Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 46
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Wed, January 22nd, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, co-founder, SureGifts.com.ng
In 2013, three employees of Jumia Nigeria left the company after gathering enough experience to further build the booming e-commerce sector in Nigeria. Three months later, Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, Adeoye Ojo and Babafemi Lawal launched SureGifts.com.ng, a platform that aims to popularise gift cards in Nigeria. Samuel-Biyi tells HumanIPO how the platform plans to revolutionise the act of giving without losing the personal touch. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s president approves additional fee for frequency spectrum licence
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has approved an additional fee to be paid for the nation’s frequency spectrum licence, soon to be auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
New e-commerce platform adds practicality to gifting in Nigeria
SureGifts.com.ng, a platform that gives gift recipients control over what they receive, is not taking the personal touch away from gifting but only adding practicality to it, according to co-founder Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Verve announces competition in partnership with Nokia and Microsoft
Verve International, Africa’s leading indigenous payment card brand, has announced a competition in partnership with Nokia and Microsoft aimed at supporting Nigeria’s indigenous application development community by providing payments in mobile apps. → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian state pioneers e-payment in judiciary
The state of Akwa Ibom in southern Nigeria has introduced online payment for all legal fees, becoming the first Nigerian state to introduce e-payments in its judiciary arm. → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian national rural telephony project deal set for completion
Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications Technology has revealed it will complete the protracted National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP) by April, blaming the delay in handing over the project to the preferred bidder on the failure to obtain final approval from the federal executive council (FEC). → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile web platform launched for Nigeria’s SMEs
A new mobile web platform aimed at deepening online business in Nigeria has been launched, allowing small business owners to sell their goods and services at affordable costs. → Read more
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Sat, January 18th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Complaints about cybercrime highest in Ivory Coast – government
The government of Ivory Coast has decried the increasing number of complaints about cybercrime in the country, saying it received more in the first quarter of last year than anywhere else on the continent. → Read more
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Sat, January 18th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Femi Okanla, founder and CEO, Nitestay.com
Nitestay.com is one of the Nigeria’s first online hotel booking services, which since its launch has grown both in the number of listed hotels and bookings. Femi Okanla, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the platform, told HumanIPO how the platform came into being, what is unique about it, e-commerce in Nigeria and his plans for 2014. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Negative publicity for Nigerian telecoms bad for economy – operators
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTCOM) has said the continuous bad publicity for the sector is bad for the country’s economy, accusing the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of emphasising the few lapses of the operators. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Globacom promises network that guarantees seamless communications in Africa
Nigerian telecoms firm Globacom has expressed its commitment towards building a network that guarantees seamless communications in Africa, by increasing investments in Nigeria and across Africa to offer quality mobile and data services in all its operations. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Somto Ifezue, founder of CVFlash
CVFlash is a Nigerian platform that helps people to create, format, convert and send their CVs online via CVFlash dashboard or via SMS to anywhere in the world. Founder Somto Ifezue spoke to HumanIPO from Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, on how the platform was conceived, the art of CV writing, and how CVFlash can help unemployed users find jobs. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sierra Wifi CEO denies newspaper report, shows operating licence
Anthony Melhem, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sierra Leone internet service provider (ISP) Sierra Wifi, has described a report by the Satellite newspaper that the company does not have an ISP licence and is not listed by the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) as “baseless and unfounded”. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
NCC to announce new sanctions for networks in February
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will announce new sanctions for erring network operators at the end of February, according to Dr Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s identity commission urges citizens to register on portal
Nigerians have been urged to make use of the National Identity Commission (NIMC) pre-enrolment portal, to allow the commission to handle the large number of applicants that are visiting its office and to cater for Nigerians in the diaspora. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Social media can make or break job applicants – CVFlash
Somto Ifezue, founder of CVFlash, a platform that allows users to create, preview and send CVs to any part of the world, has revealed that an individual’s employability could be boosted or ruined by social media. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Optimal SEO easiest way for online businesses to drive traffic – Nitestay.com
Femi Okanla, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian online hotel booking platform Nitestay.com, has identified optimal search engine optimisation (SEO) as the easiest way for service-based online services to drive traffic. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria can reduce poverty by embracing technology – NOTAP
Embracing technology is an essential factor for Nigeria if it wants to reduce its high poverty indices, according to Umar Bindir, director-general of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP). → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian startup helps users easily create, format and send CVs
A new platform that allows users to easily create, format and send their CVs to any part of the world has been launched in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian state aims to generate more revenues from Smartgov e-platform
The government of Cross River state in southern Nigeria has expressed its readiness to generate more revenues from its Smartgov platform. → Read more
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