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Telecom subscriptions hit 195.1m in July

Telecom subscriptions hit 195.1m in July

…Adds 2.88m subscriptions in one month By Juliet Umeh Nigeria’s active telecommunications subscriptions rose by 2.88 million in July 2026 to 195.11 million, up from 192.23 million recorded in June, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The increase represents a monthly growth of about 1.5 per cent, while the country’s teledensity rose from 88.67 […]
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88Mph, Microsoft Ventures partner to support startups in Nigeria

88Mph, Microsoft Ventures partner to support startups in Nigeria

Microsoft in partnership with 88mph, at the weekend announced the expansion of the Microsoft Ventures program into Nigeria.

As part of the 4Afrika Initiative, the collaboration is expected to help improve startups’ productivity by offering tools, resources, expertise and routes to market around the world.

Your phone can now help you avoid traffic

Your phone can now help you avoid traffic

For most people, food clothes and shelter are most priorities of life. You worry about these things because their absence dehumanizes a being and denigrates standard living.
But for those, particularly, living in Lagos metropolis, these, are ironically, not far fetched. No matter how poor, in Lagos, one must feed. There is food for all categories of people. Problem, is when one steps off his category to where his or her earnings can not accommodate. There is also abundant clothes to cover everybody’s nakedness. No matter the income strata, Oshodi, orile and Yaba markets, can give you what to wear.

Katy Perry, Obama, Wizkid rule Twitter in 2014

Katy Perry, Obama, Wizkid rule Twitter in 2014

Popular singer, song-writer and actress, Katy Perry, has emerged the most followed person for 2014. It was the year that Twitter’s most-followed star Katy Perry https://twitter.com/katyperry hit the 61 million follower mark. She is closely followed in second place by Justin Bieber on 57 million, and Barack Obama, who, with 50 million followers, is the third most-followed person in the world, and the most-followed political or world leader on the platform.

NOTAP rakes in N20bn in 18 months

NOTAP rakes in N20bn in 18 months

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, says it has remitted about N20 billion into the national treasury in the past 12 to 18 months of its operation.

SMEs, biggest beneficiaries of cloud computing —EMC boss

SMEs, biggest beneficiaries of cloud computing —EMC boss

By Prince Osuagwu Cloud computing has become a thriving trend in data storage. However there are still skepticisms from many Nigerian organizations over the safe of their information and what becomes of their privacy if their data goes up in the cloud. Fortunately, Hi-Tech ran into the managing Director, Levant and Emerging Africa Region, EMC, […]