The impact of the global pandemic has been devastating for many industries, and in particular for retail. During the height of the pandemic, many non-essential retailers were forced to close their doors for lengthy period, suffering huge losses and losing huge numbers of employees. This affected not only the businesses themselves but also those working […]

Set featured image By Prince Osuagwu American space company,  Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, has expressed interest to bring its Starlink satellite internet into Nigeria. The company has already entered into advanced discussions with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to ensure the move cascades into a successful technology transfer project. Starlink’s Market Access Director for Africa, […]

By Prince Osuagwu Technology company, Summitech Computing Limited, has shaken Nigeria’s poor healthcare system to the core foundations with innovative and disruptive technology solutions led by Indigo. Indigo is a hospital management software solution which is running in eight top healthcare institutions in the country. However, the solution is about to be radically transformed to […]

By Juliet Umeh AI-powered social media experience,  Triller  and  next-generation music entertainment company  SoundCloud, have announced a new integrated solution, SoundCloud-curated playlist that will uniquely showcase and support emerging independent artistes. The dedicated playlist will feature on Triller and give SoundCloud artistes access to more marketing tools to grow their careers. The partners said artistes […]

By Juliet Umeh Eight leading Nigerian banks have already kick-started gaming competition tagged: Bank Wars at Africa’s cutting-edge technology and lifestyle hub, the Tech Experience Centre. The competition which successful participants will be crowned winners of  FIFA 21, is sponsored by foremost Original Equipment Manufacturer, Samsung. Banks battling for the prize include: Access Bank, First […]

By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt Rivers State Government has commenced plans to train 700 youths in Information & Communication Technology, ICT, as a measure to reduce unemployment in the state. The training is scheduled to span for 6 months with the first 3 months being intensive classwork and the other 3 months an internship program starting […]

By Juliet Umeh  The 2021 Tech Trailblazer Visionary Prize for Data Innovation Excellence has been awarded to Nigerian data scientist Peace Ogobor, recognizing her exceptional contributions to using data science to drive financial transformation in underserved African economies. The award, which honors innovation that delivers measurable socio-economic impact through data, was presented at a grand […]

By Ike Uchechukwu The Minister of State for power, Prince Goddy Jeddy Agba has assured that the Federal Government will continue to give Nigerians the best energy installations which are environmentally friendly across the nation that will bring development and boost their living standard. The Minister gave the assurance on Friday, during the Commissioning of […]

…Adds it’ll cover our security structure, help identify crooks, determine success of war against insecurity …No adequate satellite to monitor bandits, says National Space Agency D-G …Satellite engineers disagree By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged Nigerians to participate in the ongoing synchronization of National Identification Number, NIN, with SIM cards across the country, […]

…urge NASS to pass CIFIPN bill into law By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja As Nigerians live under siege and apprehension, experts under the auspices of Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria, CIFIPN, yesterday, called on Federal Government to use forensic technology to tackle rising insecurity. The call was made in an address of […]

As part of its strategy to grow its business in West Africa, Kaspersky has partnered with value-added distributor DataGroupIT who will provide the global cybersecurity company with access to new markets in Nigeria and Ghana. “DataGroupIT is a well-known distributor in Africa with a clear value-add when it comes to generating focused business growth, especially […]

***Insists pre-registration of SIM cards remain illegal By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has warned telecommunications subscribers not to delay further in linking their SIM cards and National Identity Number (NIN). It said further delay in taking the advantage of the recent extension of the earlier deadline could catch some of them napping […]

…NCC, NIGCOMSAT sign MoU on C-band frequency By Emmanuel Elebeke At last, the controversy surrounding 5G technology deployment has finally been laid to rest, as Federal government has concluded plans to commence the deployment process. This followed the successful signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU between the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on Wednesday with […]

By Prince Osuagwu Search engine giant, Google is supporting African tech start-up ecosystem with empowerment capacity and developer scholarships. This is as it opened up applications for its 6th Class of the Google for Startups Accelerator programme recently. The programme is accompanied with the launch of new developer scholarships in partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. […]

By Prince Osuagwu In recent years, more investors and firms are harkening on to money as a major source of early funding for their budding enterprises. However, investment expert, Adedeji Olowe has a different thinking. For him most often, even with money, many budding businesses still don’t get to the finishing line because money is […]