Telecommunications operator 9mobile has thrown a whopping N195 million into customer relations management. This is by way of rewarding loyal customers who have kept faith throughout its ordeal and still repose confidence in the operator to maintain its claim of being the most innovative service provider in the telecom genre.

Africa faces many challenges on its path to becoming a global economic competitor. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Africa’s development can either be a massive barrier to advancement – or, the spark that lights the fire of innovation and investment across the continent.

MTN Nigeria has launched a new programme, The RevvProgramme, which it said will help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs. The programme is also to support the digital economy drive of the federal government

Mr Assem Elseify, Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, has uged African countries to take advantage of broadband internet toward making progress in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Elseify gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja on the sidelines of a Zoom webinar with the theme […]

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami says President Mohammadu Buhari has directed the ministry to organise virtual National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in line with the Digital Nigeria.

Microsoft is backing Epic Games in its fight with Apple. Epic, a game developer, is set to ask a federal court on Monday to force Apple to restore the Fortnite app to the App Store, and block the iPhone maker from cutting off Epic’s developer tools and limiting its ability to provide key graphics technology […]

The total grant of N100 million is part of the six pillars of the development agenda of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, which includes fuelling technology-driven innovations to transform Lagos into a 21st-century digital economy and Smart City.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other company executives have been discussing a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation, the New York Times reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. Facebook is looking at post-election scenarios that include attempts by President Trump or his campaign to use the […]

Is it not possible for the NCC and, through the USPF, properly map out a deployment process that will put the education sector at a point of advantage

Airbnb has announced a global ban on parties and events listed on its platform in a bid to comply with COVID-19 health protocols. The San Francisco-based home-sharing company said the ban, which applies to future bookings, will limit occupancy to 16 people and will remain in effect indefinitely. Citing changing public health mandates on gatherings, […]

TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said Thursday. The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content. TikTok said in a blog post that it had acted on […]

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isah Ali Ibrahim Pantami says the ongoing Right of Way (RoW) reform is the key to unlocking Nigeria’s digital economy for inclusive digital growth.

By Chris Ochayi The nation’s power sector has achieved an all-time national peak of 5,420.30MW, which was effectively transmitted through the national grid at a frequency of 50.10Hz at 9:15pm, August 18th, 2020. The GM (Public Affairs) at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, explained via a statement issued in Abuja that, “This […]

Savings culture may have started a gradual return to stay among Nigerians, as digital savings platform, CashBox said it has received up to N1 billion deposits in less than eight months of operation this year.

In a manner that suggests readiness to reclaim the top spot of Nigeria’s mobile market, device maker, Samsung Electronics has injected five new devices which it said will help users work and play seamlessly as everyone adjust to the new normal of working remotely.