Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech EditorDespite the Nigeria First Policy designed to give indigenous businesses greater opportunities in government procurement, Nigerian companies are still not getting enough protection, Chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, has warned. Ekeh said the situation could spell doom for the economy, arguing that Nigeria cannot build a sustainable digital […]
Nigeria can’t compete globally without technological advancement – Dokpesi, Atiku, Utomi, others
By Luminous Jannamike and Fortune Eromosele – Abuja Eminent Nigerians, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Prof. Pat Utomi, and Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to tackle the decay in the power sector, saying Nigeria can no longer afford to be relegated to the backseat in a technology driven world. They spoke at the […]
Network Outage: MTN puts up measure to prevent further disruptions
By Juliet Umeh In a bid to compensate customers of MTN network over an outage connection that left customers stranded on October 9, 2021, the Chief Executive Officer of the network, Mr. Olutokun Toriola, has again apologised in the video message and announced a compensation for the customers. Toriola said: “Recently, we had an outage […]
Digital delivery: Sendbox raises $1.8m to boost efficiency of African SMEs
By Prince Osuagwu NIGERIA-BASED e-commerce fulfillment platform, Sendbox, has completed a $1.8 million seed round to help African Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs digitise their delivery services. Sendbox is a start-up solution provider which aggregates logistics providers and help SMEs reduce the burden of engaging different logistic companies to deliver goods and services in diverse […]
NITDA, Zinox, others pool resources to train ICT journalists
By Juliet Umeh The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA-led digital training for Information and Communication Technology, ICT, journalists under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association, NITRA, kicked off Monday. Apart from NITDA, several other companies have shown support to see that ICT journalists get requisite digital knowledge to report events in […]
Google faces fine of 20% of Russian revenue this month
Russia said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant, Google, a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal. This is Moscow’s strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms. The communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied […]
