By Juliet Umeh Smarting from the excitement of a successful N20 million scholarship it offered to some Nigerian undergraduate students recently, Information and Communications Technology, ICT, Training firm, HiiT Plc, is also gearing to empower up to 2,500 Nigerian graduates across the 36 states of the federation. The company said it is part of activities […]

By Juliet Umeh The Ogun State Government has said it is offering up to 50 percent discount to property owners and residents of the state, who are willing to make online payments on land use charges. The state government said it has made payment of the Land Use and Amenities Charges very convenient, with its […]

By Juliet Umeh An ecosystem of brands focused on creating lifestyle experiences, Purple Group is launching an e-commerce site, purple.shop. Purple.shop is a full-service e-commerce platform that leverages the Group’s retail base online, and helps stores and other businesses in its centres reach more customers through online channels. The site provides more than just retail, […]

By Juliet Umeh Software development firm, Simplex Business Solutions Ltd, has introduced two new modules to offer Nigerians easier way of investment management. The company said the development of the new modules, ‘iOnboarding’ and ‘iFunding’ is another leap to deepening users experience in Fund Management Industry. Managing Director of the firm, Mr. Femi Adeniyi, said […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke As Nigeria’s drive to digital economy gathers serious momentum, the Director-General of National Information Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi has warned that the only set back in the journey will be that our institutions are manned by mostly analogue Chief Executives. Abdullahi said that world over, analogue CEOs don’t flourish in a […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) says Nigeria is lucky to have President Muhammadu Buhari who has made the country a digital giant. He commended the President for his stewardship to ensure Nigeria is abreast with the global innovation trend, particularly in regard to COVID-19 outbreak. […]

South Korea’s biggest internet portal Naver was hit with an unprecedented 26.7 billion won ($23 million) fine Tuesday for manipulating search results in favour of its own online shopping service. Naver is an equivalent to Google in South Korea, with an omnipresent status in everyday lives through services including its search engine, news portal, online […]

Facebook views the idea of splitting off Instagram and WhatsApp as a “nonstarter” that would cost billions of dollars and harm users, a new report says. The social-media giant has outlined its arguments against undoing two of its biggest acquisitions in a 14-page document as it faces crackdowns from federal regulators and congressional lawmakers, according […]

More than 19,000 Amazon employees have caught the coronavirus since March, the company said as it revealed the first comprehensive count of infections among its workers. The e-commerce titan identified 19,816 Amazon and Whole Foods staffers who tested positive for COVID-19 or were presumed to have the bug from March 1 to Sept. 19, Amazon […]

TikTok’s clock is moving awfully slow. Negotiations to keep the video-sharing app alive in the US could stretch into November as its Chinese owner irons out kinks in its proposed partnership with two American companies, a new report says. President Trump gave his “blessing” almost two weeks ago to the deal that would create a […]

…Teledensity now 106.62% By Emmanuel Elebeke Statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, shows that the active subscriptions for mobile telecommunications service in Nigeria have climbed to 203 million. The report reveals that the feat was attained by a combined effort of the leading mobile networks operators, MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile in August […]

Google plans to pay US$1-billion (R16.6-billion) to publishers globally for their content over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a move that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny worldwide. News publishers have long fought the world’s most popular Internet search engine for compensation for using their […]

China’s Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, the head of its Italian unit said on Wednesday. “We will open our insides, we are available to be vivisected to respond to […]

Within 24 hours of launch of the Digital Nigeria eLearning Platform, by the African Development Bank, AfDB, the Federal Government and Microsoft on Monday, the platform recorded over 16,000 user registrations.

Apple boss Tim Cook this week received his first major stock grant since 2011, when he took over from the late Steve Jobs, pocketing $38.1 million worth of shares as well as the option to earn a total of $114 million at the stock’s current price. “For the first time in nearly a decade, we […]