By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The Nigerian telecom sector may soon herald fresh transformation as new guiding principles have started to unfold gradually. Barely a month after the current Executive Vice Chairman, EVC of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta was reappointed, the man is beginning to give an indication that a new […]

By Juliet Umeh Technology service providers, Tranter IT, has inked a partnership deal with ONGO Framework to create robust digital platforms for small and medium scale enterprises, SMEs, in Nigeria to grow. The partnership will introduce latest technologies and services that will provide small and medium scale enterprises, SMEs, with robust portfolios to digitally compete […]

By Prince Osuagwu Apparently keeping with its tradition of providing springboard for start-ups and budding organisations with social economic impact, global search engine, Google, has launched a platform to help not-for-profit organisations, NPO scale their objectives past awareness and financial hurdles. Tagged Google for Nonprofits initiative, the tech giant aims to use the platform empower […]

By Okoh Aihe The broadcast industry has been in the news lately. First, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the regulator of the industry released the 6th Edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code which has simmered in cacophonous responses from multi-stakeholder interests in the industry. Then, only last week, the regulator got buttoned in the National […]

By Juliet Umeh Chief Executive Officer of an identity verification technology company, VerifyMe Nigeria, Mr. Esigie Aguele, has said that trust should be the new currency for any business that hopes to thrive in the post-COVID-19 era Aguele said that as businesses are coming to terms with the realities of Covid-19 pandemic, business leaders need […]

Amazon.com has agreed to pay over US$1-billion to buy self-driving start-up Zoox, The Information reported on Thursday, citing sources, in a move that would expand the e-commerce giant’s reach in autonomous vehicle technology. The report did not mention the exact purchase price and added Amazon is unlikely to disclose it when the deal is announced, […]

The interior ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa may be able to sustain life, Nasa scientists believe. Their work is based on computer simulations of the reservoirs below the ice-shell surface of Europa, one of the largest moons in the solar system. Calculations by scientists at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California indicate this global […]

Google will pay partnered media publishers in three countries and offer some users free access to paywalled news sites, the tech giant said Thursday. The announcement comes after legal battles in France and Australia over Google’s refusal to pay news organizations for content. In a blog post the firm said they would launch “a licensing […]

The Nigerian telecom sector continued to show indications of sustaining the economy with impressive growth in mobile voice and data subscriptions in the month of April.

Succour would soon come to not less than two million vulnerable Lagos residents as a technology company, Softcom in partnership with the Lagos State government and other corporate organisations have launched an initiative, HelpNow, to provide support to them.