A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple and Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download on Sunday. US district judge Carl Nichols in Washington issued the preliminary injunction in a brief order late on Sunday. He declined “at this time” to block restrictions […]

Rasheed Sobowale More details have continued to emerge regarding the management crisis in Nigeria’s agrictech and fintech company, Cellulant Nigeria Limited. The sacked staff by the company over alleged “sharp practices” in its Agrikore platform has rebuked the claim. The ex-employees who pleaded anonymity said the company (Cellulant Nigeria Limited) never found them guilty of […]

The US has imposed restrictions on exports to China’s biggest chipmaker, SMIC, after concluding there is an “unacceptable risk” equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes. Suppliers of certain equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp will now have to apply for individual export licences, according to a letter from the US commerce […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Cellulant Nigeria Limited on Friday said the irregularities the company found on one of its platforms, Agrikore, was the reason behind the co-founder’s resignation and some staff being sacked. Vanguard had reported Thursday that crisis in the Nigeria-based FinTech company, Cellulant Nigeria Limited, deepens as the co-founder, Bolaji Akinboro, resigned his position […]

A huge fire broke out in southern China on Friday at an unfinished Huawei research facility, sending massive plumes of smoke over the industrial city of Dongguan. The blaze started at a Huawei building on Alishan Road, where the company is developing a research base, according to the city government. It was extinguished after 140 […]

AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited, AFEX, has disclosed plans to introduce Warehouse Receipt Check by Trade Finance Market, TFM, to reduce fraud and drive access to funding for the agricultural sector in Nigeria.

Dell Technologies has partnered with other global giants to establish a Tech Experience Centre, an ambitious technology project that will bridge the gap to cutting-edge technologies for millions, in Nigeria. Nicholas Travers, Dell Technologies Director, Central and West Africa, said in a statement that the project, expected to be launched on Oct. 1, would save […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Crisis in Nigeria-based FinTech company, Cellulant Nigeria Limited, deepens as the co-founder, Bolaji Akinboro, resigned his position as the CEO and co-group CEO. According to a source who pleaded to be anonymous, the company is plagued by unhealthy corporate governance practices by the board of directors and the group compliance unit. This […]

By Okoh Aihe There is hardly any homogeneity between khaki (military) and Agbada (civilian). Which is why anyone with a descent respect for, and recollection of the country’s history will confess that the relationship has not fared better than a poisoned chalice. Premised on the foregoing, it will not be farfetched to suggest that apart […]

By Juliet Umeh Social media platform, Facebook has announced plans to open another office in Lagos as part of its commitment to ongoing investment in Africa. The office in Lagos will be its second office on the African continent and will be housing a team of expert engineers building for the future of Africa and […]

… Commences cost-based study to achieve target By Juliet Umeh Nigeria may soon tweak the price at which all calls from abroad could terminate in the country. This is as the country’s Telecom regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has embarked on a cost-based study to set the new pricing regime for mobile international […]

By Juliet Umeh As Nigeria literally gropes in the dark due to poor electricity supply, the Lagos State government may have taken a step to affordable electricity. This begins with its partnership with  Eko Innovation centre on smart meter initiative. The state, through its ministry of Energy and mineral resources, recently collaborated Eko Innovation Centre […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, is planning to team up with Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, to help start-ups create more jobs and wealth in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Director-General of NITDA, Mallam  Inuwa Abdullahi when he paid a courtesy visit to the NSIA management with his management […]

By Juliet Umeh Key players in Nigeria’s information and communications technology, ICT, are gathering to discuss how to entrench digital technology and how to use it to achieve national development. The discussion will practically commence at the 2020 virtual Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, vNIGF. The two-day event will x-ray the importance of digital technologies in […]

US President Donald Trump told Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Friday that he still wants the government to receive a payment as part of a deal for the US operations of the TikTok video-sharing app. Trump spoke to the two men by phone as he weighed whether to approve the […]