cyber security bill would boost online retail store. Because of the endless benefit of the online platform, he said that government should extend internet penetration in the rural area to further boost online retail business.

Committed to help Nigeria’s Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), to reach out better to unbanked and financially underserved population, MTN Business, the business-to-business unit of MTN Nigeria, has urged MFIs to embrace cost-effective and operationally efficient solutions in the management of their businesses.

The National Broadband Council, last week, approved the building of fibre optic cable landing points in four coastal states to ensure widespread penetration of high capacity internet bandwidths in the country. The project according to the Council, is expected to be financed by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF). The four states approved in the plan includes: Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Ondo States as part of government’s effort to encourage telecommunication operators to establish cable landing points across the country.

Since the Global System for Mobile communications, GSM debuted in the country a decade and half ago, it has brought rapid developments in communications, business and social life However, the most amazing contributions of the GSM is its ability to transform other sectors other than communications. It is also shocking how it has established itself as growth determinant factor to technologies that had hitherto taken root before its arrival.