In preparation for its two-day final Hackathon at its Summit in Barcelona, Spain, Global Editors Network, GEN, will hold Nigeria’s edition of the Editors Lab hack days on April 29-30 in Lagos.

MASTERCARD has introduced s “Win a trip few can win” campaign to enable its card holders share unique electronic payment stories on how the use of MasterCard products have positively impacted their lives.

NATIONAL long-distance telecommunications network operator, Phase 3 Telecoms, may have perfected plans to deploy 3,000 km of optic fiber for the next 18 months to boost Nigeria’s broadband penetration.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan recently declared that the families of those who lost loved ones at the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, recruitment exercise, be given three employment slots each in the service.

PAN-African integrated payments company, Interswitch Transnational, introduced account based money transfer system in Nigeria, hooking up with Quickteller and Western Union service initiatives in the process.