Payments technology and card business in Africa, Verve, has extended their services to United Arab Emirates, UAE. According to the company, its Verve Global cardholders can now use their cards on Discover Global Network to transact in more than 185 countries and territories, including Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

To provide stakeholders in the Nigerian payment system with information on how to maximise the boundless opportunities it presents, E-payment Company, Global Accelerex, is set to host its 7th edition of PoS Innovation Summit Wednesday, in Lagos.

Search engine platform, Google, recently hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos to support start-ups. The programme saw Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa graduates, from across Africa, pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists, VCs, and Launchpad Accelerator Africa class 4 graduating from the program.

WhatsApp has announced it will soon stop working on millions of phones around the world as they reach the end of their supported lifespan. That means users on a variety of older handsets could end up losing access to the messaging app. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has confirmed via its support page that it will stop supporting […]

The Enugu Electricity Distribution (EEDC) on Monday said that about nine communities were affected by the power outage resulting from vandalism of Enugwu-Ukwu 33KV line. Mr Emeka Ezeh, Head of EEDC Communications Department, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka. Ezeh said the vandalism on its installation was carried out […]

Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited at the E-Nigeria 2019 conference awards night on the 29th of November was awarded by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for driving digital economy among other private sector companies in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. The 2-day E-Nigeria Conference 2019, hosted by the National Information Technology […]

Search engine platform, Google, recently hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos to support start-ups.

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk emerged victorious on Friday from a closely watched defamation trial as a federal court jury swiftly rejected the $190 million claim brought against him by a British cave explorer who Musk had branded a “pedo guy” on Twitter. The unanimous verdict by a panel of five women and three men […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal government says it will soon produce a National Nanotechnology Policy to guide the operation of Nanotechnology in the country. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr Bitrus Bako Nabasu stated this on Friday when he inaugurated the Committee on the First Validation Exercise on the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has launched a N250 million seed capital for the development of innovation, technology start-ups as well as young innovators in the state in pushing their entrepreneurial skills to the next level. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who launched the funds on Thursday, also announced the setting up of […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Multinational technology company, Google,has said it was committed to empowering youths in different areas of life. The internet-service technology company said it was providing the needed drive for the youths to advance their professional carriers as well as other side jobs. Google Public Policy Manager, Seember Nyanger,said this,yesterday, in Abuja ,at […]

Carlcare senior executives and officials of government regulatory agencies at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Carlcare Flagship Service Centre at Oba Akran in Lagos. By Oboh Agbonkhese Carlcare has launched its first Flagship Service Centre in Lagos in the presence of government officials, members of the police force, market leaders, business partners, customers, the […]

From Left: Managing Partner, Colton Group, Collins Balogun; Former Commissioner for Housing, Lagos State, Dele Onabokun; Managing Partner, Colton Group, Anthony Ajulo and West and Central Africa, Sales Manager, Costar Building Product System, Galkwad Shivkumar during the launch of Costar and Aquafin Next-Generation Construction Solutions in Lagos recently. Nigeria’s premium construction chemicals manufacturer, Advanced Concrete […]

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping aside as leaders of the Internet behemoth they founded 21 years ago, ending an extraordinary run that saw them build one of the world’s most valuable and influential companies. Trusted lieutenant Sundar Pichai, who has run the core Google search business since 2015, will immediately take […]

Financial Technology Company, Cellulant, said it has re-launched its payment, agent and mobile banking app, Tingg, to an all-in-one, multi-functional consumer app. The new Tingg, according to the company, is set to include a wide array of payment, commerce, and financial services in a single platform that will change the way customers interact with digital payment services across Africa.