Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 33
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Fri, April 11th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos most popular city in Africa among online property searchers – Lamudi
Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos is the most popular African city among online property searchers, new statistics by online real estate marketplace Lamudi have revealed. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
YouTube, Vevo not giving African music enough visibility – Obasi
Global platforms such as YouTube and Vevo, despite their popularity, are not giving African music enough visibility, according to Sinclair Al-Malik Obasi, founder of African entertainment platform Snookbase. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s information technology development agency appoints DG
The appointment of Peter Jack as the new director general (DG) for Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been approved by President Goodluck Jonathan. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Juliana Taylor, CEO, Start Smart Ghana
In addition to challenges of funding, startups and entrepreneurs in Africa have to deal with issues including skill acquisition, training, choice of tools and how to use them. This is where Start Smart Ghana comes in. Founded by Juliana Taylor, it sets out to change the way Africans think about entrepreneurship by encouraging them to learn and understand the best practices to adopt to be successful. Taylor spoke to HumanIPO on these goals and entrepreneurship in Africa, starting with the genesis of the startup for startups. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
100k subscribers register for Airtel Insurance in Ghana
More than 100,000 subscribers have registered for Airtel Insurance in Ghana less than four months after its launch. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Finalists announced for Innovation Prize for Africa 2014
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the finalists of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014, picking 10 African innovators who have created practical solutions to some of the continent’s problems, ranging from a domestic waste biogas system to a wafer matrix for paediatric antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
NITDA launches CERRT to tackle cyber threats in Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated the National Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), tasked with tackling cyberattacks in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Sonia Jorge, executive director, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
A4AI is a coalition of prominent stakeholders from the private and public sectors and civil societies to provide a unified voice and coordinated focus in addressing the shared goal of open, affordable access to the internet in the developing world. The initiative has also set a 40 per cent minimum internet penetration rate for all countries. Executive director Sonia Jorge spoke to HumanIPO on how the coalition is attempting to achieve this in Nigeria and other countries in Africa. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Phase3 Telecoms to deploy 3,000km optic fibre across Nigeria
Phase 3 Telecoms has concluded plans to deploy 3,000 kilometres (km) of optic fibre across Nigeria as part of measures aimed at boosting broadband penetration in the country. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
MTN to supply electricity to subscribers in Nigeria
MTN has announced it will soon begin to deliver electricity supplies to its subscribers in Nigeria who are residing in rural areas not connected to the national power grid. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Start Smart seeks to change how Africans think about entrepreneurship
Start Smart Ghana was founded with the short-term goal of changing how Africans think about entrepreneurship by encouraging them to learn and understand best practices, according to founder Juliana Taylor. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Availability, affordability of internet access major challenges in Africa – A4AI
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has identified low availability and the high cost of internet access as major challenges in Africa, according to executive director Sonia Jorge, who said these challenges must be addressed to achieve the initiative’s goal of increasing penetration rates in all African countries and other parts of the world. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Payarena VAS platform launched in Nigeria
Payarena, a platform that offers users easy access to value added services (VAS), has been launched in Nigeria by Unified Payment Services Limited, allowing users to purchase airtime via virtual top-up and prepaid PINs. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria loses 2.4m internet subscribers in month
Nigeria saw the number of internet subscribers in the country decline by 2.4 million to 63.47 million in February compared to 65.87 million in January, according to the Internet Subscriber Data released yesterday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian government rejects calls to amalgamate NCC, NBC
The Nigerian government has said it will not be implementing a recommendation it should amalgamate the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) under a unified Communications Regulatory Authority of Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
100k telecoms subscribers buy microinsurance every month in Nigeria – NAICOM
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has announced 100,000 telecoms subscribers on the MTN and Airtel networks have been buying microinsurance products every month since last October. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
CPC, NCC form joint committee to tackle Nigeria’s telecoms’ poor QoS
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have formed a joint committee tasked with working out modalities to stem the poor quality of service (QoS) in Nigeria’s telecoms sector. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s smart ID card declared ICAO-compliant
Nigeria's New Smart National Identity Card (NSNIC) has been declared as compliant with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), meaning it will serve as a travel document when it is launched and issued. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 17:30 · Paul Adepoju
Africa Internet Holding launches Lendico marketplace in South Africa
Africa Internet Holding (AIH) has announced the launch of Lendico in South Africa, providing a digital alternative to banks and enabling investors to directly fund the loans of private individuals. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 16:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nollywood, telecoms help make Nigerian economy Africa’s largest
Nigeria's economy has overtaken South Africa in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) to become the largest in Africa, assisted in part by telecommunications, information technology and the country’s homegrown film industry Nollywood. → Read more
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