Facebook will start showing news content from numerous German publishers and media outlets on a dedicated part of its site from May, the social media giant announced on Monday. “We’re going to invest about a billion dollars in Facebook News worldwide over the next three years,” Jesper Doub, the Director for News Partnerships in Europe, […]

Heartwarming, it was for me, to read reports of the press conference addressed on Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on the country’s Digital Switchover (DSO) process, which seemed to have been interred under the rubble of poor conception, mismanagement and corruption.

Twitter said Thursday it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue. The globally popular social media platform announced the potential new Super Follows service at its annual investor meeting, as it searches for new revenue streams […]

THE National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, retd, yesterday expressed serious National security concerns and caution over the deployment of the 5th Generation (5G) Network.

By Juliet Umeh A research firm, Sophos, has joined in the call for African mobile money, and internet users generally, to guard their data jealously as fintech growth appears to be astronomical in the continent. According to Sophos, as data explosion sets to happen in Africa considering the growth in mobile money and other financial […]

By Prince Osuagwu The Chief Executive Officer of 9mobile, Alan Sinfield, has said his company will support the ‘Smart City’ initiative of the Lagos State Government. Sinfield at a panel session, Digital Transformation Solutions for Smart Cities at the Lagos State Economic Summit – Ehingbeti 2021, noted the significance of the Smart City Masterplan of […]

With its impeccable landing on Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance became the fifth rover to reach Mars — so when can we finally expect the long-held goal of a crewed expedition to materialize? NASA’s current Artemis program is billed as a “Moon to Mars” mission, and acting administrator Steve Jurczyk has reiterated his aspiration of “the mid-to-end […]

By Prince Osuagwu At 25 years old, technology company, Signal Alliance is beginning a new phase of life. The company is on the verge of completing a holding company (holdco) structure that will see it become even a bigger player in the IT sector. The proposed holdco structure would have three subsidiaries – one focused […]

By Juliet Umeh Non-profit organization  Afro-Tech Girls has said that provision of soft skill capacity building could help girls and women appreciate Information and Communications based careers. The group made the statement at a conference it held to commemorate the 2021 International Day of Women and Girls in Science themed ‘Women Scientists at the forefront […]

By Juliet Umeh Digital payments and commerce company, Interswitch Group, has partnered another giant in the sector, HF Group to expand  digital banking services to include International Money Transfer (IMT). The IMT service will enable people in the diaspora to remit funds seamlessly into any HF account and also provide a simplified channel for them […]