Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 40
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Fri, February 28th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Africa paramount to Microsoft’s operations – president
Nigeria and Africa as a whole are paramount to Microsoft’s operations, according to company president Jean-Philippe Courtois, with company interested in helping Nigeria maintain its leading role in IT development in Africa and the global market. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 15:02 · Paul Adepoju
New mobile learning platform launched in Nigeria
A new e-learning community app targeted at Nigerian teenagers and secondary school students has been launched in Lagos, named Passnownow. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Poor Nigerian roads boost sales on authenticspareparts.com – MD
Ini Akpan, managing director of Nigeria’s authenticsparesparts.com, has told HumanIPO the platform is recording increased sales of shock absorbers, shafts, calipers, hubs and spark plugs as a result of the poor conditions of Nigerian roads. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
30 cities to host #FreeAJStaff events
Thirty cities across the world will today host events in support of detained Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, which the media organisation hopes will pressure the Egyptian authorities to hasten the release of Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Abdullah El Shamy. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
hellofood now on Nokia devices
Nokia has announced global food app delivery app hellofood, which has a presence in nine African countries, will launch across its Asha, Lumia and X devices. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 05:00 · Paul Adepoju
Zando reinvents user interface
South African e-commerce fashion company Zando has announced it has reinvented its user interface to offer its 1.5 million unique monthly visitors a richer shopping experience. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian regulator accuses dealers of selling unapproved phones
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has accused major dealers in the nation’s ICT sector of selling phones that have not been approved for sale in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN and Ecobank offer Ghana subscribers access to cardless ATM services
MTN Ghana has partnered with Ecobank for the extension of cardless services to the bank’s ATMs across Ghana, allowing more than two million mobile money subscribers in the country to withdraw from Ecobank ATMs without using a card. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Deadline extended for governments to reserve dotAfrica domains
ZA Central Registry (ZACR) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have extended the deadline for the submission of names for inclusion in the dotAfrica Reserved Names List (RNL) process, saying governments have been slow on the uptake. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to host policy dialogue on science, technology and innovation
Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja will next month host a high level policy dialogue on the theme “Science, Technology, and Innovation and the African Transformation Agenda”, organised by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the Nigerian government. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Second annual Google Days held in Ghana
The second edition of Google Days has been held in Accra, Ghana, with hundreds of entrepreneurs and developers in attendance. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
NITDA signs agreement with Indian firm on Nigerian e-governance
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and NIHILENT Ltd, a leading Indian company, on the effective implementation of the e-governance programme of the Nigerian government. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria gives telecoms deadline for local manufacture of SIM cards
Telecoms companies operating in Nigeria have until December 2015 to commence local manufacture of SIM cards. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian spectrum bid winner attributes victory to divine providence
Biodun Omoniyi, managing director of VDT Communications, leader of the Bitflux consortium at the auction of the 2.3 GHz spectrum band held in Abuja last week, has attributed the victory to divine providence. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
WhatsApp to add voice calls in Q2
Recently acquired mobile messaging service WhatsApp will add voice calls during the second quarter of this year, chief executive officer (CEO) Jan Koum told the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Court rules Econet still stakeholder in Airtel Nigeria, appeal expected
The Court of Appeal of Nigeria has ruled Econet Wireless is still a bonafide stakeholder in Airtel Nigeria, though the latter has expressed its readiness to challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, Globacom, Airtel fined $4m by NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined MTN, Globacom and Airtel a total of NGN647.5 million (US$4 million) for breaching key performance indicators (KPIs) and providing poor quality of service for the month of January this year. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 09:03 · Paul Adepoju
PrepClass wins TechCabal’s Battlefield
Educational portal PrepClass emerged winner of the maiden edition of the TechCabal Battlefield startup competition at the just concluded Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos, claiming the US$20,000 prize. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
Smile Communications unveils Nigerian broadband campaign
Smile Communications has announced plans to make broadband services available across Nigerian cities. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
TechCabal’s Battlefield taking place today, finalists express optimism
The Battlefield competition for startups hosted by Nigerian tech blog TechCabal will take place today at 6.30pm local time at the ongoing Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos. → Read more
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