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 […]
Ransomware: Financial institutions spent over $2m in recovery costs in 2020 — Sophos
By Juliet Umeh The latest report from the next-generation cybersecurity company, Sophos on the state of Ransomware in the Financial Sector has revealed that mid-sized financial services organisations worldwide spent over $2 million on average in recovering from a ransomware attack. According to the firm, the figure exceeds the global average of $1.85 million, even […]
180m telephone lines linked to NIN ― NCC
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta on Tuesday said over 180 million telephone lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The EVC disclosed this on Tuesday during the Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process at the headquarters […]
Social media shutdown drops Zuckerberg to 5th on billionaires’ list
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor & Emmanuel Elebeke A report by Yahoo Finance has indicated that Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg, lost more than $6 billion in personal wealth, in the few hours after the crash of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram on Monday. Recall that the three apps which are all owned […]
ATCON, ALTON partner DigiVation Network on telecom revolution @ 20
By Juliet Umeh The two frontline interest groups in the Nigerian telecom industry; the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON and Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, ALTON have joined forces with DigiVation Network, an awareness and digital solution firm to celebrate Nigeria’s telecom revolution at 20. The event, which holds in Abuja, […]
Cloud Exchange unveils tier IV prefabricated data centre in Nigeria
By Juliet Umeh Provider of end-to-end Information Technology (IT) system solutions, Cloud Exchange, has launched Africa’s first uptime institute tier IV modular prefabricated data centre in collaboration with telecommunications giant, Huawei. The centre is the highest level of availability threshold obtainable in the world of Data Centres so far. Cloud Exchange said the state-of-the-art data […]
