Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei has pledged to stick to a globalization strategy despite external pressure. He has called on the new US administration to come up with more open policies that are in the interests of US companies and the US economy as a whole. These are the first public remarks the founder of Huawei […]

President Joe Biden’s administration has asked a US federal court to pause proceedings aimed at banning TikTok to allow for a fresh review of the national security threat from the popular Chinese-owned video app. The filing in a federal appeals court said the new administration had begun a review and would not for the moment […]

…As GSMA cautions on late spectrum licensing By Prince Osuagwu and Juliet Umeh A new report by the Global System Mobile Association, GSMA, has hit out at Nigeria and other African countries for having the highest spectrum pricing in the world. GSMA says this has accounted for why the continent is not making rapid progress […]

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has charged telecom operators to take the NIN-SIM linkage exercise seriously. He said it was a good way of not only showing corporate governance, but securing the environment they are doing business in.

Stock markets posted mixed results, the dollar retreated and oil steadied Tuesday, while bitcoin closed in on $50,000 for the first time as investors reacted to US stimulus and Covid vaccine developments. Asia’s main stock indices closed higher, with Tokyo posting a 30-year high, while Europe was largely stable around the half-way stage. Wall Street […]

By Prince Osuagwu Ekiti State says it is preparing its youths towards acquiring skills that will make them employable in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Towards this end, the State Government has launched Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Education in public schools. Twelve schools from a mix of urban and underserved communities have been carefully […]

By Juliet Umeh The global  Internet Service Provider, AFR-IX, said it has linked West Africa’s carrier neutral Tier III data centre, Rack Centre, to service its West African customers, especially on data interconnection issues. Founder and Chief Executive of AFR-IX group, Mr Norman Albi, said the company needed a top-notch carrier neutral data centre facility […]

By Juliet Umeh 9MOBILE, has launched its 4G  network  in Ilorin, Kwara State, saying it will help boost Nigeria’s broadband penetration target. According to the telco, the latest addition to its 4G coverage will make it possible for Nigerians in the city to join other customers across the country to enjoy fast and reliable 4G […]

By Juliet Umeh By Juliet Umeh LG Electronics said its innovative products are creating more eco-friendly environment for customers. It explained that its advanced home appliances such as smart ovens and washing machines are integrated with LG SmartThinQ compatibility, enabling users to control appliances remotely and monitor operations. General Manager, Air Solutions Division at LG […]

…Urges CBN to prioritise NIN above BVN By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister  of Communications  and Digital  Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ali Pantami  has called on all Nigerian citizens  and legal residents to key into the ongoing National Identity enrolment exercise as the National  Identity Number, NIN remains the only recognised means of Identity  recognised by […]

Bitcoin hit a record-high near $45,000 on Monday after Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency. Bitcoin hit $44,795.20 around 1325 GMT, before cooling slightly to $44,207.95. The cryptocurrency is up by around 50 per cent since the start of the year. “This is probably one of the biggest developments […]

Bitoin hit a record-high above $43,000 on Monday after electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency. Bitcoin hit $43,725.51 around 1300 GMT, before cooling slightly to $42,352. The cryptocurrency is up around 50 percent since the start of the year. Vanguard News Nigeria

A rare uncensored app that had attracted Chinese internet users to freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence appeared to have been blocked on Monday night. Authoritarian China deploys a vast and sophisticated surveillance state to scrub the internet of dissent […]

By Rasheed Sobowale This publication is the first in Vanguard Online series of Tech StartUps’ stories. Tunji Andrews an advocate of financial inclusion shares the story of his company, Awabah, a Mirco-Pension startup tech. Andrews once argued that not everybody living in Nigeria earn enough to save for the future. Read on as he is […]

Competition in the mobile industry is arguably shifting to the Mobile Mapping Market. The market size exceeded $20 billion in 2019 and is poised to register gains at over 17 percent CAGR between 2020 and 2026. It is also estimated the market could attract advertising revenue worth up to $100 billion per year, according to Barron’s.