ByteDance’s CEO has announced he’s stepping down from his role leading the company whose success with TikTok led it to become the world’s most valuable startup. Zhang Yiming, who co-founded ByteDance in 2012, will move to another position at the company, and fellow co-founder Liang Rubo will become the new CEO. Liang presently runs HR at […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor, Emmanuel Elebeke & Juliet Umeh Information and communications technology, ICT sector alone contributed over N4 trillion to the N40 trillion the country generated as Gross Domestic Product, GDP in Q1, 2021. This is even as the sector fell 10 percent behind its contribution in the same quarter last year. Statistics […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke In a demonstration  of commitment to upholding the data privacy of Nigerians, the Federal Government  has directed the National Information  Technology  Development  Agency, NITDA to engage vigorously engage with Facebook to understand the processes, level of security, etc of the data of Nigerian users in order to ensure that Policies proposed for […]

… @iamseunalaofin said, “Very soon they would tell us to put Buhari’s portrait in our homes for one reason we don’t know yet…” By David Royal Nigerians have kicked against the latest directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) asking Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their mobile phones to the […]

By Leo Chen, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region Over the past year or so, digital transformation accelerated at an unprecedented rate in societies around the world. Whether we were working, learning, or staying in touch with friends and family, being online became more critical than ever. Even as vast numbers of people were adapting […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that network providers will be required to cross-check all phones International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and status on a proposed Centralized Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) otherwise known as Device Management System (DMS) before allowing a device to become active on their network. This is contained […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke, Abuja The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kasihfu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called for full adoption of the implementation of all provisions in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in Lagos State Ministry of Health to protect the medical data of the residents of the state. Abdullahi made the call […]

By Okoh Aihe As the security challenges in the country grow more complex, usually some questions come to mind. For instance, what is the role of the National Space and Research Development Agency, NASRDA, and NIGCOMSAT in assisting and strengthening the nation’s security architecture, that is, if you permit the cliché? Why will they never […]

…As Binance empowers over 100,000 young Africans on crypto trading, blockchain careers By Prince Osuagwu It appears that more Nigerian youths are going into cryptocurrency trading despite ban from the Nigerian government. This is as the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC  said over 400,000 Nigerians have invested in foreign stocks in the past 18 months. […]

By Juliet Umeh  As the world, yesterday marked 2021 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with the theme: Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times, Telecommunication Service provider, 9mobile has said it will drive Nigeria’s pace of digital transformation through strategic investment in digital infrastructure. The company noted that in order to speed up Nigeria’s economic […]

By Juliet Umeh African entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Ghana and five other African countries considering  shaping the future of the innovation ecosystems are to connect with investors and expand their network of peer innovators at Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship. This is as the Institute in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, recently launched the  inaugural […]

By Juliet Umeh As the umbrella body of all practising information and communications technology journalists, the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association, NITRA, prepares for its event tagged: NITRA Technology Forum 2021, in Lagos  next Thursday, stakeholders in the Cloud Hosting services have started to line up in support of the event. The association said the […]

By Juliet Umeh Satellite Operating company, Eutelsat Communications, has said it is partnering Facebook to expand use of the Express Wi-Fi platform to provide broadband services via satellite across several regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company said it is aiming to connect thousands of people in rural and underserved communities spanning Nigeria, the Democratic Republic […]

…Poor billing, voice, data quality top complaints …NCC resolves 99.2% of consumer complaints By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor & Juliet Umeh At the end of first quarter, 2021, Consumer Affairs Bureau of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has revealed that more telecommunications subscribers were unhappy with their service providers in the quarter, compared to same […]

Lotucrypto an African crypto currency exchange made a grand entry into the market in March 2021. The exchange offers its customers unique services, positioning itself as one of the most progressive cryptocurrency exchanges on the market today. The company had the ICO of its native coin Lotucoin in April 2021. The successful entry of the […]