Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said, yesterday, that the nation’s telecommunications sector has attracted both local and foreign direct investments, FDI, to the tune of  $75.6 billion as of 2021.

•Country’s startups raised $142.8 million in 2022 •Only $24.1m went to female start-ups •Female CEOs now rushing back to drawing board By Juliet Umeh The start-up ecosystem in Nigeria could be everything but feminine. That is notwithstanding that about 54 female CEOs are driving start-up businesses in the country. Going by the funding attracted into […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor One of the most prominent African women in technology and Google’s first West African Director, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan,quits the company after 12 years. Ehimuan has been a strong pillar in the organisation and an instrumental leader in Google’s regional growth. A respected figure in the tech industry and key player […]

The new policy of Twitter that prescribes restrictions on the number of tweets users can read on the platform in a day is forcing many Nigerians to migrate to Truth Social as an alternative microblogging App. 

Electronic-related financial crime is gaining massive ground in the country. Some reports have revealed that the menace have cost Nigerians over N25.5 billion in just four years.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that Nigeria will do everything to achieve the 70 percent broadband penetration target by 2025, revealing that already, the country has achieved 50 percent out of the target.

Nigeria has been described as a country of incredible people with amazing lifestyles, alluring fashion tastes and a people constantly in search of the incredible.

Spectranet, Nigeria’s ‘foremost Internet Service Provider’ has been recognised, once again, as a serious brand in the Nigerian telecom industry, after it was named twice in the winning sheet of this year’s rebranded Africa Beacon of ICT and Leadership Awards, in Lagos. The company received the “Best 4G LTE Internet Service Provider ” and “Broadband […]

Leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch, has hosted developers and other tech ecosystem stakeholders to an insightful session in Lagos tagged ‘The Coded Meetup’ where the company presented a plethora of its cutting-edge APIs designed to strengthen the digital payment ecosystem in the country and beyond.

Three ladies have won NGN100, 000 Zoho Wallet credits in an appbuilding competition at the Ladies Can Tech competition organised by Harvoxx Tech Hub in partnership with Web Work Tools Limited.

National Commissioner of Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has been appointed into Forbes Technology Council for 2023.

It appears electronics and smart device manufacturer, Samsung West Africa, is not ready to leave the top spot of the Nigerian mobile market.

DIGITAL electronic manufacturer, Hisense has partnered with frontline distributor of Electronic and home appliances, Fouani, and the team has ended up in bringing advanced technological products to Nigeria.

The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, IXPN, has urged companies to collaborate with indigenous cloud-neutral data centres by hosting data locally, saying lack of cooperation in the industry has led to duplication of infrastructure and ultimately, high cost of services for the end-users.

Last week, President Bola Tinubu, signed the Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023 into law. The new law has obviously excited data and technology experts who now feel Nigeria’s economy is about to witness investment boom like other countries who have passed a similar law.