IDENTITY management and transaction payments firm, Chams Plc and First Bank of Nigeria have entered into strategic partnership with the government of the State of Osun on the deployment of smart identity cards for enhancing salary and pension payments to civil servants and retirees in the state.

The local subsidiary of global surveillance company, Axis Communications, has confirmed its intentions of expanding its reach into Africa.

DESPITE the huge support by many Nigerian telecom operators and other stakeholders, the Nigerian Internet group, NIG, at the weekend, took a swipe at the idea behind the creation of Infrastructure Companies, InfraCos, by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, saying it would only end up not giving Nigeria the much needed broadband freedom.

The common talk around the country now is that there is no economy without Information and Communications Technology, ICT. The support which this sector gives to the Gross Domestic Product, GDP and growing activities to keep it oily, can never be over emphasised.

To retain and attract new cardholders, increase activation rates, as well as card programme profitability, deposit money banks in the country have been advised to take advantage of financial instant issuance solution. This was the view of experts at the Datacard-ChamsAccess Financial Instant Issuance Seminar for deposit money banks, switch operators and certified card issuers in the country.